In addition to the outdoor stages piping out jazzy sounds on the Murfreesboro Public Square during JazzFest 2014, held Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, some other downtown Murfreesboro venues will join in the fun as part of the Jazz After Dark program.
At Wall Street, 121 N. Maple St., the Great Barrier Reefs (pictured above) will take the stage on Saturday, May 3.
This local, steel-drum-fronted group of Murfreesboro musicians plays a tropical-flavored brand of jazz that will extend the Jazz Fest vibe into the wee hours of Sunday morning as the Reefs rock the night away upstairs at Wall Street. The talented guys in the Great Barrier Reefs have become of big part of the Middle Tennessee music scene as performers, in the recording industry and as music educators, and are also set to release a new album in May titled Are You Scared?!
That same evening, just across the Square at Social, 114 N. Church St., the music will take on an old-school R&B flavor, as Social hosts the soul vocalists responsible for such hits from the 1950s and ’60s as “This Magic Moment,” “Under the Boardwalk,” “Save the Last Dance for Me” and other classics, The Legendary Drifters.
The latest incarnation of the popular vocal group will perform at Social on Saturday, May 3 beginning at 9 p.m.
Meanwhile, Reveille Joe, 113 N. Maple St., will offer its space for live music, as it hosts local artists as well during the big JazzFest weekend.
The coffee shop, quickly becoming one of the Square’s more popular hangouts, will host Justin Robbins, Al Holbrook and other local musicians.
The Jake Leg Stompers will additionally perform JazzFest weekend, appearing at 3 Brothers on May 3.
