SEAN MASON TRIO
6:00 p.m.; Middle C Jazz; $17
A Charlotte native and All-Star Jazz Youth Ensemble alumnus, pianist Sean Mason now resides in New York City where he studies at Julliard and jams with Wynton Marsalis. With bassist Butler Knowles and drummer Malcolm Charles, Mason plays the entire Charlie Brown Christmas album, evoking the melancholy magic of the holiday popularized by Vince Guaraldi.
FROM THE SOUNDWAVE
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DECEMBER 22
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
Omari & the Hellhounds (Comet Grill)
Mr. Genius and the Robot Inventors, My Blue Hope, Mama Tried! (The Milestone)
RAP/HIP-HOP/SOUL/FUNK/R&B
Bone Snugs-N-Harmony (Snug Harbor)
ROOTS/BLUES/INTERNATIONAL
Bluegrass Open Jam: Greg Clarke & Friends (Tommy’s Pub)
JAZZ/CLASSICAL/ INSTRUMENTAL
Bill Hannah’s Jazz Session (Petra’s)