The guitar, and its distant kin, the piano, are self-contained orchestras. Few other instruments possess their range in dynamics and melodic potential. If you’re going to master either, it helps to be keenly aware of that. It also doesn’t hurt to have a universal sphere of interests. I can’t think of too many guitar players, […]
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© Andrea Canter “…Probably the best tenor player in the world.” –Ornette Coleman “A rare opportunity to catch a highly influential and enduring jazz tenor player whose living peers can be counted on the fingers of one hand.” – Rick Mason, City Pages One of the last active musicians to have played alongside the […]
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“…Juli Wood, a gutsy tenor and baritone saxophonist who also sings with the earthy gusto of an R&B diva filtered through a hard bop sensibility.” –Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times It’s a little different twist to Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog this weekend (July 22). The first set of music, usually an up-and-coming […]
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© Andrea Canter Friday nights at Jazz Central are devoted to ensembles highlighting masters– and emerging masters–of jazz on the local scene. On July 21, four emerging masters converge as the Adkins-Peterson Quartet, led by pianist Patrick Adkins and drummer Luke Peterson, and featuring pals Peter Goggin (alto sax) and Drew Stinson (bass). In varying […]
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[Press Release, July 20, 2017] The Capri Theater presents the 10th Anniversary series of Legends @ the Capri, Dennis Spears, Artistic Director, featuring: September 30 – October 1, Bacharach…All Saxed Up! featuring Cookie Coleman and Patty Peterson with saxophonist Kathy Jensen. November 18-19, Supreme Love, featuring Germain Brooks, Kianna Marie and Kim Johnson sing The […]
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