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Locavore Jazz: This Week Part I

10/29/2018

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This Week: It's end of the month time, when I have to wait for some venues & performers to update their monthly schedules. I'll add them in Part II

Thursday: The usual busy night!
  • Frankie Alexander sings at Irregardless 6: 30p.
  • Jazz/blues guitarist Calvin Edwards graces Beyu 7p. ​I plan to be there because I haven't heard him yet.
  • Al Strong leads the Durham Hotel jazz jam 7p.
  • Griffanzo plays piano for a singer whose name I've forgotten (sorry!) at Imbibe 8p.
  • Al Strong plays C Grace 9p. ​Yes, he tries to be in two places at one time!
Friday:
  • ​Extravore saxophonist Steve Coleman converses with Duke Performances at Pinhook 12p before performing at Baldwin Auditorium with his band Natal Eclipse 8p.​ I'll be there because these events are always interesting.
  • Keith Ganz leads a quartet at Sharp Nine 8p. I'll be there.
  • Al Strong shifts to Circa 1888 9:30p.
​Saturday:
  • ​James "Saxmo" Gates plays (with Al Strong) at the Beyu 7 & 9p.
  • Peter Lamb & the Wolves liven up Sharp Nine 8p.
  • Singer Ti Harmon, pianist Andrew Berinson, & her band play Irregardless 9p. I need to be there.
Sunday:
  • ​Time to see the latest version of the Triangle Youth Jazz Orchestra (TYJE) at the Cary Arts Center 3:30p. ​I'll be there.
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Locavore Jazz: This Week (10/21-27)

10/21/2018

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​Extravore Discovery: ​As much as I love vocalist Kurt Elling, his last few CDs have some really bad song choices on them. Some of it is his consistently bad songwriting; some is just a bad choice of contemporary tunes. I know he's trying to sound up to date, but he's missing something.

​Locavore Discovery:​ I'd seen guitarist Daniel DeLorenzo's name on a few gigs but hadn't heard him play. A friend sent this YouTube link--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgnIVEOFH80--to his latest self-produced CD. It sounds good enough for me to put a link to him on the Home Page & to keep an eye out for a live gig.

​This Week
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Monday:
  • Robert Griffin & Danny Grewen charm Imbibe 7p.​
  • Gregg Gelb's Second Line Stompers bring New Orleans to the Pittsboro Roadhouse 7L30p.
  • Russell Favret plays at the Durham Hotel (call for time).
​Tuesday:
  • Alison Weiner's usual duo at the Eddy Pub in Saxapahaw 7p.
  • The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra (NCJRO) will probably sell out Sharp Nine 8p.
Wednesday:
  • Yeaux Katz keep's its crown as Carrboro's best jazz bar-band at Second Wind 7p.
  • Sidecar Social Club does its bi-weekly Humble Pie thing 8:30p.
  • Singer Amy Hancock & Tin Tuxedo play the Empress Room 9p.
  • Jazz At the Mary Lou goes until the wee hours on the Duke West Campus 9:30p.
Thursday:
  • That lively Durham Hotel Jazz Jam, led by Al Strong, 7p.
Friday:​ Six choices!
  • Kobie Watkins has his CD release party at Durham Fruit & Produce 7p. ​I'll be there.
  • ​​Ira Wiggins makes a rare appearance at the Beyu 7 & 9p. ​If not for Kobie, I'd be there.
  • Vocalist Katherine Whalen & pianist Robert Griffin explore the Songbook at Imbibe 8p.
  • Pianist Elmer Gibson plays over talking-while-eating noise at Irregardless 6:30p.
  • Elegant pianist Jonathan Markow plays against cocktail-infused talk at C Grace 9p.
  • Ernest Turner plays to what I assume is a quieter crowd at Hillsborough's Panciuto Resturant 9p.
​Saturday:
  • ​Al Strong's quartet starts the evening outdoors at Raleigh's House of Hops 5p.
  • Extravore bassist Iris Ornig joins local musicians at Sharp Nine 8p. Having seen her uniquely arrange Burt Bacharach tunes into great jazz a year ago, I'm coming back for more!
  • Donovan Cheatham brings his quintet to Watts & Wards's Halloween bash--"Prohibition Is Over"--8:30p.
  • Tea Cup Gin does its thing at Durham's Arcana 9p.
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Locavore Jazz: This Week (10/15-20)

10/14/2018

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​Discoveries:

​1. ​I'd never heard Katherine Whalen before:​ Being in & out of this area over the years I missed the Squirrel Nut Zippers. So, hearing Katherine Whalen sing at Imbibe Friday night with pianist Robert Griffin was a pleasure, as the two of them whirled through the jazz songbook. ​And, they'll do that every other Friday at Imbibe.

2. Shana Tucker is a delightful, uncategorizable singer:​ Heard her open for Kaira Ba at the Cradle last night. She's personable, imaginative & can sing in many styles, with a jazzish spirit.

3. ​Watts & Ward has a new online schedule:​ I often struggle to keep up with some venue/performer links since they can change without notice other than the old link suddenly disappears or has old info. I'm happy to say Watts & Ward now has a monthly calendar format for its gigs. Enjoy...

​This Week:​ Don't ignore the Usual Suspects at the Usual Venues while distracted by these highlights...

Monday:​ A reminder that Ernest Turner leads the monthly Calvary United Methodist Church jazz jam 7:30p. ​I'll be there.

Friday:
  • Originally "local" vocalist Carol Sloane sings with the Duke Jazz Band led by John Brown at Baldwin Auditorium 8p.
  • Will Goble leads a solid quartet at Sharp Nine 8p.
​Saturday:
  • ​Durham's Holy Cross Catholic Church--2438 S. Alston Avenue--celebrates famous parishioner Mary Lou Williams with music from pianist Lydia Salett Dudley & discussion led by musicologist Howard Burchette 7-10p. ​This could be special.
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