LH JAMS: Saturday Jammin’ ready to go

LOCK HAVEN, PA – The 2023 edition of LH JAMS concludes Saturday, ending three days of music and arts in the heart of the city. Velveeta, out of State College, packed Main Street in front of the Main/Grove Streets stage Friday night and large crowds are again expected Saturday, this time with Main Street from Jay to Grove Streets lined with artists and vendors.

Saturday is one of daylong free music, starting at 12 noon on the Main and Grove Streets stage and the Elks Building patio. The live music will conclude Saturday with a 7 p.m. performance on the Elks patio from the B-Street Band, a tribute to Bruce Springsteen and his E-Street Band.
The full Saturday music schedule:
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN JAZZ CATS
Noon – 1:00 pm

Main & Grove Street Stage
The Clinton County Arts Council is happy to announce that a local student Jazz ensemble will open this year’s Saturday lineup of performances! Always in support of education in the arts, we hope you join us in our efforts to promote and encourage young artists in all disciplines.

The Central Mountain Jazz Cats ensemble includes students in grades 7 through 12 who want to explore music through jazz performance. All band and orchestral instrumentalists are welcome to join the group, which meets a few days a week, after school, from October to May. Students learn to play in various jazz styles, including swing, latin, rock, funk, and blues. The art of improvisation is emphasized, and students are afforded multiple opportunities throughout the school year to show off their musical creativity and skills. Annual performances typically include a Winter concert and a Spring concert at Central Mountain High School, a December performance at the Monument Tree Lighting Festival, and an adjudicated performance at Music in the Parks int he Hershey area. Additionally, the CM Jazz Cats ensemble usually schedules a mini-tour of performances in our community.

PAUL JOST & THE STEVE RUDOLPH TRIO
WITH DRUMMER LARRY MARSHALL AND STEVE MEASHEY ON BASS
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Elks Patio Stage
Steve Rudolph, Larry Marshall and Steve Meashey have entertained LH JAMS jazz lovers on several occasions since our first festival in 2016. Being true to the LH JAMS format, we offer a wide range of musical genres . We promise never to be predictable but always exceptional. This year Steve and the guys are joining Paul Jost for this special journey through the history of American jazz and pop right on Main Street.

If you are a true jazz lover, you understand that usually you have to travel to a large metropolitan area to hear something of this caliber.

Steve Rudolph

Steve Rudolph has had an inspiring career in his 60 years of professional music making. Jazz Improv Magazine states, “Rudolph is a savvy, swinging, glimmering heavyweight…simply outstanding.” With fifteen acclaimed CDs as a leader, he has served as producer, arranger and pianist on many recordings.

His vast experience encompasses concert performances with many jazz masters including Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Terry Gibbs, Al Grey, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and the Mills Brothers. Steve’s career has taken him on tours throughout the U.S., India, Europe, Canada, Russia, and the Caribbean.

A year-long tour with Buddy Morrow’s Tommy Dorsey Orchestra brought him to Harrisburg in 1978 where he has been largely responsible for the growth and development of the thriving jazz scene in Central PA since that time.

His devotion to the art of jazz inspired him to found the Central PA Friends of Jazz, now in its 43rd successful year of monthly concerts, youth band, jazz camp, and annual Central PA Jazz Festival. Steve was the recipient of the 2002 Harrisburg Arts Award for his dedication to the arts and community service and was awarded two Composition Grants from the PA Council on the Arts. In 2023 he was voted into the Central PA Music Hall of Fame.
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Paul Jost

When describing vocalist and arranger Paul Jost, two words come to mind … “passionate” and “storyteller”. To Paul, each lyric offers a story, a message, and a vehicle to convey his own interpretation and message. While Paul is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger, it’s his vocal style that makes him standout. With his reputation as a vocalist growing, Paul has been filling rooms on the New York club scene as well as captivating audiences on festival stages both in the US and Europe.

Paul Jost released the album “Simple Life” in the U.S. on March 29, 2019. He performs with his quartet including Jim Ridl-piano; Dean Johnson-bass; and Tim Horner-drums. Special guest on the album is vibraphonist Joe Locke on four songs.
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THE UNSTOPPABLE HACK BEATS
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Main & Grove Street Stage

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UNSTOPPABLE. That’s how you describe the eight-piece sound of a group that brings a soul-band attitude to classic rock, New Wave, soul, and reggae tunes. Moving fluidly between Motown and Kingston, the Unstoppable Hack Beats are known for their colorful energy and blue-collar work ethic. USHB delivers an upbeat energy that will send a musical vortex from Jay to Vesper. Their repertoire focuses on deep cuts from the 60s to the 70s. The group is known for the careful song selection, which spans decades and a variety of musical styles. More than anything else, you will have fun dancing, singing along to familiar favorites, and enjoying the party atmosphere. This performance is guaranteed to be unforgettable, because the band is simply UNSTOPPABLE.
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YOU DO YOU
4 – 5:30 pm
Elks Patio Stage

You Do You is a female-fronted band from Philadelphia known for their electrifying 70’s-era showmanship. Founded in 2012, the “genre-defying” 8-piece ensemble has drawn comparisons from Parliament-Funkadelic to Tedeschi Trucks Band and supported artists like Robert Randolph and George Porter Jr. Led by Katie Feeney’s raw, sultry vocal stylings, the band delivers a powerful performance characterized by funky danceable grooves, jazzy riffs, and wailing rock melismas.

Their latest album, Funky Dinos, was released in January 2022, marking a new sonic era for the ensemble. They have received radio play on WXPN 88.5 FM, ALT 104.5 FM, WPPM 106.5 FM, and on Delaware Public Media.
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JAMES SUPRA AND THE SARAH AYERS BAND
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Main & Grove Street Stage
James Supra’s blues harmonica prowess is legendary in the world of blues. For more than 30 years he has been playing the blues with variations of his own bands and sharing the stage in the U.S. and abroad with blues notables as diverse as B.B. King, Catfish Hodge, Bobby Radcliff, Tommy Castro, Rhett Tyler, Slam Allen and Kid Bangem. He has won Best Harmonica Player honors in a 19-year LVMA (Lehigh Valley Music Awards) streak before refusing further nominations and earning the first LVMA Legacy Award. James’ other LVMA multiple-year (Fan and Industry) awards have also included Best All-Around Performer and Best Blues Band.

Classically trained Sarah Ayers began singing the blues while in college even before she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Opera Performance. Proving her chops early, Ayers has the honor of being one of the youngest ever to win an award at a Metropolitan Opera competition. She later sang with the Anchorage Opera Company in Alaska. While there she continued to expand her extraordinary vocal talent to the blues, jazz, and rock and roll.

After returning to the Lehigh Valley and filling in for Bev Conklin of BC and Company at a Musikfest performance, Ayers formed her own blues band in 2002. Since than, Ayers has continued to pile up accolades and awards for her vocal virtuosity that has included multi-year LVMA (Fan and Industry) awards for Best All-Around Performer, Best Female Vocalist, Best Singer-Songwriter, and Best Album “3 AM Epipheny” (2007). Ayers has also recorded backup vocals for an early Tyrone Vaughn (nephew of Stevie Ray) CD.
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B-STREET BAND-A TRIBUTE TO THE BOSS!
7:00 – 9:30 pm
Elks Patio Stage

Rock it out with B STREET on MAIN STREET!
From the heart of the Jersey shore, “Backstreets” was the first band in the world to do a unique tribute to a live performer. There are now an estimated 140,000 tribute bands following their lead and performing all over the world. Nearly 6000 performances later, now named the BSTREETBAND—they are still the hardest working tribute band on the circuit with 175+ shows per year throughout the country—including really large venues! Huge crowds of over 30,000 fans attended the NYC Tunnel of Towers 15 year Anniversary event with the BSTREETBAND performing.

Venues include opening before Springsteen shows outside at the Philadelphia Spectrum for the final 4 events of that historic arena. The band was honored to accept an invitation from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame “Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen” exhibition to give multiple performances at the Philadelphia Constitutional Center.
B-Street Band has had the honor and pleasure of performing with several members of the E-Street Band including “Miami Steve” Van Zandt, Mighty Max Weinberg, the late great Big Man Clarence Clemons, Garry W. Tallent and Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez.