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Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series In Willingboro, NJ Presents Pianist Eric Mintel And His Quartet
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Bruce Klauber
Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series in Willingboro, NJ presents pianist Eric Mintel and his Quartet at the Willingboro Library—220 Willingboro Way in Willingboro Township—on Thursday, January 15. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Pianist/composer/bandleader/recording artist Eric Mintel—one of the foremost exponents of the music of Dave Brubeck—was playing Brubeck compositions, and playing them well, at the age of 15. The Eric Mintel Quartet has played for presidents Clinton and Obama, on ...
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Jazz Bridge Second Wednesdays Concert Series In Center City Presents Bassist Tyrone Brown
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Bruce Klauber
Jazz Bridge Second Wednesdays Concert Series in Center City presents bassist Tyrone Brown at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion—Chestnut Street—on Wednesday, January 14. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. There’s very little in the jazz industry that bassist/composer/arranger/educator Tyrone Brown hasn’t done. His beginnings—studies in orchestration and harmony at the Berklee School of Music and private study with Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bassist Michael Shahan—are as ...
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Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series On The Main Line Presents Vocalist Valray And Her Quartet
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Bruce Klauber
Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series on The Main Line presents vocalist Valray and her Quartet at The New Leaf Club—1225 Montrose Avenue in Rosemont—on Thursday, January 15. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Vocalist and producer Valray, who studied at Philadelphia’s prestigious Freedom Theater, cites Nina Simone and Carmen McCrae as among her original influences. As she evolved as a stylist and performer, Valray has combined ...
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Jazz Bridge Second Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series At The Collingswood Community Center Presents Trombonist Clifford Adams
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Bruce Klauber
The Jazz Bridge Second Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center—East Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents trombonist Clifford Adams on Thursday, January 8. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914 or 215-517-8337. Trombonist Clifford Adams began his musical career as a member of his junior high school choir. He soon switched to trombone under the tutelage of Tommy Gryce, and four years later, he did his ...
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Jazz Bridge First Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series At The Cheltenham Center For The Arts Presents Vocalist Denise King
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Bruce Klauber
The Jazz Bridge First Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts—Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham—presents vocalist Denise King on Wednesday, January 7. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-833. or visit jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts. A rhythm and blues fan as a child, Denise King discovered jazz at the age of 12. Her “formal” musical education consisted of listening carefully to everyone from Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone ...
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Spotlighting Obscure Tunes with Toe-Tapping Swing
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Pianist Johnny Varro seems most at home in obscure jazz material—not only 50 or more years old, but in some cases, obscure even when it was first performed. Such was the case with more than half of the compositions he presented Monday night, November 11, with the Florida edition of his Swing 7 band at the Charlotte County Jazz Society concert series. Sure, there were a couple of Duke Ellington staples ("What am I Here For?" and “"Black and Fantasy"), ...
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Review: John Pizzarelli at Jazz at the Bistro
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Calling John Pizzarelli a throwback to the days when jazz still was considered popular entertainment might sound like a veiled compliment, but it's not. For one thing, it takes a great deal of skill to not only play the guitar as well as he does, but also to sing, tell funny stories, and keep a crowd's attention over the course of a 75-minute set. Pizzarelli did all these during the second set on Thursday, October 23 at Jazz at the ...
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Jazz This Week: Joshua Redman Trio, Nevermore Jazz Ball, Eli Keszler and Rashad Becker, Marco Benevento, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's a jam-packed schedule of jazz and creative music over the next few days in St. Louis, with a variety of musical styles and sensibilities on offer. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, saxophonist Joshua Redman and his long-running trio will open a four-night stand continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Redman last played the Bistro with bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg Hutchinson back in 2010, and for a look at some of what they've been up ...
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