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SEPTEMBER 2022

EASTERN BANK LOBBY JAZZ SERIES:
Bruce Gertz Quartet JON BUTCHER AXIS

WED, SEP 07 I 7:30PM SAT, SEP 10 | 8PM
$15 $28
Gertz is known for his superb mastery of the upright bass and was Jon Butcher’s signature sound features his powerful soul-
named “Outstanding Bassist” by Boston Music Awards. What some infused vocals; and his guitar work reflects a skillful mix of
fans don’t know is that he grew up playing electric bass from the age Rock and R&B, Funk and Soul, Jazz and Americana, all of it SEPTEMBER 2022
of 14 and still plays (and teaches) the electric quite often. His focused through a prism built from the Blues. Jon’s
extraordinary contribution to music education has earned him powerhouse live performances with bandmates Chris Martin
multiple recognition awards from The International Association of (bass), Jeff Keithline (bass), John Anthony (drums), Marty
Jazz Educators and the Jazz Education Network. He has been serving Richards (drums) are electrifying and not surprisingly playing
as a Professor of Bass at Berklee College of Music since 1976. to packed venues everywhere!
Additional educator credits include serving on the advisory board of
the International Society of Bassists and as an adjudicator at the
Clark Terry UNH Jazzer's Festival.
Gertz has performed and recorded with such artists as Gary Burton,
Jerry Bergonzi, John Abercrombie, Joey Calderazzo, Kenny Werner,
Mick Goodrick, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Billy Hart, Bill Frisell, George
Cables, Gil Evans, Tom Harrell, Jon Hendricks, Diane Schuur, Dave AN EVENING WITH CHER, BILLY, CELINE AND
Brubeck, George Garzone, Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Joe Lovano, MORE STARRING THE EDWARDS TWINS
Cab Calloway, Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie & many others.
FRI, SEP 16 I 8PM
SAT, SEP 17 I 8PM
SUN, SEP 18 I 2PM
$45

SPIRE LOBBY SERIES: REBECCA CORREIA Twin brothers Anthony and Eddie Edwards are the country’s premiere
THU, SEP 08 I 7:30PM Celebrity Illusionists! Utilizing the latest Hollywood grade make up and
Live stream tickets $10, available at SPIRECENTER.ORG $15 prosthetics as well as the fashion designers of the stars themselves- the
result is a non-stop parade of stars on stage that are all at once
Rebecca Correia is a genuine force of nature - one who fiercely outshines the AMAZING, FUNNY and ENTERTAINING. As one newspaper review
current avalanche of artificially manufactured stars. An intensely gifted artist noted “they bring such love and attention to recreating celebrities that in
whose otherworldly voice conveys her immense heart and keenly crafted many ways it’s better than watching the real thing!”
songs, she is an artist's artist, a writer's writer, yet one whom growing
audiences adore and call their own. Her exquisitely sung, passionately The Brothers have been seen on shows such as The Tonight Show,
performed songs reveal an emotional immediacy eagerly shared by her Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, Ellen and currently appear in
listeners. the “Kominsky Method” with Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin.

WALTER TROUT

FRI, SEP 09 I 8PM
$42
WALTER TROUT has been nothing short of prolific over the course of his Aldous Collins
seven decades on this Earth. He’s set to release his 29th solo album over a
career that has spanned the globe, and delivered notoriety as one of the THU, SEP 22 | 8PM
great purveyors of the blues and blues rock. Trout’s history is equal parts $15 Live stream tickets $10, available at SPIRECENTER.ORG
thriller, romance, suspense and horror. There are musical fireworks,
critical acclaim and fists-aloft triumph, offset by wilderness years, brushes Aldous Collins is a musician from the South Shore. He’s the
with the jaws of narcotic oblivion, and the survival of an organ transplant high energy frontman for the award-winning Aldous Collins
few come back from. From 1973, when he left his New Jersey home Band but he also loves connecting with listeners through
headed to Los Angeles, he has followed a road that afforded him an intimate acoustic shows. Here are a few of his inspirations:
opportunity to just play, sharing the stage as a sideman with Jesse Ed Beck, The Lumineers, Michael Kiwanuka, The National, Milky
Davis, Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Joe Tex, and Chance, The Bahamas, Eddie Vedder and more…
of course the great John Mayall (following a three year tenure in Canned
Heat).
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