Upcoming Concerts and Events

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The Madison Jazz Society concerts are held at the Coliseum Bar, 232 East Olin Avenue, Madison, unless otherwise noted.

This location provides jazz fans with a central location that is close to the Beltline, downtown Madison and beautiful Lake Monona, as well as being on a Madison Metro route. In addition, full food and drink service will be available at modest prices, sufficient and close parking is available and the facility is fully handicapped accessible.


2008 Fall Concert Series
	Sunday, September 21 -- 2-5 PM Bob Kase's Dixieland Band Bob Kase, Executive Director of the WI School Music Assn, is bringing his Dixieland band to Madison for its premier performance in the area. Kase is an international trumpet artist who has heralded high acclaim from around the world. He appears regularly at international jazz festivals and as trumpet soloist with symphony orchestras and concert bands. Joining him will be some of central Wisconsin ’s finest jazz artists. John Greiner, reeds, has performed with Glenn Miller, the Dukes of Dixieland and currently leads his own band. Tom McComb, guitar/banjo, has worked in recording studios in Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis and performed with a wide genre of artists throughout his 40 year career. He is on the faculty of UW-Stevens Point. Cully Swanson, bass, has enjoyed a rich and rewarding performing career in Minneapolis and is noted for his many recordings with his own jazz trio. Ryan Korb, drums, has shared the stage with Bill Mays, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Jr. and many others. He teaches Jazz Percussion and Studies at UW-Stevens Point. Ticket Price: $20 for MJS members; $25 for non-members
	Sunday, October 26 -- 2-5 PM Reuben Ristrom's Bourbon Street Boys The Bourbon Street Boys are five men of extraordinary musical skills combined with a love of entertaining. Their performances embrace not only the foot stomping Dixieland Jazz that they are most noted for but also include favorites from the Big Band and Swing eras, along with vocals, comedy and even a touch of barbershop harmony. They are all veterans of major jazz festivals from Davenport, Iowa to Sacramento, California and are led by banjo-guitarist Reuben Ristrom. At this concert, you can sit back, relax and enjoy the swinging musical entertainment of the Bourbon Street Boys. Ticket Price: $20 for MJS members; $25 for non-members
	Sunday, November 23 -- 2-5 PM 2nd Edition of Jazz Stars of the Future This concert is the second edition of our very popular Jazz Stars of the Future concert held in November 2006. MJS is proud to present the finest in young jazz performers from around Dane County . Jazz bands from Monona Grove, Stoughton, Sun Prairie and Verona high schools will perform. The Sun Prairie band placed 3^rd in the national Essentially Ellington competition held in New York in May 2008. MJS will present the recipients of its 2008 school music program grants at this concert. Ticket Price: $10 per person

September, October & November concerts from 2-5 p.m. at the Coliseum Bar.

Tickets will be available at the door one hour before each concert begins; advance tickets will not be sold.

'RIVERWALK: LIVE FROM THE LANDING' FRIDAYS ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO--SUPPORTED BY MJS!!

The Madison Jazz Society-supported "Riverwalk Live from the Landing" jazz broadcasts on Wisconsin Public Radio, featuring the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, can be heard on Fridays. The one-hour program airs from 8-9 p.m. The program airs on WERN 88.9FM in Madison; check your local WPR station schedules at http://www.wpr.org/regions/ for local airings. For more information on the programs, including links to further information, go to Riverwalk Jazz and click on "Program Guide."

Miss a broadcast? The current week's program is available for online listening at Riverwalk Jazz Jim Cullum's and Riverwalk Jazz' "Jazz Me News": Riverwalk Jazz Then click on "What's New." (It's also available by subscription, as explained at the Web site.) Jazz Study Guide: Riverwalk Jazz and click on "Study Guide."

For more on these and other programs, go to http://www.riverwalk.org/ and click on the "Program Guide" link in the navigation bar.

Help keep Riverwalk on the air by any or all of the following:

1) Donate to MJS, which pays $50 per week to underwrite the show (mark your contribution specifically for "Riverwalk")

2) Donate to Wisconsin Public Radio and indicate you're a Riverwalk listener (if you donate this way, also email us at mjs@madisonjazz.com and we'll send you a free copy of Jim Cullum's most recent CD as a thank you from Jim, as long as supplies last)

3) Let Wisconsin Public Radio know you listen to the program; go to www.wpr.org/pages/feedback.cfm for contact information, and

4) Listen to Riverwalk and encourage other jazz fans to do the same.

Donations to the Madison Jazz Society and Wisconsin Public Radio are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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