A very satisfying concert Oct. 14.  They not only play their instruments very well but they sing!  Their selections were incredibly varied and entertaining.  I guess that old is new again since a lot of their numbers were very familiar to our audience but they made them fresh again.

At age five, Richard Smith watched his father fingerpick “Down South Blues” on guitar. By day’s end, he had learned the song. At age of eleven, he played on stage with his hero, Chet Atkins. By age 20, Atkins and legend Jerry Reed were both calling Smith their hero!

Cellist Julie Adams is also a rarity. Classically trained at Cincinnati Conservatory, she took folk music by storm, bedazzled Smith, and the rest is history -- together, husband-and-wife team Smith and Adams’ musical connection will melt your heart -- and their stellar technique will knock your socks off!

Some call it the Nat “King” Cole Trio meets the Mills Brothers… others call it Fats Waller meets Fats Domino. However described, Casey MacGill’s Blue 4 Trio swept the audience back through time. Boogie-woogie pianist MacGill led bassist Matt Weiner and percussionist Mike Daugherty through soulful renditions of pre-World War II swing classics, complete with impeccable three-part vocal harmonies (and even a little ukulele).

The members of the trio have been featured in Broadway’s smash musical Swing, the Edinburgh Jazz Festival and legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London. Soft or loud, raw or mellow, Casey MacGill’s Blues 4 Trio plays it all, and keeps it 100% real.