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Jazz this week: Warren Wolf, Susan Alcorn & Frank Rosaly, Bonerama, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While the winter weather may have taken a turn for the worse this week in St. Louis, the jazz and creative music touring activity here is heating up, with three (or four, depending on you count) visiting headliners in town over the next few days, plus an eclectic assortment of shows from local performers. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 20 Vibraphonist Warren Wolf and his band Wolfpack will begin a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at ...
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Klazz-Ma-Tazz To Perform City Winery's Klezmer Brunch - A Valentines Day Special Concert
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Benjamin Sutin
Violinist Benjamin Sutin, and his septet Klazz-Ma-Tazz will bring their jazz/klezmer blend to New York's acclaimed music venue, The City Winery on Sunday, February 14th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. This Valentines Day event is part of the Winery's Klezmer Brunch series. In lieu of the holiday, the musical program will feature new arrangements of love songs from around the world sang by special guest Asia Mieleszko, as well as selections from Fiddler On The Roof, a display of some of ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 15-21
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
It's Winter Madness time, referring to both the weather and the music. This weekend finds “masters" at work— at Jazz Central (Peter Schimke), the Black Dog (Donald Washington, Zacc Harris Group), Crooners Lounge (Judi Vinar), Studio Z (Mill City Hot Club), and the Icehouse (John Penny), and continuing into next week as the Twin Cities Seven, Mary Louise Knutson (in the Dunsmore Room) and Arne Fogel all perform at Crooners, and the Explosion Big Band holds their monthly gig at ...
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Mehmet Polat Trio Performs Friday, Jan. 15 at The Shinnyo Center
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Michael Ricci
This Friday, Jan. 15, The Shinnyo Center for Meditation and Well-being will welcome the critically-acclaimed global jazz performance group, the Mehmet Polat Trio, to the United States, for a special transatlantic session of its ongoing Jazz Meditation series. The Mehmet Polat Trio will accompany a Shinnyo Center meditation guide to lead the audience in a short, music-infused meditation before a performance. The Mehmet Polat Trio is a spiritual yet adventurous group consisting of three virtuosos of the ney, kora and ...
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International jazz in more ways than one
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The excellent and versatile Orlando-based drummer Eddie Metz Jr. brought his International Jazz Trio to Port Charlotte on Monday, January 11 for a concert with more foreign tinges than just the trio's membership. The band consists of Metz, Australian-born bassist and singer Nicki Parrott, and Italian-born pianist Rossano Sportiello. Metz tends to get top billing on Florida tours because he lives here, but it really is a trio of equals. All three players contribute mightily to the group's dynamic sound ...
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Jazz this week: Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Rob Endicott, Miss Jubilee, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Though it's been a relatively mild winter so far in St. Louis, many touring acts are still taking it easy this time of year, and not all local presenters are back up to full speed after the holiday break. Still, while this week's offerings of live jazz and creative music may be fewer in number than usual, you can count on StLJN to point you to the good stuff. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 13 Pianist Adaron “Pops" ...
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Satoko Fujii + French-Japanese Quartet Kaze Tour Australia: January 13-19, 2016 and Japan: January 23-30
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Pianist Fujii Performs Solo and Duo Concert with Alister Spence January 13 in Glebe Two-trumpet ensemble Kaze unleashes storm of inventive sound with performances in Australia and Japan including Sydney, Melbourne, Kobe and Tokyo “One of the most musically dynamic and intense “jazz" sets of the year… If you think you can imagine what piano, drums, and two trumpets will sound like, think again.” —Derk Richardson, KPFA “One of the best gigs I’ve seen this year….” –-Steve Dalachinsky, The Brooklyn ...
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World Class Bosman Twins Return to Jazz at the Bistro on March 10-12
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Michael Ricci
Whether it’s the Bosman Twins’ longevity as jazz masters, classically trained musicians, classroom instructors, or their charismatic and engaging entertaining style, The Bosman Twins always leave their fans wanting more. A favorite among high profile private events to fun at festivals in the park, they put the “B” back in BeBop and Big Band Sounds. If you are “a head nodding” jazz lover; “a jamming dancing machine;” or “can’t sit still in your seat,” the Bosman’s performance is where you ...
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