On February 2nd, (the previously listed Feb.1 performance has been cancelled) the Jazztet is slated to play Athens Jazz & Blues Festival with special guest Mark Pender, trumpet player for Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Trumpet player Mark Pender has performed and toured with artists such as Jay McShann, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Earland, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Diana Ross, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Bruce Springsteen, and has recorded with David Bowie, Joe Cocker, Bon Jovi, They Might Be Giants, and Robert Cray.

After the jump you can read the press release for the Athens Jazz & Blues Festival.

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The Jazztet performs at The Front Room on the second Tuesday of every month and welcomes special musical guests at each performance. Coming up on Tuesday January 8 we will be joined by woodwind virtuoso Kristopher Keith.

For over a decade, Kris has made a name for himself in the local Columbus, Ohio music scene. His reputation for being a strong woodwind doubler and his ability to perform musical styles from jazz to classical, from Cuban to Brazilian, from rock to funk, etc. has kept him in high demand as a sideman and session player. It should be a fun night, don’t miss it!