GO Arts » Harmon pub Tacoma http://blog.thenewstribune.com/arts Everything new on the walls, stage, screen and streets of Tacoma and South Puget Sound. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:35:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Rich Wetzel’s big band orchestra plays free at the Harmon this weekend, plus a new jazz meet-up site http://blog.thenewstribune.com/arts/2011/10/20/rich-wetzels-big-band-orchestra-plays-free-at-the-harmon-this-weekend-plus-a-new-jazz-meet-up-site/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/arts/2011/10/20/rich-wetzels-big-band-orchestra-plays-free-at-the-harmon-this-weekend-plus-a-new-jazz-meet-up-site/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:59:14 +0000 Rosemary Ponnekanti http://blog.thenewstribune.com/arts/?p=3285 Rich Wetzel’s inspired to pack out the Harmon pub in Tacoma with jazz fans on Saturdays. After a successful debut there in July, the trumpeter’s Groovin’ Higher Orchestra will play a cover-free gig there this Saturday night.

“We want to prove that a big band jazz-rock and Latin orchestra can pack the place again, that July was not a fluke,” says Wetzel. “We know and believe that if more club owners get a chance to hear and see that booking jazz on a prime night works, it helps the whole community.”

Wetzel has also created a new community …

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