Name: Funky Jazz WEDNESDAYS at The Spar: LAVON HARDISON and THE SOUTH SOUND EXPRESS (debut)
Start: 2026-01-21T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-21T21:00:00-08:00
Location: The Spar Tavern

Funky Jazz WEDNESDAYS at The Spar: LAVON HARDISON and THE SOUTH SOUND EXPRESS (debut)

The Spar Tavern, in association with DHudson Productions present: Funky Jazz WEDNESDAYS at The Spar.
This week we have: LAVON HARDISON and THE SOUTH SOUND EXPRESS
Vocalist LaVon Hardison was a featured performer at the 2009 Festival of World Sacred Music in New Delhi, India. In 2016, she won the Seattle-Kobe Sister City Jazz Vocalist Audition at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, which took her on a three-city performance tour of Japan. What’s more, she was the Earshot Jazz 2017 Vocalist of the Year. In 2023, she performed at the 40th Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales.
She is joined by the talented South Sound Express, featuring Eugene Bien on piano, Craig Cootsana on drums, and Osama Afifi on bass. Enjoy their captivating mix of jazz standards, and funky Blues/ R&B.
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