Jazz on the Menu -
An artful evening of exceptional acoustic jazz
Saturday, June 28, 2025 | 7:30-9:30p
POSITIVELY FLORIDA &
ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS
JAZZ ON THE MENU at The New Spirit Cafe
Featuring
w/ the Kelly/Scott Jazztet
Classic & modern swing to New Orleans!
at the
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Joan James Harris Theater
1414 Art Center Ave
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
ONLY 100 SEATS AVAILABLE:
$30 THEATER SEATING, $45 TABLE SEATING.
FACEBOOK EVENT - Invite your friends!
Atlantic Center for the Arts and Positively Florida—two dedicated arts nonprofits—have partnered to present quarterly evenings of uplifting entertainment for the public. Their joint project, New Spirit Café, offers a welcoming setting to relax, listen, and enjoy outstanding performances by top-tier professional musicians. The venue features both table and theater-style seating, along with a beverage bar serving drinks and light snacks to enhance the communal experience of live music in a warm, inviting atmosphere.
Opening the series, audiences are invited to experience an artful evening of exceptional acoustic jazz featuring acclaimed jazz artists Lisa Kelly and JB Scott with their Kelly/Scott Jazztet. Known for her smooth, intimate vocal tone, Lisa Kelly brings a sophisticated ‘Ella meets Diana Krall’ style, blending relaxed phrasing with lyrical, horn-like scat improvisation. Her expressive delivery is equally suited to small ensembles and big bands. JB Scott’s sassy, soulful trumpet playing—reminiscent of Freddy Hubbard, Louis Armstrong, and Clark Terry—reflects a wealth of experience performing in New Orleans, Miami, and on tour with groups such as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and the Dukes of Dixieland.
Together, Kelly and Scott present a versatile repertoire that spans “Classic Swing to New Orleans,” including Great American Songbook standards, traditional selections, modern jazz, and award-winning originals. Their arrangements incorporate swing, sensitive ballads, Bossa Novas, light funk, Samba, bluesy shuffles, Bebop, New Orleans grooves, and more.
The Kelly/Scott Jazztet features a stellar rhythm section with pianist Jeff Phillips, bassist Jay Mueller, and drummer Clyde Connor. Based in Florida, these five musicians have earned regional to international acclaim, performing at venues such as Walt Disney World, jazz clubs, concert halls, jazz societies, and major festivals. In 2024, the Jazztet delivered sold-out performances for Treasure Coast Jazz Society, Heidi’s Jazz Club, Reilly Arts Center, Amelia Island Club, Chez L’amour jazz club, and more.
Kelly/Scott WEBSITE
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(Tickets TBA)
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Mission: To inspire and nurture creativity through interdisciplinary artist residencies, dynamic artist collaborations, community engagement, and self-discovery within the experience of nature.
Vision: ACA enriches lives through the joy and power of the arts.
Values: We believe in the values that our founder Doris Leeper embraced.
• The creative spirit must be nurtured.
• There is a powerful connection between the arts and the natural environment.
• Supporting artists creates innovation and capacity, both locally and globally.
Atlantic Center for the Arts continues to preserve and protect these values.
Founded in 2007 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to using the arts—particularly the performing arts—to share a simple but powerful message: the ability to create is a gift shared by all. Over the years, the organization has led creative development classes such as Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, sponsored the Spirit Café, staged approximately 20 theatrical productions, employed jazz musicians, published numerous books by talented writers, and even produced a short film. Project selection has consistently focused on offerings that bring hope to audiences and the wider world, with an emphasis on honesty and substance rather than sentimentality. The mission has remained clear: to provide a platform for creative individuals—actors, writers, directors, and musicians—to reach for greater artistic expression and realize their full potential. More broadly, Positively Florida seeks to inspire individuals to view their lives as works of art they are fully entitled to shape and define for themselves.
That mission continues today. In 2024, the organization produced an uplifting new musical, Riding Time with No Hands, supporting Florida-based composer/lyricist Mary Beth Koplin and playwright Ed Koplin in bringing their work from script to stage. In 2025, Positively Florida will debut another original work, a comedy titled The God Account, written by advertising professional Dave Warren. A refreshed edition of Spirit Café is in development, and Eckhart Tolle’s Practicing the Power of Now is being added to the course offerings. The current season is marked by both momentum and creativity.
Gary Broughman is the founder and president of Positively Florida, Inc. He is a writer, poet, editor, publisher, stage producer and director, actor, and educator. His greatest joy lies in creating space for other creatives to explore and express their gifts.
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