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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz This Weekend and Beyond

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
March 26, 2013

I'm off for a few days and will augment the weekly suggestions, but for now, here's the jazzy happenings for the coming weekend and beyond.... Hopefully our first spring-like weekend of the season? Highlights This Week Friday, March 29. Once in a while there's a special gig at Jazz Central on a Friday night. Tonight, veteran drummer Pete Hennig (Atlantis Quartet, Fantastic Merlins) keeps pace with two of the area's protégé's, bassist Ted Olsen and pianist Quentin Tschofen. Ted played ...

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Mike Dillon Band to Perform Thursday, June 27 at the Demo

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 26, 2013

The Mike Dillon Band will bring their jazz-funk-punk sound back to St. Louis for a performance at 9:00 p.m., Thursday, June 27 at The Demo, 4144 Manchester Blvd. Dillon, a percussionist, vocalist and composer, has played here before with Garage A Trois and The Dead Kenny Gs as well as with his own eponymous group. The Mike Dillon Band were in St. Louis most recently in February, when they opened for Umphrey's McGee at The Pageant. While they were here, ...

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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio, March 28 At Kuumbwa Jazz Center In Santa Cruz, Ca

Source: SF Media
March 25, 2013

The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 28 at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA. The concert marks the Kuumbwa debut and first multi-city west coast tour by Chihiro, a Universal Music recording artist and influential jazz pianist and composer whose high-energy live performances have inspired comparisons to such modern greats as Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. Kuumbwa Jazz Center is at 320-2 Cedar St. in Santa Cruz. The concert begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $18 at the ...

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Kuumbwa Jazz Celebrates International Jazz Day With Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour

Source: Bennett Jackson
March 22, 2013

Santa Cruz, CA: Kuumbwa Jazz will proudly join in the International Jazz Day celebrations taking place all over the world on April 30, 2013 by presenting an encore performance of Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Benny Green, Lewis Nash, Chris Potter & Ambrose Akinmusire. “What better way to celebrate the history and impact of jazz, than spending International Jazz Day with the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour band,” says Monterey Jazz Festival Board Member ...

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Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Perform At The Painted Bride, April 13, 2013

Source: Seton Hawkins
March 22, 2013

Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba celebrate the ensemble's 30th anniversary, and the successful funding of its debut CD via a Kickstarter campaign, with a performance at The Painted Bride in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Over the past three decades, under Rosewoman's direction, New Yor-Uba's repertoire has deepened and evolved. New Yor-Uba premiered at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in 1983, featuring the brilliant master folklorist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios, and has since performed to delighted and sold-out crowds throughout Europe ...

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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio At Dizzy's In San Diego, March 30

Source: SF Media
March 22, 2013

The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 30 at Dizzy’s in San Diego, CA. The concert marks the San Diego debut by Chihiro, a Universal Music recording artist and influential jazz pianist and composer. The concert has the additional distinction of being part of Chihiro’s first multi-city west coast tour as a leader. The tour also includes concerts at Yoshi’s San Francisco (March 27) and Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA (March 28). The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio also will ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 22-28

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
March 22, 2013

A night of cabaret, a weekend of cutting edge jazz, and a big band world premiere all contribute to an eclectic week in the Twin Cities jazz community. And maybe spring will finally make an appearance? Big and Recommended Gigs Friday, March 22. Some of the area's top jazz vocalists are active members of the Twin Cities Cabaret Artists Network (TCCAN), which reprises its February product “Women: A Broad View" at Bryant Lake Bowl, a salute to Women's History Month. ...

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Roland Vazquez Band At The Falcon - April 15 & Shapeshifter Lab - April 19!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 22, 2013

Featuring: Luis Perdomo, Adam Kolker, Jon Owens, Tony Kadleck, Alex Norris, Alan Ferber, Ryan Keberle, Quinsin Nachoff, Cliff Almond and many other special guests! To know Roland Vazquez is to know his music, and vice versa. Like many true artists, his work is inseparable from the essence of his character. One can hear in the music of Vazquez the powerful optimism, wisdom, love, humor and joy that exudes so effortlessly from the man. Nowhere has this been more prevalent than ...

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