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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 9-15
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Only one international headliner in town this week (and Bill Carrothers is one of our own!) but there's no dearth of talent from our local roster of artists, and it's a particularly busy weekend — don't become a couch potato as the cold settles in. Jazz will keep your blood flowing, ears glowing — we have great music to keep you warm. Big Gigs This Week Friday, January 9. About a year ago, guitarist Joel Shapira needed another local guitarist ...
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Vijay Iyer: Jazz is 'the music of the people'
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Michael Ricci
Vijay Iyer speaks with missionary fervor about jazz. For this young award-winning pianist and 2012 recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant," playing jazz has little to do with fame. “The arts are a life of service," Iyer said, speaking from his home in New York City. “It's not just about success for yourself," he added. “If you look at the history of jazz, it's always been the music of the people." The Vijay Iyer Trio will offer an admission-free concert ...
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A Bit more Ellington jazz matinee
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
It's unusual when a band becomes its own warmup act, but that's what happened when multi-instrumentalist Greg Nielsen's quintet performed in the South County Jazz Club's matinee series at the Venice FL At Center. Nielsen's band - with the leader on trombone, flugelhorn and soprano sax, Tom Ellison on reeds, Eddie Tobin on piano, Mark Neuenschwander on bass and David Pruyn on drums - featured a few gems during the opening set, including saxophonist Dona Menza's lovely bossa nova “Faviana." ...
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Bettye Lavette Returns To Café Carlyle With All New Show & A New CD, January 27-February 7
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Matt Gross
Café Carlyle is pleased to welcome back iconic R&B songstress Bettye LaVette for a two- week engagement, January 27–February 7, where she will showcase her inimitable style, gut wrenching vocals and songs from throughout her five decade career, as well as the world premiere of selections from her new album, Worthy. The album, which Cherry Red releases on January 27, features Bettye’s reflective, visceral interpretations of classic tracks by Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones amongst others. Performances ...
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Buster Poindexter (aka David Johansen, New York Dolls) Returns To Café Carlyle, February 10-21
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Matt Gross
As a founding member of the New York Dolls and in a prolific solo career, David Johansen has been a seminal force in rock and roll, influencing countless singers and bands to this day. Buster Poindexter, Johansen’s celebrated alter ego showcases his elegant crooning through R&B ballads. As Poindexter, his previous engagements at the Café have been sellouts and he’s become one of the most revered artists to grace the Café, with TheaterMania calling his Café show “one of the ...
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Singer/Actor Cheyenne Jackson Makes Café Carlyle Debut, January 13-24
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Matt Gross
Cheyenne Jackson, with stage credits including The Performers, 8, Finian’s Rainbow, Damn Yankees and Xanadu; television appearances on 30 Rock, Glee, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ugly Betty; and film work including Love is Strange, United 93, Price Check and Lola Versus, will make his debut at Café Carlyle to open the winter season, January 13-24. The two-week engagement, entitled Eyes Wide Open, will take a personal and humorous look at loss, love, revelation and recovery with music ranging from Louis ...
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Jazz this week: The Bad Plus returns to Jazz at the Bistro, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Though this week in St. Louis brings unusually frigid temperatures along with the usual temporary post-holiday lull in touring activity, there still are some jazz and creative music performances happening around town that will reward those determined to brave the cold. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 7 Tonight, The Bad Plus (pictured) begin a four-night engagement at Jazz at the Bistro, marking the ninth consecutive year the trio has performed at the Bistro in early January. Since their ...
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Charley Gerard's Songs Of Love And Passion at IBeam on February 6
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Charley Gerard
This will be the first project for the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet (BRSQ) with lyrics! This Brooklyn-based group is directed by composer and alto saxophonist Charley Gerard with Jenny Hill, Jacob Teichroew and Dimitri Moderbacher filling out the quartet. Kristin Slipp, an immensely talented singer with the group Cuddle Magic, is performing the work along with the BRSQ at a concert at IBeam on February 6. The concert will be recorded and the music will be on the BRSQ's next ...
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