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The Manieri Jazz Endowment of the Anacortes Public Library presents six stages of live jazz March 3, 6-10 p.m. in tandem with the First Friday Art Walk.

Seattle jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson is at the Rockfish Grill, 7-9 p.m. She performs with John Hanson, piano, Michael Glynn, bass and Victoria horn player Kelby MacNyr. Seattle vibraphonist Susan Pascal is at Pelican Bay Books, 7-9 p.m. Her band: Brian Monroney, guitar, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop. At the Brown Lantern, 7-10 p.m. is Deep River Blues Band, a three piece band featuring acoustic blues, ragtime and hokum from the 1920s to the 1950s. Hot club style jazz is presented by Dogtail Swing at Johnny Picasso’s, 6-8 p.m. Newton’s Law Trio plays jazz fusion at Frida’s Restaurant, 6:30-9 p.m. The Depot presents Anacortes High School jazz combos, 6-8 p.m.

Admission is free at all six venues with volunteers at each site selling Jazz Walk buttons for $10 to help defray the event costs.

The venues are all clustered in the downtown core of Anacortes and are an easy walking distance from the galleries and from each other.

The Manieri Jazz committee hopes that this can become an annual event. Come out and dig how Anacortes can sound like Manhattan’s 52nd Street in the 1950s and check out the great art while strolling through town.