SUBMITTED BY MUSIC MAKERS OF THE ANGLICAN PARISH
On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the popular Tea à Tempo weekly summer concert series features the welcome return of musicians Suzanne Gay, Jim Shultz and Bruce Grey – this time as The Sonic Cocktail – offering a “locally shaken and stirred musical concoction” for your enjoyment.
They will be featuring some of their favourite tunes from the revolutionary and prolific musical decade of the 1960s. You’ll hear their take on artists such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and The Beatles.
Gay is a Salt Spring-born vibrant pianist and singer known for her versatility of musical styles and sultry voice, creating an ambience of emotionally charged beauty and soul. She is a graduate of VIU’s jazz program and currently teaches piano and voice on the island.
Shultz has made Salt Spring his home for the last 12 years and has played with a variety of local groups and vocalists over that time. He currently plays guitar with the Afternoon Shift jazz combo, the Swing Shift Big Band and The Sonic Cocktail. He has also been part of more than two dozen musicals over the last 20 years, playing a variety of stringed instruments.
Grey has been involved in music in a variety of line-ups for many years on Salt Spring Island. Whether it’s lead vocals, harmonizing as an accompanying vocalist, playing electric bass, or on the percussion kit to add colour to a composition, serving the song and enjoying the process with the band members are the key elements to his musical journey.
Music by donation begins in All Saints by-the-Sea at 2:10 p.m., followed by tea and treats at a cost of $5.
Donations provide the honoraria awarded the musicians and contribute to the running of the series.