Jazz parties accompanied by Louisana-themed cuisine have livened up the dinner and dancing scene in Old Town.
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While serious music fans have no qualms about cramming into East Lansing’s Gumbo & Jazz to hear Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson and his quartet up close and personal when it hosts the occasional free weekend jam session, the cozy Creole restaurant doesn’t offer a lot of room for dancing.
On Saturday, the world-renowned saxophonist and Professor of Jazz at Michigan State University wants the audience to take advantage of the extra floor space at Perspective 2 Studio in Old Town, when he and his wife, Desi, will host “A Taste of Louisiana,” the first of what they hope to be a regular series of “jazz parties.”
Guests will have the chance to load up on plenty of calories before hitting the dance floor to burn them off. While Baton Rouge native Desi Anderson has been serving her Louisiana cuisine daily at Gumbo & Jazz since she and Wes opened the place last fall, she plans to stretch out way past the usual menu of red beans and rice and jambalaya. “My wife is presenting one of the best facsimiles of Louisiana food you will see,” Anderson said.
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