Westport Art Ensemble

Perhaps the best free evening entertainment in town, the Blue Room’s Blue Monday Jams showcase the skills of top young players while also spotlighting the bandleading abilities of established masters. Each week presents a new challenge for the apprentices and a fresh stylistic template for audiences. This Monday’s session should be especially supercharged, with Westport Art Ensemble making a rare appearance in the center of the brainstorm. WAE’s headlining gigs, filled with intricate interplay and striking solos, rank among the area’s most compelling concerts, but these experts at conducting cacophony fare even better when improvisationally incorporating unfamiliar voices.