Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

The Wonder Year

Independently, the members of SFJAZZ Collective are paving the way for the future of jazz. Put ’em together, and you have an all-star ensemble worthy of taking on the works of a modern jazz master. This year’s octet is “truly a jazz festival’s worth of names,” writes the Boston Globe — and, indeed, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival copresents the Flynn gig, no doubt to whet our appetites for the fest’s June arrival. Antonio Hart, Mark Turner, Avishai Cohen, Robin Eubanks, Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman and Eric Harland put their own ventures on hold to perform masterful new arrangements of the classic pop songs of none other than Stevie Wonder on Friday.