Live Music in the Piano Lounge: Walt Burkett & Tracy Neff

Thursday nights, the J invites you to enjoy free live music in the piano lounge from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. The Firehall Cafe at the J offers their full menu of food and beverages until 9:00 PM. Curated by local musician Victor Pruner, the Live in the Piano Lounge series is designed to bring a variety of local musicians to engage the community. Walt Burkett is a well sought after guitarist involved in many local projects across a wide variety of genres. Specializing in chord-melody solo guitar, vocal/guitar duos, jazz instrumental ensembles, rich-harmony classic rock and to round things off, a David Bowie Tribute Band. His performances have been known to include bossa, samba, tangos, jazz and pop standards and classic rock. He plays both classical and string guitar. Walt is a member of three popular groups, The Walrus, Jasmine Greene Band and Scary Monster & The Super Creeps. Tracy is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music with a BFA in Musical Theatre and is the only theatre student in the schools’ history to have recieved the silver medal for Outstanding Achievement. Back east, Tracy was thrilled to be featured with the Boston Pops Orchestra and to perform roles such as Phillia in “A Funny Thing…Forum” and Gracie in “The Music Man” while working in her favorite summer stock resort in Maine. Tracy is continually keeping busy with recital work and loves collaborating with artists from Canada and around the world.