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Hot Off The Presses, Joey DeFrancesco’s Final Recording: Live at Keystone Korner – On Mack Avenue Records

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by Don Berryman Joey DeFrancesco’s last public performance was recorded at KeyStone Korner in Baltimore, MD, just days before his death from a heart attack on August 25, 2022. His sudden death at the age of 51 left us shocked and saddened.  I am grateful to have this performance preserved, giving us his music captured […]

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Midwest Jazz Collective Brings Marquis Hill’s Sweet Surrender Trio To Midwest Venues Nov. 4–17

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Midwest Jazz Collective has announced a 14-stop tour (beginning at Llama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor and concluding at Berlin Jazz Club inn Minneapolis) featuring Thelonious Monk Competition-winning trumpeter Marquis Hill, bassist Micah Collier, and drummer Jillian Upshaw in their first-ever collaboration. Spanning 10 concert engagements and 4 educational workshops at regional universities, this tour […]

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