The Bruce Sklar Trio with special guest saxophonist and composer Daniel Ian Smith will be performing in the wonderful Phoenix Gallery in Waterbury VT on December 20, 2024. Plan now for a wonderful night on the town. BYOB and festive dress encouraged!
Friday, December 20, 2024
Gallery Opens at 7:00pm, Music Begins at 7:30pm
We are pleased to offer the option to Bring Your Own Beverage and a charcuterie board from Salt & Rind! Thank you Britt and Luke! Let's gather to celebrate each other and the solstice.
Daniel Ian Smith is a saxophonist, flutist, educator and composer with over 30 years of experience. He is a Professor at the acclaimed Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where he has taught for almost 30 years. Smith is in demand as a clinician, guest soloist, and lecturer with appearances throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Israel and England. In 1992, he founded Big and Phat Jazz Productions to serve as the production company for his Jazz in the Sanctuary Concert Series, an independent record label Big and Phat Jazz Productions, and his ensembles and touring projects. The recordings and performances by his ensemble The New World Jazz Composers Octet (NWJCO) have received rave reviews in DownBeat, JazzTimes, Cadence, ArtsFuse and All About Jazz magazines. His groups The New World Jazz Composers Octet, and The Latin Side of Billy Strayhorn have been featured at festivals and concert halls locally and internationally.
Joining Daniel and Bruce will be bassist Jeremy Hill , and drummer Timothy Gilmore, two of New england's very best. https://danieliansmith.com/
Thank you to our sponsor, Salt & Rind, in downtown Waterbury!
Food & Drink
Wednesday - Saturday at 5pm is when our fun begins! We offer a full service bar with dinner and late night hours on the weekend; menus pictured below.
Oysters steal the show pretty much always for us, however if you're not a fan of those little bivalves we have a full menu of items to satisfy.