Kenny 鈥淏lues Boss鈥� Wayne is kicking off Jazz in the Vine with a performance at Glasshouse Estates Winery March 19.

Fort 91原创 Jazz and Arts Festival is offering up a new set of concerts across the Fraser Valley.

Once a month from March to June, a Campbell Valley winery will host a special ticketed concert featuring an array of musical talents paired alongside food, and of course, wines straight from the region.

At the age of 75, Wayne is a B.C. blues legend with decades of playing, countless globe-trotting tours and a slate of acclaimed, award-winning albums under the belt of his flamboyant zoot suit.

鈥淚 was doing a lot of R&B stuff 鈥� dance music. So the blues came a little later,鈥� Wayne told the 91原创 Advance Times. 鈥淚 was performing a lot of standards at hotel lounges, but there wasn鈥檛 an opportunity to record. I took a big interest in the genre and the blues history really got me going.鈥�

The award-winning piano master is known for colourfully energetic shows and his mastery of classic boogie-woogie as well as jump blues and New Orleans jazz.

The March 19th performance will be a tribute to blues legend Fats Domino.

Originally from Spokane, Washington, Wayne has resided in Vancouver since the 1980s.

He takes his nickname 鈥淏lues Boss鈥� from an album by one of his biggest influences, Amos Milburn. He said he did so to distinguish himself because 鈥渢here were a few other Kenny Wayne鈥檚 already in the business.鈥�

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Glass House Estate Winery is a family-owned vineyard and boutique winery producing hand-selected, single vineyard, low yield artisan wine located in beautiful South 91原创 along the Campbell Valley wine route 鈥� managed and operated by the Joseph Richard Group.

Wayne said he has performed at wineries before and said there is a big difference between the wine drinking crowd and the beer drinking crowd.

鈥淲ine and jazz go together and blues and beer go together. This will be jazzy blues鈥� New Orleans style,鈥� Wayne said. 鈥淚鈥檒l have a five peice band with me. I hope to make people feel happy and feel gratified.鈥�

The 鈥淏lues Boss鈥� will return to the Fraser Valley for the Fort 91原创 Jazz and Arts Festival in July.

More on Kenny 鈥淏lues Boss鈥� Wayne can be found on his website .

Tickets are available at .

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