SEQUIM — Narayan & Janet, a duo from Seattle who blend jazz, rhythm and blues and Sanskrit chanting, are returning to the North Olympic Peninsula for an outdoor concert tonight.
The pair, whose latest album is titled “All Bliss,” will appear at the Center of Infinite Reflections, 144 Tripp Road just southwest of Sequim, at 7 p.m.
Admission is $15, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds, said Susan Davis, the center’s founder.
A potluck picnic precedes the show at 6 p.m.
Davis decided to hold the concert outside since a crowd turned out last spring when Narayan & Janet first played at the center.
“It was standing room only,” she said.
Davis and her crew will provide chairs and blankets, but concert-goers are welcome to bring their own if they like.
Davis calls the pair’s music “a delicious blend . . . [with] wonderfully blended vocals, Janet’s keyboard sounds, Narayan’s jazzy muted trumpet and flugelhorn.”
Listeners will wonder, she added, “How do two people produce all of this music?”
Narayan and Janet’s vision is to make life-affirming music, Davis said. They believe in music’s power to transform, heal and elevate people and their communities.
Janet began playing professionally at 14, and went on to tour and record with such artists as Albert Collins, Merrilee Rush, Randy Bachman and New Age musicians David Lanz and Paul Speer.
She was the host of “Rock TV,” a Spokane television show.
Narayan also began showcasing his talents at a young age, performing lead trumpet in numerous jazz bands.
He toured internationally with the Harry James Big Band, performed on cruise ships and worked as a soloist for a variety of world music, jazz and R&B bands.
To learn more about Narayan & Janet’s music, visit www.livingmusicradio.com/music.html.
For directions to or information about the Center of Infinite Reflections, phone 360-460-7941.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-417-3550 or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
