Saxophonist Dan Jordan will perform with his quartet and vocalist Michelle Mailhot at the Space Coast Jazz Society’s concert at 2 PM Sunday Feb. 12 in the Cocoa Beach Country Club.

The quartet includes Jordan on saxophone and flute, Benjamin Kramer on acoustic bass, Bob Thornton on keyboard and Greg Parnell on drums.

Jordan is well known to SCJS members for two previous appearances: in 2010 for his Valentine’s Day Tribute to Cole Porter and in 2006 when he was a sideman at the SCJS Benefit that featured his dueling sax performances with Ira Sullivan. Jordan and Mailhot are popular Orlando musicians who have each performed with some of the country’s top musicians.

Sybil Gage, labeled by Florida Today music critic Mike Munoz as “the undisputed Queen of local jazz” and chosen by Brevard Live Magazine  as the best musician in Brevard, will be the headliner for this year’s annual Space Coast Jazz Society Benefit.

The event, which raises money for the SCJS Scholarship Fund, will be at 2 PM Sunday March 11 in the Cocoa Beach Courtyard by Marriott. The benefit is open to the public. All seats are $25. They will be sold at the door but seating is limited and it is recommended that you buy your tickets in advance.  There will be free hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.

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It will be  Sybil’s second SCJS appearance. She brought down the house when she and her trio played for us in January of 2010. The trio includes Leon Olguin on piano, Ernie Wilson on bass and Dennis Thompson on drums.