Today/Sunday: Hmm, maybe Jo Gore will sing "Baby It's Cold Outside" at Durham's West End Wine Bar 4p, backed by pianist Ernest Turner. Don't know if I'll get there, but I should be sipping red wine & listening to the Brad Maiani Trio at Chapel Hill's WEWB 7p. The wine won't be the only source of heat there then.
Monday: This is a strong off-beat recommendation: Pianist Robert Griffin & trombonist Danny Grewen will do a Sinatra tribute at Imbibe on Henderson St in CH, 7-10p. If I had a Jazz Simple Pleasures list, this Monday night gig would be on it. Not fancy, but it'll be fun.
Friday: One straight-ahead choice, one not so. I'll go to Sharp Nine's 8p Jim Ketch Swingtet show, then possibly hit the Station on my way home for the Boom Unit Brass Band. The latter plays after an opening act starts at 9:30. By the time I get there, things will be booming...
Saturday: I already have a ticket for extravore jazz Rez Abbasi's Invocation quintet at Duke, but would otherwise have gone to Zen Poets at Sharp Nine 8p. I regret the latter since the ZPs haven't played in a while. I hope they gig again over the holidays hereabouts...Plus I'll catch the Robert Trowers trombone trio at the Station 2p.
Sunday next week: Another pleasure I'll miss but advise everyone to go see. Pianist/singer Adrian Duke--imagine Tom Waits imitating Ray Charles--will--entertain you, accompanied by singer Theresa Richmond, & guitarist Scott Sawyer. Enjoy...