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Al Hixon knows talent when he hears it
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
It's almost a rite of passage for newly arrived jazz musicians in Southwest Florida. Those who have resettled from northern climates or are wintering here quickly find their way to15 South Ristorante Entoteca, a restaurant on toney St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota. On Monday night's, of course. That's when drummer Al Hixon holds his weekly jam sessions upstairs in a crowded room. He's been holding his weekly jams for a total of 27 years in Sarasota since retiring as a ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, December 2017
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Our spring-like weather will probably fade into winter— after all, it is winter in Minnesota! But falling temperatures (and perhaps the white stuff too) will be countered by rising heat from both local and visiting jazz artists as we count down 2017. This month we welcome such touring talents as Earl Klugh, Brad Mehldau, Benny Green, Joey DeFrancesco, Bobby Lyle, Chris Speed, John Raymond, and of course, ending the year as well as the original configuration, The Bad Plus. From ...
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Jazz this week: Jane Monheit, Douglas Ewart and the STL Free Jazz Collective, Battle Trance, holiday jazz begins, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's busy calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes a return engagement from one of the most popular female vocalists in jazz; a couple of shows featuring adventurous woodwind players; the first few of what will be many holiday-themed concerts for the season; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, November 29 Singer Jane Monheit returns to St. Louis for the first of four nights at Jazz at the Bistro. Monheit last performed here ...
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Jazz Bakery Presents Jeremy Pelt And Peter Bernstein on December 2nd and December 3rd
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Jeff Gauthier
The Jazz Bakery presents a weekend of cutting edge jazz with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's Make Noise Quintet on December 2nd, and guitarist Peter Bernstein's Mostly Monk Quartet on December 3rd. On Saturday December 2nd, Jeremy Pelt's Make Noise Quintet with pianist Victor Gould, bassist Richie Goods, Jonathan Barber on drums and Jacquelene Acevedo on percussion, will perform at the Musicians Institute Concert Center in Hollywood at 8PM. Saturated with the rhythms of two percussionists Pelt's Make Noise quintet has an ...
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Jazz this week: Jeremy Davenport comes home, Althea Rene & Elan Trotman's "Holiday Winds," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you'd like some jazz and creative music to go with this year's Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings, here's what's happening on local stages over the next few days... Wednesday, November 22 The weekly “Grand Center Jazz Crawl" will feature guitarists Jake Weisman and Eric Slaughter at Squatters Cafe/The Stage at KDHX, along with the weekly jam session led by bassist Bob Deboo at the Kranzberg Arts Center, and trumpeter Kasimu Taylor and band at The Dark Room. Friday, November 24 ...
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Bud Leeds goes Bob-Bob-Bobbying along
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Clarinetist Bud Leeds was in fine company—and good spirits—for the South County Jazz Club's first concert of the 2017-2018 season on Monday, November 20. His quartet included multi-instrumentalist Bob MacInnis, Bob Leary on banjo, rhythm guitar and occasional vocals, and piano marvel Bobby van Deusen. (Leeds could have named the band Three Bobs and a Bud.) Together, they delved deeply into ragtime, Louis Armstrong fare and other classic jazz staples.The free-and-easy repertoire included “Struttin' With Some Barbecue," cornetist Wild Bill ...
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Tapping into the lingering love for swing jazz
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Johnny Varro played with the elder statesmen of classic swing jazz in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, working with Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett, Roy Eldridge and Pee Wee Russell to name but a few. Now at 87, he is one of the elder statesmen. Pianist Varro returned to Port Charlotte with the Florida edition of his Swing Seven band on Monday, November 13. It was the band’s third appearance in five years in the Charlotte County Jazz Society’s concert series. ...
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Jazz this week: Russell Gunn's "Blackhawk Revisited," Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's some interesting jazz and creative music on local stages this week in St. Louis, including only the second local performance ever by a highly acclaimed young singer, and a re-examination of music from an oft-overlooked period of Miles Davis' career, courtesy of a trumpeter raised in Davis' hometown. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, November 15 Trumpeter Russell Gunn, who grew up in East St. Louis and now lives in Atlanta, will be back home with his “Blackhawk Revisited" ...
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