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The New Valley Jazz Band
The New Valley Jazz Band
Trombonist Chris Stind leads this band that features trad jazz musicians from around the Midwest. Brunch will be served off the restaurant's menu.
Jazz Unlimited Open Jam
Jazz Unlimited Open Jam
Featuring CP Stoll & Co (Jeff Stoll, keyboard; Chris Peppas, vocals, Warren Wiegratz, sax & Joe Zarcone, drums). $5 donation at the door supports the Jazz Unlimited Scholarship Fund.
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Collector – New Record: Post Rock Lately (Sponsored by BlueStem)
Collector – New Record: Post Rock Lately (Sponsored by BlueStem)
New Record: Post Rock Lately August 2019- Digital only release through Bandcamp. Album artwork by Gillian Olivas-Etherington. Post Rock Lately is the debut record from pan-Midwest trio. Collector. Composed of Jakob Heinemann on bass (Chicago), Devin Drobka on drums (Milwaukee), and Matt Blair on Fender Rhodes and electronics (Minneapolis), this working trio of improvisors has played together in countless contexts stretching back to 2012. For their first recording, they exhibit an utterly unique approach to free improvisation through two expansive pieces, recorded live in April 2018 at the Slate Arts venue in Chicago. Taking as much influence from drone and noise music as from classic free jazz, the trio moves through a series of rich, evocative sonic landscapes, at times reaching moments of dense freneticism paralleled only by inverse textures of extreme sparsity and silence. Above all, Collector prizes close listening and a sensibility for self-expression in their music.
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Richard Johnson Trio
Richard Johnson Trio
Richard Johnson, Chicago pianist, will perform the music of Thelonious Monk with his trio featuring Greg Artry on drums and Christian Dillingham on bass
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Our Madison Jazz Jam
Our Madison Jazz Jam
Our Middleton Jazz Jam and the Madison Jazz Jam have joined forces. There will be a house band at each event and all are welcome to sit in and experience improvisational jazz. Each 2nd Wednesday of the month will start with an improvisation workshop, led by Laurie Lang, from 5-6 PM. Per Laurie: "Workshops will teach a jazz concept through a chosen song from 5-6pm in the upper room at Common Ground."
5 events,
Midwest Midwinter Gypsy Swing Fest
Featuring Harmonious Wail, Gonzalo Bergara Trio, Debi Botos & Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan
Neophonic Jazz Orchestra
Event includes dinner & dancing; $60 for the dinner and dance; $20 for dance only
2 Broads, 1 Band
2 Broads, 1 Band
Carolyn Black & Lo Marie, vocals; Tom Heaney, guitar, Geoff Brady, drums; Todd Phipps, keyboard; Johnny Widdicombe, bass
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Sun Prairie High School Jazz Festival
Sun Prairie High School Jazz Festival
The Regional “Essentially Ellington” Sun Prairie Jazz Festival, Sun Prairie’s annual non-competitive jazz festival, will be held on Saturday, February 15th at Sun Prairie High School. Jazz ensembles from around Wisconsin will once again convene at Sun Prairie High School for a day of clinics, performance, and pure swing! The students in the bands will interact with some of the finest jazz educators/performers in the country. High school jazz clinics will begin at 8 AM in the Sun Prairie Performing Arts Center and band room and are free and open to the public The event will culminate with an evening performance that begins at 7 PM in the Sun Prairie Performing Arts Center. Admission for the evening concert is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Listen to high school jazz ensembles from around the Midwest and guest artists from around the country! Major Sponsors for this event include Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Sun Prairie Band Boosters. Additional sponsors include Birch Creek, Shell Lake Arts Center, Ward Brodt, and the Madison Jazz Society. For more information, visit: www.spbb.org/sun-prairie-jazzfest
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The New Valley Jazz Band
The New Valley Jazz Band
Trombonist Chris Stind leads this band that features trad jazz musicians from around the Midwest. Brunch will be served off the restaurant's menu.
Chicago Cellar Boys with vocalist Roya Naldi
Chicago Cellar Boys with vocalist Roya Naldi
Join us for a Mardi Gras party with the Chicago Cellar Boys, a five-piece band specializing in the jazz and hot dance music of the 1920s and 30s. The band’s members are multi-instrumentalist Andy Schumm; reedman John Otto; Natalie Scharf, tenor sax & clarinet; pianist & vocalist Paul Asaro; banjoist & guitarist Jon Donatowicz and tubist and bassist Dave Bock. Joining them for this performance will be vocalist Roya Naldi who is one of the few vocalists who sings in the authentic 1920s and 30s style, crooning with a style that is romantic and passionate. www.chicagocellarboys.com https://www.facebook.com/royanaldimusic/
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Our Madison Jazz Jam
Our Madison Jazz Jam
Our Middleton Jazz Jam and the Madison Jazz Jam have joined forces. There will be a house band at each event and all are welcome to sit in and experience improvisational jazz. Each 2nd Wednesday of the month will start with an improvisation workshop, led by Laurie Lang, from 5-6 PM. Per Laurie: "Workshops will teach a jazz concept through a chosen song from 5-6pm in the upper room at Common Ground."