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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jaz, August 12-18
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Mid-August makes it hard to deny that we are on the backside of summer, and our young local musicians are gigging at a frenzied pace before they have to return to school. So many of our area high school and college-age jazzers have filled our venues with new sounds and new projects over the past two months, it's only inevitable that their music will become part of the fabric of our jazz scene. In addition to gigs featuring these prodigious ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 5-11
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
A lively week of jazz is in the forecast along with a beautiful weekend for art fairs and outdoor music. We also seem to have a greater number of visiting jazzers than usual! Big Gigs This Week Friday, August 5. It's “masters night" at Jazz Central, and there's no better master than drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt and his Source Code. The Weather Report alum features trumpeter Solomon Parham, young sax sensation Lucia Sarmiento, guitarist extraordinaire Dean Magraw, and the always ...
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Jazz this week: Music for the dog days
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Yes, it's officially the dog days of August, a time of year most identified with pervasive slacking off. And though it'll be a few more weeks before the fall presenting season begins, bringing a variety of touring jazz and creative music performers to town, in the meantime St. Louis' own homegrown musicians still are out there working hard, week in and week out. Here are some of the more noteworthy shows happening around town over the next few days... Wednesday, ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 29-August 4
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
"The Ruckus" (aka Rodney Ruckus) continues through the weekend, young lions continue to prowl... Jazz is alive and well in the Twin Cities, where the only thing fading is— maybe— summer. Also take note of announcements of 2016-2017 concert seasons, including the Walker's Performance Series, O'Shaughnessy's season and a new line-up at the Hopkins Center of the Arts, all with substantial jazz artists coming to town. Big Gigs This Week Friday, July 29. Already a familiar “veteran" and bandleader, young ...
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Jazz this week: A benefit starring Johnny O'Neal, free outdoor concerts, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's mid-summer in St. Louis, and though as usual for this time year, it's mostly another slow week with regard to touring musicians visiting St. Louis, the fine pianist and singer Johnny O'Neal will be in town for a benefit show on Sunday. And of course, St. Louis' hometown musicians keep on keepin' on no matter what, with a variety of jazz and creative music performances happening around town over the next few days. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 22-28
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
As we start the weekend, both music and sidewalks will be sizzling! Fortunately, it also sounds like the music, not the weather, will keep on simmering throughout the rest of the week! And a diverse music week it will be, with blues-driven jazz (from old AQ favorites) honoring the Lowertown Blues Festival at the Black Dog, the first annual Rochester City Jazz Festival 80 miles southeast of the Metro, an almost annual performance from French bassist Francois Rabbath to close ...
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Miami's Jazz Roots Concert Series with New Artistic Advisor Shelly Berg
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All About Jazz
November 4, 2016 through April 7, 2017 The JAZZ ROOTS annual six-part concert series held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for The Performing Arts, has become a musical institution in the jazz world often credited with helping to revitalize, nurture and spur the expansion of Jazz music in the south Florida area and beyond. Created in 2008 by the Center and co-founder Larry Rosen, musician, producer and industry entrepreneur, who passed away in 2015, the series is known ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 15-21
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
We have a diverse line-up of jazz this week, including a new CD release from the Dave King Trucking Company, a brief homecoming for Todd Clouser in the company of John Medeski and JT Bates, a return visit from Jon Weber, and a quintet debut from one of our favorite pianists. For starters. Big Gigs This Week Friday, July 15. Minnesota native saxophonist/composer Aaron Hedenstromis back on the local scene after completing his doctorate at the University of North Texas, ...
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