Mid-Coast Monster Analysis
On a beautiful sunny day in January 2009 over two hundred fans of jazz gathered at the Parker Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine. The center of attention during a spectacular two hours of jazz was not the illustrious Al Corey Big Band, nor the Pete Collins Jazz Band, nor even Al Doane and his Bridgeway Band!
Though present that afternoon, these greats of jazz were clearly not the central focus of the afternoon for the throng of admirers that had gathered and seated themselves before the theater stage. No, January 25th 2009 was the day of a lifetime for jazz pianist Muriel Havenstein, a veritable love-fest for the "Mid-Coast Monster" who has been playing jazz for over 68 years.
Of course, Muriel would have chuckled softly
Though present that afternoon, these greats of jazz were clearly not the central focus of the afternoon for the throng of admirers that had gathered and seated themselves before the theater stage. No, January 25th 2009 was the day of a lifetime for jazz pianist Muriel Havenstein, a veritable love-fest for the "Mid-Coast Monster" who has been playing jazz for over 68 years.
Of course, Muriel would have chuckled softly