I got to three performances, all standing room only, with last Saturday's more-than-SRO. That featured music of local jazz legends Yusuf Salim & Bus Brown by an enthusiastic sextet: Jim Ketch on trumpet, Steve Wing on piano, Keenan McKenzie on baritone sax, Tim Smith on tenor, John Hanks on drums, & Robbie Link (first set) & Freeman Ledbetter (second set) on bass.
To me the series brought out a lot of local people who hadn't gotten out to jazz in a while. Some go back to the day, some are friends of the musicians. Now we need to see how much momentum there will be. I plan to be momental...