Jazz Maven Plays Blue Heron

Greta Matassa Quartet will perform Saturday, Nov.12, 8 pm in VAA Panache Jazz Series for Island audiences. Mega-talented jazz singer Matassa, touted as ‘a marvel of virtuosity’ by the Los Angeles Times returns tp Vashon for a much awaited encore. Joining her on stage will be one of the Northwest’s finest pianist and keyboard artists, Darin Clendenin, on of the region’s leading bassists Clipper Anderson and versatile freelance drummer/percussionist Mark Ivester. She will perform music from her latest CD I Wanna Be Loved and take listener requests. "I like the spontaneity of having something thrown at me, someone saying, ‘here, field this, and see what you can do with it,’" she says.

Tickets: $14/$17 Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Books by the Way, Vashon Bookshop,

www.brownpapertickets.com; tickets includes complimentary champagne & desserts.