On Saturday, August 27, Main Street Toccoa welcomes back Milkshake Mayfield to the Ida Cox Music Series stage. Jimmy Scott, well known local musician, will open the concert at 7:00 p.m. and Mayfield will follow at 8:00 p.m.
In 1980, Milkshake formed the Milkshake Quintet (MSQ), known for its distinctively smooth and silky contemporary and straight ahead jazz, with a taste of bebop and funk. His debut CD entitled “In My Time” was released in 2002, and he is currently working on his Gospel/Jazz and holiday CDs, that will feature the soulfully soothing vocals of his lovely and talented wife, Christine (Tine), MSQ’s featured vocalist. He actively mentors youth and aspiring young musicians via WCLK’s Jazz 91.9 “Jazz In the School” outreach program, and “Live B4U Die Summit”, sponsored by Community Council of Metro Atlanta, Inc. Atlanta, Ga. In 2008, he was the featured jazz artist on WAGA Fox 5 Wednesday’s Child adoption hotline, courtesy of WCLK radio station, Atlanta, Ga. In 2008, he performed aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ (RCCL) Navigator of the Seas in the Western Mediterranean, and became the first trumpeter to perform at the first communion service conducted at the tomb of John the Apostle in Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey. In 2010, he was invited to perform on the World’s largest ship, the RCCL’s Oasis of the Seas; and in 2012 , he performed on RCCL’s Liberty of the Seas. In 2011, he also performed a tribute in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King at the MLK Commemorative Service, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA.
Mayfield can be found mostly anywhere in the World where smooth jazz is heard on local, national and international stages across the oceans and seas.
Milkshake holds a BA degree in Music from Clark College (now Clark-Atlanta University), where he was lead trumpeter in Clark’s jazz orchestra, Morehouse College Big Band, and the Atlanta Band.
The Ida Cox Music Series, named after the 2019 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee, Ida Cox, features free music in Downtown Toccoa every Saturday in June, July, and August. The music starts at 7:00 pm and the series lasts until approximately 10:00 pm each Saturday night. Bring a lawn chair to Downtown Toccoa and enjoy live music, food, and drink in a relaxing atmosphere
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