LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — Eric Baylin and Kazzrie Jaxen will appear at the Arts Nest in “Ecstatic Adventures with Two Keyboards” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 11.

Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Jazz artist Kazzrie Jaxen and poet/musician Eric Baylin “weave together an innovative program of improvisational music combined with stories and poetry exploring the theme of ‘piano lessons,’” the Arts Nest wrote.

“The two artists, adventurers at heart, delve into their individual histories of learning piano at a young age and follow through to the present when they reach beyond boundaries to unleash sounds unmoored from old patterns. Along the way, they revisit Bach, Beethoven and Chopin; ride with ragtime rhythms of Scott Joplin; and with two keyboards springboard into new improvisational territory.”

Baylin and Jaxen are inspired by the Sufi poets Rumi and Hafiz, as well as others who “seek a life at once grounded in the everyday while soaring into other skies.”

Admission costs $20 before the performance on My River Tickets, www.myrivertickets.com/events/arts-nest-eric-baylin-kazzrie-jaxen-10-11-2026 and $25 at the door.

The Arts Nest is located at 6692 Rte. 52. 

Learn more about the artists and their process in creating this performance here.