J.A.S. Ricci and Funkways

Doors 7pm showtime 8pm $12 in advance

American music artist, Joel Ricci (fka Lucky Brown), writes and records in his tiny forest cabin in the foothills of the North Olympic Mountains on the Olympic peninsula of Washington State. As a songwriter, composer, arranger, recording artist, and professional session and touring trumpet player he has worked as both leader and sideman in many groups for over 20 years. He has traveled with nationally touring acts such as Portland's MarchFourth Marching Band, Orgone from Los Angeles, and Moksha from Las Vegas. Recently, an original song of his, in collaboration with Seattle's Polyrhythmics, has been licensed for use in a major Jordan Peele motion picture directed by and starring Dev Patel. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in music composition from Eastern Washington University in 1999 and has performed in the Peninsula College Jazz band while studying composition and arranging under the tutelage…