FREE | Friday, Sept 19, 2025 9:30 p.m. | Forsyth Park

In 2024, Jay Beckenstein and band started its observation of the 50th anniversary of the band. What started as a diversion, something that was just for fun (and twenty-five cents at the door) continue sits evolution into 2025. It began inauspiciously when Beckenstein and a few musician friends inBuffalo NY organized a get together on their shared night off from working in bands that actually made money. It was a simple, humble idea with a name that was likewise simple and humble,“Tuesday Night–Jazz Jam”. Fast forward 50 years and this jazz super group has released over 30albums, garnering gold and platinum along the way. They’ve played over 10,000 concerts on six continents. Spyro Gyra has maintained its standards of excellence and that has sustained them on the “A list” of live attractions in jazz for 50 years.