By Adriene Moore |Staff writer| Dim the lights, sip your coffee and snap your fingers as the jazz ensemble of CSUSB gears up to host award-winning jazz quartet Poem at its first ever Jazz Fest on May 21, 2011. In addition to Poem, the jazz ensemble for Riverside Community College will be opening the show and then the CSUSB jazz ensemble will follow their performance, ultimately leading to the festival’s headliners. Poem is made up of Bob Mintzer on saxophone, Alan Pasqua on keyboard, Darek Oles onbass and Peter Erskine on drums. Each member of Poem is extremely talented, but it is Erskine that will be presenting a special treat for the students. The legendary jazz drummer … [Read more...] about Bring on the Jazz