Saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis performs at the Auburn Wine and Caviar Company on Saturday nights in April with a different featured guest musician (or two) from around the region.

Performances are 6-9 p.m. at the venue, 2402 A St. SE,

April’s featured guest musician lineup:

• April 13: Barney McClure, piano
• April 20: Rick White, 6-string bass guitar
• April 27: George Radebaugh, piano

About the musicians:
Mark Lewis

Lewis is master of the alto sax, baritone sax, flute and piano, author of more than 1,600 compositions, and has recorded and produced more than 20 albums on various labels.

Rotterdam, Holland was Lewis’ home base for many years. He toured and played in most of the better clubs throughout Europe, and taught jazz theory and improvised music classes in several music conservatories.

Lewis lived and performed for several years in San Francisco and Victoria, B.C., as well. Lewis’ CD “In The Spirit,” recorded at Music Annex in Menlo Park, Calif., made the Top 40 on Billboard Magazine’s Jazz Albums chart.

Lewis has performed and recorded with pianists Mark Levine, Overton Berry and Ted Gioia; drummers Candy Finch, Eddie Moore and Billy Higgins; bassist David Friesen; saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Art Foxall; trumpet player Randy Brecker; and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Lewis often subbed for Stan Getz and John Handy during his time in San Francisco.

Barney McClure

Barney McClure is one of the most respected jazz pianists in the Northwest. He has performed and/or recorded with too many jazz legends to mention, including Zoot Sims, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Larry Coryell, Milt Jackson and Gary Peacock, and backed such notables as Bob Hope, Bob Newhart and Steve Allen.

He spends many hours a day in his studio composing original music from Reggae to jazz to classical. He has written a popular book on jazz improvisation and is involved in managing a number of music festivals. You can also hear Barney in the movies “Officer and a Gentleman,” and the soundtrack of “Mr. Holland’s Opus.”

Rick White

Rick White is a classically trained composer and jazz bassist, which combine to make his compositions and his playing truly unique. His first experiences as a bassist were in R&B bands playing clubs throughout the Western States, giving him strong roots in groove-oriented music.

After this he chose to pursue a more formal music education and received a masters degree in music composition from Northern Illinois University, where his compositions received top awards each year he attended.

While in school Rick maintained a busy schedule as a sideman as well as back up to many guest artists such as Tito Puente, Clark Terry, Mark Murphy and Bob Mintzer, to name a few.

He is the director of instrumental music at Olympic College, where he teaches music theory, jazz theory, bass lessons and conducts the jazz and wind ensembles.

George Radebaugh

George Radebaugh has a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Originally from the East Coast, he now resides in Port Townsend and can be heard throughout the Northwest playing jazz, funk and other styles.

He plays frequently with guitarist Chuck Easton, trombonist Rex Rice and bassist Ted Enderle, and has worked with Pete Toyne, Rickey Kelly, Phil Sparks, Bud Shank and many other Northwest jazz greats.

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For more information, call the Auburn Wine and Caviar Company at 253-887-8530.