Friday: Though I've just bought a ticket to singer Angela Bingham's tribute to the great Blossom Dearie at Sharp Nine 8p, I could easily have gone to any of these: Stephen Anderson at Irregardless 6:30p; Jim Ketch at the Franklin Hotel 8p; Al Strong at Alley 26 9p; or Tin Tuxedo at C Grace 9p. Then there's Saturday...
Saturday: I know I'll go hear singer Frankie Alexander at the Station 2p; the evening has many choices (Reprise): Greensboro-based trumpeter & guitarist Aaron Matson do Coltrane at Sharp Nine 8p; at the same time trombonist Danny Grewen & pianist Robert Griffin do their Imbibe thing, this time at the Kraken out on Route 54 west of Carrboro 8p; singer Noah Powell, accompanied by Stephen Anderson, performs at Irregardless 9p; or Orquesta Gardel plays at the annual "Mambo Dynamico" at the Living Arts Collective in Durham 9p.
Sunday: After I sleep in, I plan to catch Andrew Berinson do the Beyu brunch 11a-2, figure out what to do afterwards, drift over the singer Jo Gore & pianist Ernest Turner at Durham's West End Wine Bar at 4p, &--if I have any energy left, end up at Chapel Hill's WEWB for guitarist Brad Maiani 7p. And then to sleep....
Monday: I need to note that Danny Grewen & Robert Griffin are doing a Sinatra night at Imbibe in Chapel Hill 7-10p. It will be worth it!