8 DAYS A WEEK: Your look at Valley Arts Tweet Published August 20. 2021 06:37PM Jazz in-person: Jim Meyer brings his contemporary style of jazz to the Miller Symphony Hall stage, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Meyer will perform original music from his two CDs, “Almost There” and Searching,” the latter awarded “Best Jazz CD” at the Lehigh Valley Music Awards (2007). Meyer has performed in the Lehigh Valley for more than 40 years, playing diverse music genres, including classic rock, pop, ethnic and jazz. The Jim Meyer Group includes Craig Kastelnik, keyboard, organ; Mike Trach, sax, flute; Dan Gonzalez, drums; Hector Rosato, conga, percussion, and Jim McGee, bass. The concert will feature original fusion jazz music by McGee, leader of New Kind of Talk. Tickets: www.millersymphonyhall.org; 610-432-6715 Kix is for kidz: Kix, Autograph, 8 p.m. Aug. 20, Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets honored for rescheduled June 6, 2020; Oct. 2, 2020, and May 14 concerts. Kix, above, is Steve Whiteman, vocals; Brian Forsythe, guitar; Ronnie Younkins, guitar; Mark Schenker, bass, and Jimmy Chalfant, drums. Kix, founded in 1978 in Hagerstown, Md., is known for the album, “Cool Kids” (1983), with the hit “Body Talk.” The band reunited for “Live in Baltimore” (2012). Autograph, a Southern California hard rock band noted for the hit, “Turn Up the Radio” (1984), includes founding guitarist Steve Lynch and bassist Randy Rand; singer-guitarist Simon Daniels, and drummer Marc Wieland. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com; Ticketmaster, 800-745-3000; Penn’s Peak box office; Information: https://www.pennspeak.com/events/all; 866-605-PEAK CONTRIBUTED PHOTO CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
