Our 36th Year - Issue 1 – January/February 2008 ... - Yardbird Suite

Our 36th Year - Issue 1 – January/February 2008
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• Atomic
• Hutchinson Andrew Trio
• Ralf Buschmeyer Quartet
• Darren Sigesmund Quintet
• Dino Dominelli Quartet
• Fieldtrip with guest Jim Head
• Modo Trio
with guest Wayne Horvitz
• Ralph Bowen
with the Chris Andrew Trio
• Brett Miles Quartet
• Andrew Glover Quartet
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YARDBIRDSUITE • EVENTS • YARDBIRDSUITE
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm unless otherwise stated
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FRIDAY • JAN 25
Atomic
From Norway/Sweden
SATURDAY • JAN 26
Hutchinson
Andrew
Trio
From Calgary/Edmonton
MEMBERS $16 • GUESTS $20
Magnus Broo - trumpet
Fredrik Ljungkvist - saxophone
Havard Wilk - piano
www.atomicjazz.com
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten - bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums
MEMBERS $12 • GUESTS $16
Chris Andrew - piano
Kodi Hutchinson - bass
Sandro Dominelli - drums
www.chrisandrew.ca • www.sandrodominelli.com
FRIDAY • FEB 1
Ralf
Buschmeyer
Quartet
From Calgary/Edmonton
SATURDAY • FEB 2
Darren
Sigesmund
Quintet
From Toronto
MEMBERS $12 • GUESTS $16
Ralf Buschmeyer - guitar
Chris Andrew - piano,
keyboards
www.ralfmusic.com
Richard Erickson - bass
Rob Vulic - drums
MEMBERS $14 • GUESTS $18
Darren Sigesmund - trombone
Quinsin Nachoff - saxophone
Reg Schwager - guitar
Jim Vivian - bass
Anthony Michelli - drums
www.darrensigesmund.com
FRIDAY • FEB 8
Dino
Dominelli
Quartet
From Edmonton
SATURDAY • FEB 9
Fieldtrip
with guest
Jim Head
From Montreal/Edmonton
MEMBERS $10 • GUESTS $14
MEMBERS $12 • GUESTS $16
Dino Dominelli - saxophone
Wayne Feschuk - piano
Rubim de Toledo - bass
www.dinodominelli.com
Sandro Dominelli - drums
Colin Power - alto saxophone
Patrick Reid - bass
Mark Nelson - drums
Jim Head - guitar

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YARDBIRDSUITE • EVENTS • YARDBIRDSUITE
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm unless otherwise stated
THURSDAY • FEB 21
Modo Trio
with guest
Wayne Horvitz
From Edmonton/Seattle
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Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8pm
MEMBERS $14 • GUESTS $18
451-8000
• for more info •
Yardbirdsuite.com
Wayne Horvitz - piano,
keyboards
Craig Brenan - trombone
Jeff Johnson - bass
Bill George - drums
www.modotrio.com • www.waynehorvitz.com
FRIDAY & SATURDAY • FEB 22 & 23
Ralph Bowen with the
Chris Andrew Trio
From New York/Winnipeg/Edmonton
MEMBERS $18 • GUESTS $22
Ralph Bowen - saxophone
Chris Andrew - piano
Steve Kirby - bass
Sandro Dominelli - drums
www.ralphbowen.com • www.chrisandrew.ca
FRIDAY • FEB 29
Brett Miles
Quartet
From Edmonton
SATURDAY • MARCH 1
Andrew
Glover
Quartet
From Edmonton
MEMBERS $10 • GUESTS $14
MEMBERS $10 • GUESTS $14
Brett Miles - saxophone
James Carson - piano
Thom Golub - bass
Dwayne Hrynkiw – drums
Andrew Glover - piano, guitar
Wes Yaciuk - guitar
John Taylor - bass
tba - drums
www.andrewglover.ca

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Atomic
Atomic received their second Norwegian
“Grammy” (Spellemannprisen) for Best
Jazz Album for their 2006 CD Happy
New Ears! (Jazzland, 2006) which was a
follow-up to 2005’s release of the triple-
CD live set The Bikini Tapes (Jazzland,
2005).
Recorded at Bugge’s Room Studios in
Oslo, Norway, Happy New Ears! features
material written by Ljungkvist and Wiik,
with Broo contributing the stellar piece
“St. Lureplass”. The very essence of
what makes Atomic’s unique style and
sound wholly recognizable can be found
in the obsessive chewing tobacco tribute
of “Two Boxes Left” or in the hauntingly
beautiful “Closing Stages”. A listening to
Happy New Ears! reveals why the band
garnered its second Best Jazz Album
award after only four album releases!
Even though initially thought of as a
sort of rebellion to the quaintness of
the “Scandinavian Sound” which had
become exemplified by Norwegian
artists on labels such as ECM, Atomic
found themselves developing a unique
sound on their own. After their first two
studio albums Feet Music (Jazzland,
2002) and Boom Boom (Jazzland,
2003), both their growing audience
and music reviewers alike began to
perceive them as an original flavor with
an entirely individual energy that few
Scandinavian jazz groups could match.
An explosive blend of American free-jazz
with European characteristics is how
some reviewers have described them. Or
better yet, “part academic lecture, part
a fun night out on the town”, is how the
band describes themselves, and is what
makes their sound truly Atomic.
“Debut of the year!” wrote John
Fordham in The Guardian (UK), describing
Atomic as “One of the most exhilarating
new groups on the European circuit!”
Formed in the spring of 1999, these five
young musicians from the adventurous
jazz underground of Sweden and Norway
quickly forged a strong group identity
without sacrificing their individual
freedom of expression. Taking their
first album title Feet Music from a
composition by Ornette Coleman, Haker
Flaten says, “The music is groovy. In a
way, it needs people, and it’s searching
for human contact -- it’s not introverted
music. We see our music as being for
extroverted people and hopefully they
see it that way, too”.
Atomic’s second album release Boom
Boom resulted in their first Norwegian
“Grammy” award for Best Jazz Album of
2003.
While they make no secret of their
admiration for leading American jazz
musicians such as Archie Shepp, Charles
Mingus, George Russell and Keith Jarrett,
the music of Atomic is also mixed with
an equal love of European free jazz from
the 1960s. They regard the American and
European jazz traditions as an inspiration
rather than a restriction, as a springboard
to set their own direction and position
within jazz music.
This also shows through their
collaboration with the Chicagoans, Ken
Vandermark and Jeb Bishop, in the band
“Atomic School Days” which released
their first album “nuclear assembly
hall” in 2003. A live recording from the
acclaimed Chicago club “Green Mill”
with the same lineup is expected to be
released in 2008.
No strangers to the touring circuit,
Atomic were on the road almost as
soon as they were formed, shaping and
refining their sound. They have already
toured Europe, Scandinavia, North
America and Japan several times.
With Happy New Ears!, Atomic
successfully returns yet again with a
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sets the path for future conquests for
those who like their jazz with both
content and a sense of exhilaration.
Ralph Bowen with the
Chris Andrew Trio
Saxophonist Ralph Bowen has made
his mark on the New York jazz scene
for over two decades while bringing
his “casual perfectionism” to clubs,
concert halls, and festivals worldwide.
He has performed with dozens of the
finest jazz musicians and singers on the
scene – Johnny Griffin, Renee Rosnes,
Paquito d’Rivera, Michael Brecker,
Freddie Hubbard, Rob McConnell,
Maria Schneider, Chucho Valdes and
Tony Williams. His discography of over
50 titles includes collaborations with
Orrin Evans, Michel Camilo, and Horace
Silver. As an Associate Professor of Jazz
Studies at Rutgers University, composer/
arranger, and performer, Bowen’s impact
on audiences continues to expand.
Many Yardbird Suite patrons will
remember his 1994 visit with the Free
Trade group which toured in support of
their Juno award winning recording of
the same name.
Making his first appearance in Edmonton
will be bassist Steve Kirby. His career
of over 25 years includes performances
with many jazz greats including two
years with the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine,
four years with the Cyrus Chestnut
Trio. Steve has also toured, recorded or
performed with Wynton Marsalis and the
Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra, Abbey
Lincoln, Regina Carter, Jacky Terrason
and James Carter. Since 2003, he has
been the Director of Jazz Studies at the
University of Manitoba. Kirby has been
instrumental in rejuvenating the jazz
scene in Winnipeg.
Ralph Bowen plays Selmer Paris
saxophones exclusively.
Ralph Bowen plays Vandoren
mouthpieces, reeds and ligatures
exclusively.
“I could take that band [the Rutgers
University Jazz Ensemble, Ralph Bowen-
Director] on the road with me starting
tomorrow.”
Ray Charles, War Memorial Hall,
Trenton, December, 2000
“Bowen is an impressive (and
impressively underrated) player with
lyrical as well as technical skills. (He)
extemporizes with harmonic savvy and
rhythmic surefootedness one would
expect of a good post-Coltrane, post-
Brecker tenor - but unlike many of his
peers, he’s rarely trite. So to call him
a post-anything is actually doing him a
disservice.”
Nate Chinen, Jazz Times Magazine,
January, 2003
Ralf Buschmeyer Quartet
CD Release Event
Born in Ontario, Ralf was drawn to music
by the Blues and R&B stylings of Ray
Charles, Eric Clapton and Booker T & the
MGs. He picked up his first guitar at the
age of 13 and shortly afterwards got his
first live experience playing hard rock in
Southern Ontario club bands.
Dedicated to becoming a fully-rounded
musician, Ralf took up studies at
Hamilton’s Mohawk College where he
studied weekly for 3 years with Toronto
jazz great Lorne Lofsky. During this
time he served as musical director and
composer for Rogers Cable TV show
‘The Metal Mike Show’. Fate took Ralf
touring the country with country acts for
3 years following college which resulted
in finding a new home in Calgary.
In 1998, Ralf became an alumni of the
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Guitars. He is currently co-leader of the
contemporary jazz quartet Terrain, coleader
of the bebop jazz ensemble Manic
Thematic Trio, on the faculty of Mount
Royal College’s Jazz Diploma Program,
and a popular choice as a freelance
guitarist for live engagements, recordings
and as a composer-for-hire. In 2004, Ralf
won the TD Canada Trust Jazz Festival
Writers Commission Award and his
collaborative effort with Richie Pollack’s
‘Stew’ earned them a WCMA nomination.
Live performance credits include P.J.
Perry, Ingrid Jensen, Eric Marienthal,
Bobby Shew, Peter Appleyard, Frank
Mantooth, Guido Basso, Ralph Bowen,
Amy Sky, The Platters, The Swinging
Bovines, Johnny Tilotsen, Johanna
Silanpaa, Jack Semple, Hugh Fraser, Phil
Nimmons, Curtis Grambo, TR3, Kevin
Turcotte, Steve Slagle, Mike Tomaro, and
Tim Tamashiro.
Dino Dominelli Quartet
One of Edmonton’s younger generations
of jazz artists, Dino Dominelli has been
immersed in many forms of jazz. He
also has a keen interest in traditional
and ethnic music foundations and has
applied these musical concepts into a
newer style for his jazz arrangements of
standards and original compositions.
Dominelli’s influences have come from a
wide array of musicians and composers
such as Charlie Parker, Warne Marsh,
Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Cannonball
Adderly, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins,
John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Michael
Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Berg, David
Sanborn, Grover Washington, Courtney
Pine, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Herbie
Hancock, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Duke
Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Chris Potter.
Dino lived in Toronto from 1995 to 1998
and again from 2002 to 2004 where
he spent most of his time performing
around the area and studying with
Canadian jazz legends saxophonist Pat
LaBarbera and multi-instrumentalist Don
Thomspon.
He has shared the stage with
internationally-renowned musicians
such as Piano Seven of Switzerland,
Charles Blenzig Trio of New York City,
Roberto Zayas, Lito Gonzales, Xioa Bai of
Taiwan, Robbin Harris of Hong Kong and
Arturo Sandoval. In Canada, Dominelli
has performed jazz concerts with Don
Thompson, P.J Perry, Bernie Senensky,
Jake Langley, Greg Pilo, Simon Fisk,
Earl Seymour, Bob Mover and Norman
Marshall Villeneuve.
Fieldtrip with guest Jim Head
Fieldtrip is a Montreal-based jazz
trio with an extensive and diverse
repertoire comprised primarily of original
compositions and reinterpretations of
music from a variety of genres including
jazz, folk, hip-hop, rock and popular
music. All of their music serves as a
vehicle for spontaneous self-expression
and interaction through the energetic and
trusting relationship they have fostered
since their formation in September,
2005.
In 2005, Fieldtrip was awarded a
professional development grant by the
Prince Edward Island Council of the
Arts to record an album of their original
works. This album features a diverse
array of compositions by double bassist
Pat Reid written in response to his
experiences volunteering and traveling
in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
and Ethiopia in the winter of 2006. This
exciting debut also features celebrated
Canadian saxophonist Chet Doxas as a
special guest.
Most recently, Fieldtrip was selected
and awarded scholarships to attend the
prestigious Winter Career Development
Residency at the Banff Centre for the
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for their Canadian tour, scheduled for this
spring, where they will be presenting
their debut album of original works.
Hutchinson Andrew Trio
CD Release Event
The Hutchinson Andrew Trio is a unique
voice on the Canadian Jazz Scene. Over
the past 5 years this acoustic piano
based trio has been bringing their own
Western Canadian flair to the Canadian
jazz landscape. They are excited to
release their new album “Music Box” at
the Yardbird Suite this January. “Music
Box” is a beautiful mosaic of original
compositions written primarily by pianist
Chris Andrew. This album takes the group
in a new direction from their critically
acclaimed debut album “Lost but not
forgotten”. As Tommy Banks commented
upon hearing the new album, there is a
“new maturity in the original tunes”, and
the trio has “become even closer in their
understanding of each other”.
The Hutchinson Andrew Trio’s music
can be categorized as contemporary
acoustic jazz. They mix elements such as
contemporary swing, Latin, and acoustic
groove to help form their own distinct
sound. Kodi and Chris list artists such
as Brad Mehldau, David Kikoski, Robert
Glasper, and Kenny Werner as some of
their influences.
Their debut album “Lost but not
forgotten” (2005), reached CKUA radio’s
top 10 for over a month and reached #3
on Calgary’s CJSW radio for over three
months. In addition, CBC Radio put the
album on their regular rotation as well
as recording them live for air at the 2006
inaugural Canmore International Jazz
Festival. The composition, 3 Corners
of Emotion, was also featured in the
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks production,
¡Bulla!, which toured Canada over the
summer of 2005. The album garnered
a 2006 Western Canadian Music Award
nomination in the Outstanding Jazz
Recording category. More recently, the
trio competed for the Galaxie Rising
Star Award and GM Grand Prix Award
on the mainstage at the 2006 Montreal
International Jazz Festival.
The Hutchinson Andrew Trio has become
a regular fixture on the Western Canadian
jazz scene. They have performed to
enthusiastic crowds at the events such
as the Montreal, Medicine Hat, Calgary,
Canmore and Yardbird Jazz Festivals, as
well as headlining for the C-Jazz Festival.
They are very excited to release their
album at the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton
the January.
“...they are a group that is committed to
building on their view of the beautiful
history of this art form called jazz with a
keen sense of contributing, in the most
positive way, to the future of this music
from their highly personal and deeply
committed musical relationship.”
Hugh Fraser, Jazz Trombonist
Professor of Jazz Studies, UVic
“...the trio combines the creativity of
jazz’s heyday and the sensibility of
contemporary pop culture.”
Kenna Burima,
CJSW Radio and FFWD Magazine
“Pianist Chris Andrew proved capable of
seducing phrases as easy to absorb as Bill
Evans...[that]...evolve almost unnoticed
into a more complex buildup...into
something resembling Brad Mehldau’s
more intense live trio dates.”
Mark Sabbatini, Live Concert
Review for AllAboutJazz.com
“...one of the strongest Canadian
recordings of 2005. There is a high level
of technicality displayed that is used in
very imaginative and creative ways that
draw the listener in and takes them on a
most interesting journey.”
Lyle Rebbick, Medicine Hat Jazz Festival

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Brett Miles Quartet
Brett began playing in Edmonton in the
1980’s, before moving to New York in
1984. While there he performed and/
or recorded with Buddy Miles, Taylor
Dayne, Mick Jagger, Sample This, Milo
Z, Jomanda, Sam & Dave, Ivan Neville,
Granddaddy I.U., Kid Capri, and others.
Brett’s saxophone is featured on the
extended EP vinyl version of Mick
Jagger’s “Sweet Thing,” Jomanda’s maxicassette
single, “I Like It,” Granddaddy
I.U.’s “Represent,” and Sample This CD,
“Sample This.”
Besides accompanying many other
artists, multi-instrumentalist Brett Miles
also fronts his own extremely danceable,
funky and energetic band, Magilla Funk
Conduit.
Andrew Glover Quartet
Andrew Glover is an accomplished
pianist and composer. His huge body
of work has been performed in Europe
and the U.S., as well as here in his home
town
of Edmonton.
A talented pianist and composer, Andrew
graduated from the Grant MacEwan
Community College, and studied solo
piano with Adrian Chornowol and Charlie
Austin. Andrew worked with Mike Rud,
Jack Semple, Kennedy Jensen, Dianne
Donovan, the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra, Scott Hamilton
and Sheena Easton
among others. For over
ten years he toured
extensively with the Big
Miller Band.
In addition, many artists
have performed and
recorded Andrew’s
compositions. Six of the
eleven compositions
on Jack Sample’s “Grey
and Yellow” CD were
written by Andrew, as well as four songs
for Dianne Donovan’s release “Yes
or No”. He was also a principal writer
for Edmonton’s ‘Pazzport’. Andrew’s
compositions and arrangements have
been performed or recorded by John
Abercrombie, Anna Beaumont, Caroline
Mae Johnson, Jacek Kochan, Pat
LaBarbera, Theresa Lightfoot, George
McFetridge, Don Thompson, Jean-Pierre
Zanella, and Alfie Zappacosta.
Modo Trio with guest Wayne Horvitz
Edmonton based Modo Trio was founded
in 1999 by trombonist Craig Brenan and
bassist Jeff Johnson to explore their
mutual interest in African and Spanish
music, as well as the drum’n’bass music
that was reaching Western Canada at
that time.
The group solidified its current lineup
when drummer Bill George joined the
group in 2003, and has continued to
evolve its approach, bringing inspirations
such as dub music into its already
eclectic sound. Defined by Brenan’s
rare use of harmonizers and loops to
augment the sound of his acoustic
trombone, Modo Trio has been called “a
fascinating mix of exotic contemporary
grooves and improvisation” (Roger
Levesque, Edmonton Journal). They have
toured across Canada and appeared on
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Prior to their latest release The Uninvited,
the group self-released two recordings,
including 2005’s You Are Being Probed,
which received extensive airplay on
Canadian radio.
Modo Trio’s latest recording project
involves collaboration with one of the
most creative musicians of U.S. scene,
Seattle- based Wayne Horvitz. Horvitz
is a composer, pianist and electronic
musician who has performed extensively
throughout Europe, Asia, Australia,
and North America. He is the leader of
Zony Mash, Pigpen, The Four plus One
Ensemble and co-founder of the New
York Composers Orchestra. He has
performed and collaborated with Bill
Frisell, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Robin
Holcomb, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Philip
Wilson, Michael Shrieve and Carla Bley
among others.
He has received commissions from the
NEA, Meet The Composer, Kronos String
Quartet, Seattle Chamber Players, Mary
Flagler, BAM, Earshot Jazz and others.
Collaborations with choreographers
include work with Paul Taylor with the
White Oak Dance Project, Liz Lerman
Dance Exchange, and Crispin Spaeth.
Film work includes music and sound
design for three PBS specials and Gus
Van Sandt’s Psycho. He was the 2001
recipient of the Artist Trust Fellowship
(Seattle) and the 2002 recipient of the
Rockefeller Foundation MAP Grant.
“The delightful mix of tones and textures
is almost a sufficient reward in itself, but
Horvitz is also a damn fine musician with
an ear for a groove. This disc is way more
happenin’ than most of the techno on the
racks right now.”
Bill Tilland, Alternative Press on
Wayne Horvitz’ solo CD “Monologue”
Darren Sigesmund Quintet
Canadian trombonist and composer
Darren Sigesmund is rapidly becoming
an established voice on the Canadian
and international music scenes. Based in
Toronto, he is gaining extensive touring
experience after having recently led his
quintet on whirlwind tours of Australia,
Asia and Canada. Darren is a versatile
and gifted trombonist who projects a
warm brass sound through imaginative
compositions.
Darren has studied and performed at the
internationally renowned Banff Centre for
the Arts Jazz Workshops with acclaimed
artists such as Dave Holland, Kenny
Wheeler, Julian Priester, Richie Beirach,
Dave Liebman, Steve Coleman, Don
Thompson, Pat LaBarbera, and Hugh
Fraser. He has studied trombone with
many of the great masters including
Michael Davis (New York), Ian McDougall
(University of Victoria), Jerry Johnson
(Stratford Festival) and Gord Sweeny
(Toronto Symphony). Since attending
the University of Toronto for Jazz
Performance, Darren has honed his
composition skills under the tutelage
of Frank Falco, one of Canada’s finest
instructors in composition.
“Incredibly well crafted pieces [and]
fantastic vehicles for improvisational
exploration… I give my highest
recommendation.”
Tim Ries, Rolling Stones Saxophonist
“Sigesmund, with a sound as warm as
the purr of a Rolls Royce, is a thoughtful
player… The beauty of Sigesmund’s tone
and the agility of his technique led to a
subtlety in his improvising, which went
beyond good chops and good schooling
to genuine communication.”
Steve Pedersen, Halifax Chronicle Herald,
Nov. 21, 2005

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“smooth and sophisticated trombone
work and ingenious compositions”
Geoff Chapman, Toronto Star,
July 28 2005
“Chorale and Solemn… resonated with
a subtle, dark beauty. Chorale featured
some gleaming horn voicings and a
series of evocative, song-like changes…
[Solemn] included an alluring trombone
solo from Sigesmund, whose warm,
melancholic vibrato glistened with quiet
intensity.”
Jessica Nicholas, The Age,
Melbourne AU, Aug. 29, 2005
“Darren is a very naturally gifted
musician. He is a fine trombonist and a
composer of some fascinatingly original
music. His working quintet contains
some of the brightest talent in Canadian
Jazz. This is a group that has the potential
to become a major force in Canadian
Jazz.”
Don Thompson,
Canadian Jazz Veteran
“Darren Sigesmund’s first CD, Strands,
demonstrates a composer of real
promise, weaving together jazz, Latin
and impressionist elements with a
strong sense of both colour and drama.
The same thoughtfulness extends to
the sometimes subtle, lyrical approach
he takes to trombone. Best of all,
Sigesmund has assembled an unusually
imaginative group to execute his vision,
including tenor saxophonist Quinsin
Nachoff, guitarist Reg Schwager, bassist
Jim Vivian and drummer Anthony
Michelli.”
Stuart Broomer,
Toronto Life.com, July 2005

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SESSION
Atomic
Hutchinson
Andrew Trio
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
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JAM
SESSION
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JAM
SESSION 2008 JAZZWORKS FESTIVAL - FEBUARY 13-16, 2008
Members $14 • Guests $18
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JAM
SESSION
Ralf
Buschmeyer
Quartet
Dino
Dominelli
Quartet
Members $18 • Guests $22
Darren
Sigesmund
Quintet
Fieldtrip
with guest
Jim Head
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JAM
Modo Trio
with guest
Ralph Bowen
SESSION
Wayne Horvitz with the Chris Andrew Trio
Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8pm
Brett Miles
Quartet
Members $10 • Guests $14
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
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Andrew
Glover
Quartet
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