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Don’t miss Sky Blue with Horns!



Some of the members of the Sky Blue with Horns band are local. From L-R are Michael DeBevec, Eric Hahn, Karina Roth and Mike Roth. The band plays May 25 at 7 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran church in Grand Marais. Photo courtesy of Kate Fitzgerald

Some of the members of the Sky Blue with Horns band are local. From L-R are Michael DeBevec, Eric Hahn, Karina Roth and Mike Roth. The band plays May 25 at 7 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran church in Grand Marais. Photo courtesy of Kate Fitzgerald

Sky Blue with Horns is coming to Bethlehem Lutheran Church (417 1st Ave. West, Grand Marais) on May 25 at 7 p.m.

Who are they?

Tom Pfotenhauer, virtuoso on trumpet and flugelhorn, joins Sky Blue Jazz Ensemble. Pfotenhauer, a music professor at the UMD, performs classical, jazz, and popular music regionally and nationally. Sky Blue’s members are: Mike Roth, string bass; Karina Roth, vocals; Erik Hahn, saxophone and flute; Eric Anderson, trombone; Thomas Stamps, percussion and vocals: and Mike DeBevec, piano and vocals.

The program will include well-known jazz standards from George Gershwin, Miles Davis, and Chick Corea, pop/jazz fusion tunes from Blood, Sweat and Tears, Sting, and Etta James, and original horn tunes and arrangements by band members Pfotenhauer, Anderson, and DeBevec.

Soaring horns, rich vocal harmonies, and complex rhythms will fill the venue, providing a lush and exciting adventure for your ears.

Tickets ($15 for adults, and $5 for youth ages 18 and under) will be sold at the event only, starting one-half hour before show time.

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