Emmy Winners Join Local Jazz Scene

Brad and Gaye Hatfield are the real McCoy when it comes to music

BY KERRY FIRTH

You never really know who’s sitting behind the microphone at a local jam session. That unassuming saxophonist blending into a Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society Tuesday night jam may have been a professor at Berklee College of Music. That pianist casually playing behind a vocalist may have written music for blockbuster films or composed Emmy-winning songs heard by millions. In Fort Pierce, legends don’t always announce themselves. They often just show up, unpack their instruments, and let the music speak.