Janet Planet Group, Manty Ellis & the Milwaukee Jazz Foundation

press release: The Madison Music Collective proudly presents A Double Concert and Fundraiser featuring TWO Headliners!!

JANET PLANET GROUP

MANTY ELLIS and the Milwaukee Jazz Foundation

Jazz on a Funday

Sunday, April 10, at 2:00pm, the doors will open to Madison Music Collective’s annual fundraiser at The Brink Lounge (701 East Washington Avenue, Madison) featuring a spectacular double-bill concert showcasing Wisconsin’s jazz diva Janet Planet and her group, plus the dynamic Manty Ellis & the Milwaukee Jazz Foundation.

Throughout the event, attendees will have the opportunity to participate and bid on a wide variety of valuable goods and services at both a silent and a live auction.  All proceeds will benefit the Madison Music Collective (MMC), a non-profit whose goal is to grow the local audience for jazz and other forms of improvised music and help audience members deepen their understanding of and appreciation for, this challenging, rewarding, and most American art form.

Jazz on a Funday festivities will include:

2:00 pm                Doors open and silent auction begins

3:00 to 4:15pm    Janet Planet Group performance

4:15 to 5:00pm    Live Auction

5:30 to 6:45pm    Manty Ellis Quartet performance

Tickets:      Advance - $25    At the Door - $30

Purchase tickets in advance at:  www.thebrinklounge.com  until 5pm day prior to event.

Chris Wagoner, president of the Madison Music Collective, will conduct live interviews of the musicians after the performance. Wagoner is a veteran of the Midwest music scene and has been a founding member of some of Wisconsin’s most popular groups, e.g., Harmonious Wail, Common Faces, Moon Gypsies, Graminy and the current vintage-jazz ensemble, The Stellanovas.