NexLevel | Free Concert

NexLevel | Free Concert

Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE

In 2000, Columbus, Ohio based guitarist Mark Jackson and Keyboardist Jesse Thompson were asked to play at his nephew’s wedding—a gathering that gave rise to one of the city’s most popular and eclectic jazz fusion bands. When the person printing the wedding program needed a band name, Jackson came up with the clever moniker NexLevel—so that, as Jackson recalls, “When people say it, it sounds good and tells everyone who we are and catapults us where we want to go”. The band explores an eclectic soul jazz fusion route that keeps their powerful grooves and melodies strong while increasing the sonic textures, improvisations, rock guitar and funky bass elements. “We’re having a lot of fun now, making music that’s soulful and high energy, but very mixed from track to track. Each tune puts the listener in a very different environment, but the power of emotion ties them all together.”

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Levitt Pavilion Dayton

NexLevel | Free Concert is taking place at Levitt Pavilion Dayton, which is located at 134 S. Main Street in Dayton. Levitt Pavilion Dayton - Building community through music, one free concert at a time, Levitt Pavilion is located on Dave Hall Plaza on South Main between Fourth and Fifth Streets in downtown Dayton.