Dazzlingly contrapuntal guitarist Pasquale Grasso and his trio are joined by Samara Joy, the almost eerily apt winner of the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, whose voice unreels from plush velvet to coruscating silk in the space of a phrase. Next night, volcanic alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and her quartet attend the still-steaming caldara of John and Alice Coltrane. —E.E.
Vermont Jazz Center Emerging Artist Festival
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hill, Brattleboro, VT 05301
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