Richard Elliot & Rick Braun - Champagne Jazz at Thornton Winery

A saxophone and a trumpet, trading lines like two old friends who finish each other's sentences -- that is the whole promise of a Richard Elliot and Rick Braun night, and it lands even harder outdoors with a glass of sparkling wine sweating in your hand. The two have toured together as 'RnR' for the better part of two decades, and the ease between them is the point; nobody is showing off, everybody is having a better time than they expected. Thornton sets it on the vineyard terrace in Temecula, dinner served as the sun drops behind the hills, the winery's own bubbles poured all evening. If your idea of a good Saturday involves fewer parking lots and more sunsets, this is your room. Bring the person who claims they 'don't really do jazz.' They will change their mind by the second song.