The 18-member Otsego Jazz Ensemble (OJE) is has two public performances this week in Otsego, and you’re invited!
This Thursday May 2nd, OJE plays at Liquid Note Brewing at the Arpeggio, 119 East Allegan Street, from 7-9:30pm. Special guest: Vocalist Lana Hoffman! The bar seats about 120, and there’s even a little room for dancing.
Liquid Note Brewing at the Arpeggio opened in February. On tap are Psychedelic Haze, Badfish, Satchmo’s Lullaby, A Hard Day’s Pale Ale and DC Rocking Wheat, all of which are named to honor a deceased musician.
This Saturday, May 4th, OJE is playing a free dance at the Otsego Elks, 113 S. Farmer. Come and buy dinner from the Elks at 6pm, and the music and dancing starts after dinner, around 7pm. Plenty of room for dancing, and requests are welcome!
OJE has been around 30 years, and is coming off recent great performances at the WMU Senior Prom and the Thornapple Jazz Festival. Come out and hear classic big band, Sinatra, as well as jazz and rock. We play classic big band, Ian Brown sings the great standards ala Frank Sinatra, and the band plays a wide variety of swing, jazz and rock.
