Calendar of Events
Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Blues
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MondayNovember 2009 |
Jazz Concert: Greenhills School.
Neil Donato conducts Greenhills student jazz ensembles in a program TBA.
Greenhills School Campbell Center for the Performing Arts, 850 Greenhills Dr. Free. 769-4010.
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TuesdayNovember 2009 |
Paul Klinger’s Easy Street Jazz Band
Every Tues. beginning Nov. 10. Dixieland and swing by this local
ensemble led by saxophonist and trumpeter Klinger. Cash bar; limited sandwich
menu.
6-9 p.m. (doors open at 4 p.m.), Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 W. Stadium. $10 at
the door only. 663-1202.
Tobias Delius & Georg Graewe: Kerrytown Concert House "Jazz at the Edge."
See review. Original avant-jazz compositions and improvisations by the duo of Dutch saxophonist and clarinetist Delius and German pianist Graewe.
KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Tickets $10-$25. Reservations recommended. 769-2999.
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SaturdayNovember 2009 |
Jeff Daniels & Friends: Big Pickle Productions.
Playwright and Purple Rose Theatre founder Daniels, who is also a prolific folk-style singer-songwriter, hosts an evening of music by an array of acts from around the state, performing separately and together, with an emphasis on songs celebrating Michigan. Performers include Kalamazoo neo-klezmer sextet Red Sea Pedestrians, local spoken word artist Paul Princen, a rootsy acoustic folk-rock Chelsea trio led by singer-songwriter and guitarist (and Jeff's son) Ben Daniels, and the Lansing-based swing and jazz band Shout Sister Shout, a joint project of the velvet-voiced young Cadillac singer-songwriter Rachael Davis and the versatile Lansing acoustic string quartet Steppin' in It, and the Scottville Clown Band, a Scottville (MI) concert band of 60+ members that dress in clownish costumes. A benefit for Purple Rose Theatre.
Michigan Theater. Tickets $22.50-$75 in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office & all other Ticketmaster outlets, and at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS.
