Event Listing - Music

Sun May 18

Scott "Edawg" Petersen Transplant Benefit Dance Concert

Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums and more!

Tel. Venue: (510) 525-5054
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Location	Date and Time
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center 1317 San Pablo Ave Berkeley, CA 94702 map cross street: Gilman Street district: Berkeley	Sun May 18 (7 pm) - Doors at 6 pm, swing dance lesson at 6:30, showtime starts 7 pm

Description

This event is a rare and special one that brings out the two top Bay Area swing dance bands – Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums and Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – to share the evening in a medical fundraiser for beloved local saxophonist Scott “Edawg” Petersen, www.scottpetersen.org. Petersen has been a busy player on the local scene, performing in both bands and many others including the Mike Vax bands and the Stan Kenton Alumni Orchestra, despite suffering from the congenital disease cystic fibrosis. His career has included a long stint with legendary jazz drummer J.C. Heard’s band, and he performed with Hammond organ greats Shirley Scott and Brother Jack McDuff, as well as a who’s who of pop from Aretha Franklin on down. Now the time has come for Petersen to receive a double lung transplant. Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums, Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, plus a Big Band with guests like vocalist Kim Nalley, raise money for Petersen's operation, plus many guests.