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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, December 2-8
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
As the year winds down, it seems our music is revving up. There's holiday magic on stages throughout the metro as well as some special nods to icons Ahmad Jamal and George Gershwin, and some pretty amazing visitors including John Raymond and Joey DeFrancesco. Big Gigs This Week Saturday, December 3. Still going strong after about 115 weekly shows, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog starts the evening with the 7-piece Yo Jimbo band led by drummer Jimbo Robinson, ...
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Jazz this week: Vijay Iyer Trio, Dianne Reeves, Tomeka Reid's Artifacts Trio, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's going to be a very busy few days for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several noteworthy touring headliners in town, plus the beginning of our town's annual cornucopia of holiday-themed performances from both visiting and local musicians. Let's go to the highlights... Friday, December 2 Singer Dianne Reeves returns to St. Louis for the first time since 2013 with a holiday-themed concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Reeves will offer her interpretations of seasonal favorites ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 25 - December 1
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Thanksgiving weekend marks the beginning of the holiday shopping, music, and festive season, and jazz options are certainly on the upswing. From stellar visitors to “takeovers" and showcase events, you'll find your favorites and perhaps some new ones as well. Big Gigs This Week Friday, November 25. There'sGood Trouble at Jazz Central— that's a band of past and current Lawrence University jazz students making their JC debut, while out at Crooners Lounge, vocalist and KBEM host Patty Peterson and Friends ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 18-24
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Thanksgiving is a week away but we are already feasting with the jazz menu for the coming week, with some of the area's most popular ensembles, former residents, and visitors providing the entertainment. Enjoy this holiday buffet table of jazz! Big Gigs This Week Saturday, November 19. Tonight, there's enough jazz in St Paul alone to make your ears spin. Jazz at Studio Z's new season continues with Chris Bates' Good Vibes Trio, now five years strong— with Bates on ...
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Jerry Granelli Holds A One-Week Residency At John Zorn's The Stone On January 3-8, 2017
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Born in 1940, and now in his late 70s , Drummer / Composer / Professor / Sound Painter Jerry Granelli has enjoyed an incomparable career in music from the inside out... way out! The winner of the last NEA Grant awarded ascended from playing with the great pianist Vince Guaraldi at the height of his popularity while simultaneously exploring Free Jazz on San Francisco's thriving after hours sets in the early `60s to establishing academic arts curriculums to indoctrinate and ...
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Jazz this week: Catherine Russell, Mardra Thomas, Brooke Michael Smith, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a pleasing variety of female vocalists, both visiting and local, as well as a tribute to saxophonist Dexter Gordon's work in the 1986 film Round Midnight, and more. Let's go the the highlights... Wednesday, November 16 Singer Catherine Russell will perform for the first of four nights continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Russell, the daughter of pianist and bandleader Luis Russell and singer/guitarist Carline Ray, ...
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Legendary NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd Plays Vicars Street in Dublin on November 16
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All About Jazz
Charles Lloyd, one of jazz’s historic greats, returns to Dublin with his classic quartet on Wednesday 16 November for a one-off show on Irish soil as part of an extensive European tour. Described by Nate Chinen as “a storyteller with a seeker’s heart… one of jazz’s great mystery men”, the show comes two years after Lloyd’s triumphant performance at the NEC, but this visit offers fans the rare chance to see NEA Jazz Master Lloyd in the more intimate, club-like ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 11-17
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I wonder what would have happened if political candidates had been operating with a “Lead Sheet" like a band? Regardless of your post-election mood, live music is a sure antidote. And there's plenty of that around town this week, including a few CD releases. Big Gigs This Week Friday, November 11. One of our more prolific composers, Jeremy Walker, debuts five new works as part of “Early Baroque Meets Jazz" at Landmark Center. This is a collaboration between pianist Walker ...
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