LAKEPORT, Calif. – The third concert in the 2020 Saturday Night Jazz Club Series at the Soper Reese Theatre features the Rural Jazz Collective led by Tom Aiken.

The show is set for Saturday, March 14, at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $20 with open seating.

The Rural Jazz Collective is the result of Aiken’s desire to create an ensemble based on a freer, less restrictive approach to jazz performance and literature.

Aiken is well known to the Lake County music scene, starting as a music teacher for many years in the Kelseyville school system.

He studied organ and harpsichord at CSU Chico and received a graduate degree with a concentration in music composed before 1750 and after 1900. While at Chico he became interested in improvised music, especially jazz.

He has continued his pursuit of jazz and commercial music, and has played the keyboards with a number of groups in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma and Butte counties.

Playing with Aiken are Steve Baird on bass, Travis Austin on guitar, and Steve DuBois on drums.

Baird has been performing around Lake and Mendocino counties since the early Eighties providing the bass pulse and vocals for a variety of jazz, rock and acoustic ensembles.

Austin is trained as a classical guitarist and is often seen playing neo-flamenco with partner Robert Owens.

DuBois is the drummer for several local bands including Bill Noteman and the Rockets, and Blues Farm.

The Rural Jazz Collective concert is sponsored by Mike Stempe, and Carol and Steve Schepper.

For tickets go to www.soperreesetheatre.com or to The Travel Center, 825 S. Main, Lakeport, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets also are sold up to two hours ahead of the show at the theatre box office.

For more information call 707-263-0577.

The theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.