Jazz at La Bottega on Friday night

Robert Grabowski will be performing an evening of Jazz at La Bottega on Friday, October 28.

Robert is a Jazz historian, educator, composer, arranger, WLRN DJ and bassit extraordinaire.

Robert has held the position of Adjunct Professor in Jazz Studies for over twenty years. During that time, he has taught the Evolution of Jazz courses and currently carries a course load of six courses a semester and teaches approximately fifteen hundred students every year. He has also written the text for the course, The Evolution of Jazz In America. He also produced the FIU Jazz Festival for ten years, featuring such artists as David Sanborn and Maynard Ferguson. He co-wrote and produced four National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters grants featuring Clark Terry, Nat Adderley, Louis Bellson, and Dr. Billy Taylor. He is an active writer and musician, having recorded six cds of his own work.

The latest, Deepest Blue, won rave reviews from the Miami Herald, you may here a selection here at Youtube.

A wine reception will be held at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00 pm. Please call 305-444-3493.
Reservations are required. Cost is $30 per person and includes the wine reception. An A-la-carte dinner menu and wine list and bar service are available during the performance.
La Bottega is at 3540 Main Highway.