Music is in the air in downtown Culver City, as the 2019 Summer Music
Festival brings great sounds to the masses. The Aug. 1 show featured George
Kahn Jazz & Blues Revue, led by pianist Kahn, and balanced with some of
the best locals around, including Grammy winner Dr. Bobby Rodriguez on
trumpet. The band also featured a trio of vocalists, Gina Saputo, Courtney
Lemmon and Natalie Wachen, to deliver the lyrics in both lead and backup
form in ways that can veer from cutesy, as on the Andrew Sisters-inspired
“Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar” to the stomping STAX Bish “I’d
Rather Go Blind.” The ladies deliver a funky take of the Crescent City
classic “Yes We Can,” while going even deeper down Bourbon Street with
Rodriguez’s horn on “Summertime.”
