Submitted by Jeffrey Cohan.

St. David’s Episcopal Church presents the 16th annual Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas, featuring jazz pianist, flutist and clarinetist Martin Lund, classical flutist Jeffrey Cohan and bassist Paul Gabrielson in a unique and joyous celebration of music for the holidays that bridges the jazz/classical divide on Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 12:30 p.m. at St. David’s Episcopal Church at 780 Park Street in Friday Harbor.

The suggested donation, a free will offering, will be $15 to $25, and those 18 and under are free.

Three renowned jazz and classical artists and friends meld their musical perspectives during this unusual collaboration and unique celebration of the Yuletide season that is guaranteed to generate an abundance of Christmas cheer. Lund, Cohan and Gabrielson team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and the “art music” of baroque and Renaissance times. Instrumental musicians have “jazzed up” melodies familiar to them in the style of their day for centuries, and this team’s virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.

An extremely diverse musician, Lund has played with some of the great blues artists of our time and worked in the studios of Los Angeles as a composer, arranger and musician with artists like Mel Torme and Isaac Hayes.

Jazz bassist and educator Gabrielson has been playing professionally for over 30 years. Recently relocating back to Seattle from New York City, Gabrielson brings with him a performance roster of some of the finest jazz musicians on the scene today.

Flutist Cohan has performed as soloist in 25 countries, both on modern and early transverse flutes from the Renaissance through the present. The winner of many important competitions and awards, he has performed throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, and worldwide for the USIA Arts America Program.

Jeffrey Cohan