Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002! Friday, October 7th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble The first Friday of each month, bassist Don Prell puts together a combo and puts them through their paces, chasing down the bebop changes that continue to intrigue and delight us. This week, reed & flute…
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October 2nd – Sunday, 4:30 to 6:30 pm Special guest “fingerstyle†jazz guitarist who must remain nameless! In the tradition of the famed Massey Hall concert in Toronto in 1952, where our patron saint Charlie Parker had to be billed as “Charlie Chan†for contractual reasons, we must not name the performer gracing our stage…
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Friday, September 30th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Special Fifth Friday booking! The Tom Lander/Charlie McCarthy Quartet jazz in the bookshop every Friday — since 2002! When there are five Fridays in a month, we enjoy the luxury of a special booking, and this time it’s a terrific quartet comprising guitarist Tom Lander and sax player…
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Sunday, September 4th, 4:30 & 5:30 pm – two sets Anthony Brown & Friends which way west? Sunday concert series Percussionist Anthony Brown, born of an African-American/Native American father and a Japanese mother, is a mainstay in a hugely influential movement that started locally three decades ago, as a handful of talented Asian-American musicians began…
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Friday, September 2nd, 5:30 to 8:00 pm jazz in the bookshop Every Friday Evening It’s the first Friday of the month, and that means it’s time for Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble! Next Friday (the second Friday of the month) we host The Jimmy Ryan Quintet. Bird & Beckett’s Friday jazz sessions have been going on…
Read MoreAnthony Brown & Friends
Sunday, September 4th, 5:30 & 6:30 pm – two sets Anthony Brown & Friends which way west? Sunday concert series Percussionist Anthony Brown, born of an African-American/Native American father and a Japanese mother, is a mainstay in a hugely influential movement that started locally three decades ago, as a handful of talented Asian-American musicians began…
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