$10 Cover | 6:30pm | Tom Bethke is a lifelong Musician / Guitarist / Composer who has spent most of his professional career working in Los Angeles, and is currently splitting time between the LA music scene and the California Central Coast. Tom’s virtuosity enables him to perform in a wide range of styles and situations as a soloist or in an ensemble setting. He has recorded numerous scores for TV and Film, as well as being taped for countless live shows for stage and theatre. Tom is a member of ASCAP, a published composer and has played on countless industry recordings. The diverse range of artists and composers he has worked with include Sir James Galway, Joel Gray, Jewel, Jan Hammer, Van Dyke Parks, Katherine McPhee, Najee, Micheal Bolton, Thelma Houston, Bernadette Peters, Henry Mancini, Les McCann, Gary Morris, Juice Newton, Dinah Carroll, Steve Wariner, Joe Williams and Michael Wolff, and many more.

Ken Hustad is a freelance musician, bass player and instructor, and has been working on the Central Coast for over 30 years. His musical vocabulary includes orchestral and chamber music, as well as jazz, rock, blues, Americana and Country, and also include working in theater as well as numerous audio recordings. Hustad is currently principal string bass for the San Luis Obispo Symphony, and also plays with San Luis Obispo Master Chorale, Orchestra Novo, The Santa Maria Philharmonic, Symphony of the Vines, and Opera SLO. Ken also performs with many jazz and commercial groups in a wide variety of styles and settings. Besides maintaining an active private studio, he is an academic bass instructor for the Cal Poly State University and Cuesta College Music Departments.

$5 Cover | 7:00pm | The G2 Project is a modern jazz performance collective located on the Central Coast of California. Their somewhat ambiguous moniker encourages musical experimentation and harmonic exploration both in the studio and on stage. Whether it’s solo piano or a trio format, The G2 Project is constantly pushing the accepted boundaries of this American art form known as Jazz.

$10 Cover | 7:00pm | The G2 Project is a modern jazz performance collective located on the Central Coast of California. Their somewhat ambiguous moniker encourages musical experimentation and harmonic exploration both in the studio and on stage. Whether it’s solo piano or a trio format, The G2 Project is constantly pushing the accepted boundaries of this American art form known as Jazz.

$10 Cover | 7:00PM | Dawn Lambeth possesses that rare gift of making a difficult art look easy. Her sweet melodic and rhythmic singing effortlessly draws audiences in. Other artists feel necessary to “create” new melodies and obscure original melody, as if Gershwin needs improvement. Dawn likes to recognize the original tune and sing the lyric so that listeners can enjoy them as much as she does. When Dawn steps up to the microphone, she’s having a good time – one that she happily shares with listener. The tunes might be familiar – THE MAN I LOVE or BLUE ROOM – or a song that makes you chuckle with its sly romance like MOONBURN – but old songs seem new when Dawn presents them and new melodies instantly become old friends. “These songs are like the stories I love – they’re beautifully constructed little gems.” Dawn is also a fine swinging pianist, so she doesn’t need a big band and a sequined gown to bring music to any party.

Her voice is special – a beautiful instrument, lending itself easily to elation or the bittersweet feelings so often found in the songs of the great period – and she brings deep feeling to her music, without ever emoting or overacting. Dawn doesn’t imitate anyone, but the memorable singers we all know resonate through her own singular approach; gentle and unaffected.

Dawn has appeared on recordings, winning praise from reviewers on both coasts, and she has performed at over a dozen renowned jazz festivals in the US and in Japan. Her CD "Let's Get Lost" received airplay on over 100 radio stations and syndicated shows in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe and Japan, broke into the CMJ Jazz Charts top 40 and was picked up for reissue in Japan, Thailand and China. Residing in Paso Robles, California, Dawn frequently delights audiences throughout the Central Coast and beyond.

More at: www.dawnlambeth.com

$10 Cover | 7:00PM | Dawn Lambeth possesses that rare gift of making a difficult art look easy. Her sweet melodic and rhythmic singing effortlessly draws audiences in. Other artists feel necessary to “create” new melodies and obscure original melody, as if Gershwin needs improvement. Dawn likes to recognize the original tune and sing the lyric so that listeners can enjoy them as much as she does. When Dawn steps up to the microphone, she’s having a good time – one that she happily shares with listener. The tunes might be familiar – THE MAN I LOVE or BLUE ROOM – or a song that makes you chuckle with its sly romance like MOONBURN – but old songs seem new when Dawn presents them and new melodies instantly become old friends. “These songs are like the stories I love – they’re beautifully constructed little gems.” Dawn is also a fine swinging pianist, so she doesn’t need a big band and a sequined gown to bring music to any party.

Her voice is special – a beautiful instrument, lending itself easily to elation or the bittersweet feelings so often found in the songs of the great period – and she brings deep feeling to her music, without ever emoting or overacting. Dawn doesn’t imitate anyone, but the memorable singers we all know resonate through her own singular approach; gentle and unaffected.

Dawn has appeared on recordings, winning praise from reviewers on both coasts, and she has performed at over a dozen renowned jazz festivals in the US and in Japan. Her CD "Let's Get Lost" received airplay on over 100 radio stations and syndicated shows in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe and Japan, broke into the CMJ Jazz Charts top 40 and was picked up for reissue in Japan, Thailand and China. Residing in Paso Robles, California, Dawn frequently delights audiences throughout the Central Coast and beyond.

More at: www.dawnlambeth.com

$10 Cover | 7:00PM | Dawn Lambeth possesses that rare gift of making a difficult art look easy. Her sweet melodic and rhythmic singing effortlessly draws audiences in. Other artists feel necessary to “create” new melodies and obscure original melody, as if Gershwin needs improvement. Dawn likes to recognize the original tune and sing the lyric so that listeners can enjoy them as much as she does. When Dawn steps up to the microphone, she’s having a good time – one that she happily shares with listener. The tunes might be familiar – THE MAN I LOVE or BLUE ROOM – or a song that makes you chuckle with its sly romance like MOONBURN – but old songs seem new when Dawn presents them and new melodies instantly become old friends. “These songs are like the stories I love – they’re beautifully constructed little gems.” Dawn is also a fine swinging pianist, so she doesn’t need a big band and a sequined gown to bring music to any party.

Her voice is special – a beautiful instrument, lending itself easily to elation or the bittersweet feelings so often found in the songs of the great period – and she brings deep feeling to her music, without ever emoting or overacting. Dawn doesn’t imitate anyone, but the memorable singers we all know resonate through her own singular approach; gentle and unaffected.

Dawn has appeared on recordings, winning praise from reviewers on both coasts, and she has performed at over a dozen renowned jazz festivals in the US and in Japan. Her CD "Let's Get Lost" received airplay on over 100 radio stations and syndicated shows in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe and Japan, broke into the CMJ Jazz Charts top 40 and was picked up for reissue in Japan, Thailand and China. Residing in Paso Robles, California, Dawn frequently delights audiences throughout the Central Coast and beyond.

More at: www.dawnlambeth.com

$10 Cover | 6:30pm | Jamaal Baptiste is a pianist, composer, arranger, and ethnomusicologist. He holds a BM and MM in jazz studies from the Indiana University (IU) Jacobs School of Music as well as an MA and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from IU. Baptiste is also the Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. Baptiste has collaborated with esteemed practitioners of Caribbean and Latin American popular music in the United States and contributed to several albums by Grammy nominated artists Michael Spiro and Wayne Wallace. Notably, he recorded on their album Canto América (2017), which was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album. Other notable artists with whom Baptiste has performed include Gary Bartz, Avery G. Sharpe, Ronnie Burrage, Greg Osby, Carol Sudhalter, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Wayne Wallace, Dave Stryker, Steve Houghton, Ed Saindon, Jamey Aebersold, and Rob Dixon. Baptiste is an original member of the Batuquê Trio with drummer Andy Smith and bassist Natalie Boeyink. With this trio, he recorded the album Transparency (2015). He is also a co-founder of the NelBap Duo with saxophonist/clarinetist Ana Nelson and a member of Carlos Bislip’s Aruban Jazz Collective.