Bess Jacques & The Strays: Album Release Show (Freeport Edition)
Fri, May 30
|Cadenza
Jazz/indie pop originals - $25 in Advance | $30 at the Door. Show will also be livestreamed from Cadenza's Facebook page. Contributions to the artist are encouraged.
Time & Location
May 30, 2025, 7:00 PM
Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport, ME 04032, USA
About The Event
Bess Jacques & The Strays celebrate the release of their debut album, Anthems for Lily Briscoe, with a show at Cadenza on Friday, May 30. While it’s accurate to label the band’s genre simply “jazz”, the songs on the new album revel in contrasting moods, drawing on pop and singer-songwriter styles in addition to traditional and modern jazz feels, including pulsing instrumentals, haunting ballads, and pop-styled vocal songs with backing harmonies. All songs on the album are originals, including eight written by band leader Bess Jacques (piano & vocals), and one each by the three other band members, Duane Edwards (bass), Tracy McMullen (saxophone), and Jan van Voorst van Beest (drums). The album was recorded at Acadia Recording Company (just down Hanover Street from Batson River) and mastered by Pat Keane Mastering, all in Portland, Maine. The result is a groovy, dreamy, epic, Maine-made, eleven-song journey.
The Lily Briscoe of the album’s…