Discovery: September looks like a fine month for jazz...
9/1: Saxist Brad Line does Sun Ra in the best jazz dive bar in Chapel Hill: 9/2: Brad does Dewey Redmond at Sharp Nine in Durham: 9/2: Local piano trio Thrio debuts its first recording in Cary: 9/3: Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz monthly residency in Durham's Sharp Nine: 9/10: Now only youngish pianist Joey Alexander at Duke Performances in Durham: 9/14: Duke presents vocalist Samara Joy free at Durham's American Tobacco Campus:9/17: Pianist Eric Hirsh returns to Durham's Sharp Nine after three years of quartet abstinence:9/22: Al Strong's monthly jazz jam goes Latin on the popular Durham Hotel Roof:9/23: Local piano trio Thrio debuts its first recording at Durham's Sharp Nine:9/25: Vibist Jason Marsalis does two shows at Durham's Sharp Nine:9/30: Lesser known but very fine saxist Joel Frahm joins the UNC jazz faculty at Durham's Sharp Nine:
C Grace may have died but long live jazz!