{"id":10819,"date":"2019-05-20T17:56:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=10819"},"modified":"2019-05-21T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T19:59:10","slug":"bay-view-jazz-fest-is-milwaukee-jazz-distilled-into-one-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=10819","title":{"rendered":"Bay View Jazz Fest is Milwaukee jazz distilled into one night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Milwaukee pianist-composer Joshua Catania. Courtesy Milwaukee carpe-diem events<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bay View Jazz Fest 2019 is Milwaukee jazz distilled into one day. Come down on Friday, May 31st and take a big swig or three or four. This should be musical intoxication as good as Milwaukee gets.<\/p>\n

The fest is in it’s sixth year, and it keeps on showing what’s really happening in jazz today. Maybe it’s no coincidence that the evening-long bash at nine different Bay View venues kicks off with one of the hottest new names on the Milwaukee scene today, Joshua Catania,<\/strong> at\u00a05 p.m. at Tonic Tavern. More accurately, the 18-year-old pianist-composer\u00a0 is still getting warmed up, career-wise. Musically, he’s already full throttle. His debut album\u00a0Open to Now<\/em> speaks with uncanny authority. Right from the opening bars, you hear and almost feel the power of\u00a0Catania’s<\/span>\u00a0musical chops.<\/span><\/p>\n

The album of all originals unfolds with myriad shades and colors, dynamic brilliance, some artistic depth and an excellent rhythm section of guitarist Dave Miller bassist John Christensen and drummer Devin Drobka.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acclaimed Milwaukee trumpeter Russ Johnson.\u00a0Courtesy The Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

Among some of the other recommended and intriguing acts:<\/p>\n