This Thursday, the Walnut Creek shopping mall Broadway Plaza presents the next free summer jazz concert in Stanford’s parking lot.
Featured jazz musician: Paul Jackson Jr. – While majoring in music at USC, Jackson-who got his first guitar at nine, started playing seriously at 12 and decided to be a professional musician at 15-met noted jazz pianist and pop singer Patrice Rushen, who became a mentor and introduced the young guitarist to many musicians who would later hire him. “Success as a studio musician comes from knowing that your number one priority is making the artist happy and developing a reputation for giving those who hire you what they want,” he says. “I still practice and love all the late nights and early mornings in the studio, trying to get things just right on my own projects and those of the artists who hire me. I keep all that balanced with my faith journey, and every so often will turn off the mix of be-bop and oldies I keep in the car and just drive in silence…listening once again for that still small voice. God will speak to you if you allow yourself to turn down the volume.”
DEAL: Free concert (more info broadwayplaza.com or 925-939-7600)
WHEN: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:30 pm – 8 pm.
WHERE: Stanford’s parking lot, Walnut Creek, CA.
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