VILLAGE OF LIVERPOOL – When the Frank Grosso Quartet concludes the “Syracuse Songwriters” concert series on Sunday, April 13 at Liverpool Public Library, they’ll perform music by several Central New York jazz composers. Among the tunes the quartet will play is one titled “Hidden Soul,” written by longtime Liverpool educator and saxophonist Joe Riposo. The free concert is scheduled at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip St., in the village of Liverpool; lpl.org; 315-457-0310. The Grosso foursome includes Frank Grosso on tenor and baritone saxophones, bassist Dave Arenius, pianist Barry Blumenthal and drummer Tom Killian. They will perform compositions by Ithaca guitarist Steve Brown, Utica pianist Rick Montalbano and Liverpool saxophonist Joe Riposo among others. The April 13 audience will also hear tunes such as “It Might Be You” by trombonist Bret Zvacek and “Song for My Mother” by saxophonist Walt Weiskopf. Pianist Barry Blumenthal will be featured on his own composition, “Majestic Whisper.” Bandleader Frank Grosso earned a music master’s degree at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He is a regular member of the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, Salt City Jazz Collective and the Micro Big Band. He has played in the pit orchestras of numerous area theaters. As a performer, Grosso has accompanied touring artists such as Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Dianne Schuur, The Spinners, The Temptations and Manhattan Transfer and many others. He previously performed with the blues-rock band Little Georgie & The Shuffling Hungarians as well as the hard rock group, The Bogeymen. The April 13 concert – a collaboration of Liverpool Public Library and the Liverpool Is The Place Concert Committee – is made possible thanks to generous support from the NY State Council on the Arts administered here by CNY Arts. ...read more read less