PHAT SATURDAY: The only thing cooler than the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival is the run-up leading to it, specifically the big fundraising bash for the free weekend festival. Like last year’s show with Barrence Whitfield, James Montgomery and Toni Lynn Washington. Or the blowout show the year before that — featuring the Ken Clark Organ Trio, the Mystix and the Boston Horns. Not to mention the weekend shows in Derby Square, bringing hot young talent out of the clubs and classrooms and into the streets — for free, just to get people thinking about the August festival — which is, incredibly, also free. Well, it’s all about to happen again. The big fundraiser takes place April 17 in the atrium of the Peabody Essex Museum — definitely a cool venue. They’re calling it “Keyed Up.” The program will feature some of the area’s hottest pianists, organists and keyboard players, including Grammy Award-winner David Maxwell, Marty Rowen (seen here is this Tom Uellner photo) and Ken Clark of Fats Hammond, Jen Kearney of Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion and Benjamin Zecker of the Boston Horns. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50, $45 for members of the Peabody Essex. Proceeds benefit the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, a free weekend festival that runs from Aug. 21-22 at the Salem Willows, that spills out into Witch City clubs for a post-show performances, just to work out the energy. For more information, call 978.745.9500 or log onto pem.org/events or check out the SJSF web.
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