Here comes one of the best, a dude who gets more lyrical and fierce with each passing year.

While I enjoy Cliff Colon's stark beauty tenor saxophone paired with singer/wife Sommer Stockinger, and his furious face-offs with fellow saxman Kareem Kandi, it's when he frosts the fusion and Latin funk that I completely lose it. Such will be the case Saturday when he and Velocity cram into Doyle's corner. With Peter Adams on keys, Rob Hutchinson on bass, Brian Smith on drums, this band knows how to keep lots of balls in the air at once.

I don't need to tell you about the advantages of a small venue, right?

VELOCITY, 9:30 p.m., Doyle's Public House, 208 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, no cover, 253.272.7468