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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 6-12
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
"From Bop to Bach" and a fond farewell to a favorite songbird warm Twin Cities jazz venues this week. Highlights This Week Back in November, pianist Laura Caviani revisited some of her classical repertoire, now interpreted through her post-bop experiences as composer and performer. In trio format, she captivated the Artists Quarter audience with her new takes on Bach, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, McDowell and more. Now she's back with an expanded program and expanded band, adding vibes master Dave Hagedorn ...
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Blues Singer Darrell Nulisch Performs at Regattabar in Cambridge on January 7
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Blues and soul singer Darrell Nulisch is performing at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $15 and can be purchased online. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Nulisch has been singing since 1978, he has performed with the world's great bluesmen, including James Cotton, Johnny Winter and Ronnie Earl. See the full schedule of upcoming performances at Regattabar, located at the Charles Hotel, One Bennett Street in ...
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Blues Rocker Tinsley Ellis to Perform in Sellersville
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Chris M. Slawecki
Blues-rocking guitarist/vocalist Tinsley Ellis will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Ellis will be performing songs from his latest Alligator release, Speak No Evil. Over the course of 11 albums and literally thousands of live performances, Ellis is one of today's most electrifying guitarists and vocalists. Rolling Stone says he plays “feral blues guitar...non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor's edge...his eloquence dazzles...he achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck and Eric ...
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The Cornelia Street Cafe presents The Alternate Takes Festival
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Alternate Takes Festival this Saturday, January 7 at The Cornelia Street Cafe The Cornelia Street Cafe presents the Alternate Takes Festival APAP Event (FREE for all APAP attendees!) 8:00 PM—CLAUDIA QUINTET John Hollenbeck—drums Drew Gress—bass Matt Moran—vibes Red Wierenga—accordion Chris Speed—clarinet, tenor saxophone 9:30 PM—RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA'S GAMAK Rudresh Mahanthappa—alto saxophone David “Fuze" Fiuczynski—guitars François Moutin—bass Dan Weiss—drums 11:00 PM—BEN ALLISON BAND
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Pat Braxton, Jazz Vocalist, Performs at Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham on January 7
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Boston jazz vocalist Pat Braxton is performing at the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, Massachusetts on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the concert are $18 general admission, $17 for students and seniors, $15 for members and $9 for children under twelve. Order tickets online or call 508 405-2787. Her band includes Patricia Velasquez on piano, Pat Loomis on saxophone and percussion, Jon Niven on bass, Wali Ali on guitar and Eros Lamb on drums. For ...
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Sister City Jazz Ambassadors Performing in Pittsfield on Thursday, January 5
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
The Sister City Jazz Ambassadors perform at Paddy's Pub in Pittsfield Massachusetts on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. The group is composed of musicians committed to building peace through music and people-to-people connections. They'll be performing every Thursday evening at Paddy's Pub, which is located in Park Square in downtown Pittsfield. For directions, click here. To find out more about jazz in western Massachusetts, check out BerkshiresJazz, a non-profit organization that crated the annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival each ...
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The MuthaWit Orchestra celebrates MLK Holiday with "These Songs of Freedom" featuring songs by Marley, Mayfield and other revolutionary Artists
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4961 Polemics
The MuthaWit Orchestra performs for BAM's 26th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Event What has been said about The MuthaWit Orchestra: “MuthaWit is simultaneously urban and tribal; a meeting of the musical hemispheres, mutatis mutandis and presto!—a carnival of twisted soul." —Magnet Magazine “Boston Fielder and MuthaWit are Gods in the universe they have created and these songs, which you must hear, are their Adam and Eve, cloned to a fallen and disrupted infinity." —The Wire UK New York, ...
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Grammy-Nominated Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane Kicks Off 2012 at the Annenberg Center
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AAJ Staff
Philadelphia, PA—Touted as “amazing, deep, soulful, masterful" by Jazz Police, prodigious saxophonist Ravi Coltrane takes the stage with his quintet on January 14 at the Annenberg Center as a part of its Jazz Series. In a one-night-only treat just in time to kick that holiday hangover, jazz enthusiasts and newbies alike can delight in Coltrane's robust and distinctive saxophone sound. The performance will take place in the Zellerbach Theatre on January 14, 2012 at 8 PM. Tickets start at $20. ...
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