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Jazz About Town, Feb. 13, 2012

Bored? Tired of the same old stuff? Don’t know what to do nor where to go? Well, gee, THERE’S LOTS OF JAZZ IN TOWN!!!!
 
Here is this week’s listing of jazz events to help you fill that need for jazz. And don’t forget to play our weekly trivia contest below:
 
UPCOMING JAZZ EVENTS/GIGS

 

Bakersfield Jazz Workshop – every Weds., at Le Corusse Rouge, featured artists this month are:

Feb. 15 – Melissa Lucas
 
Feb. 22 - Special concert/workshop (7:30 – 9:30 PM) by the legendary Atlantic Records recording artist Thelma Jones.
 

Feb. 29 – The CSUB Small Group Jazz Ensemble, directed by CSUB Music Professor Jim Scully

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Other Venues:

 
Jazz Connection - Every Tues., Thurs., Fri.,  & Sat. – Imbibe 
 
Richie Perez - Every Thurs. – Cafe Med
 
Kama Ruby -  Sat., Feb. 25 – King Tut; Sat., Feb. 18 – Que Pasa; Tues., Feb. 21 – The Padre (w/Ray Zepeda);  Tues., Feb. 28 – The Fox Theater
 
Candace Freeman – Tues., Feb. 14 (w/Ray Zepeda) – Imbibe
 
Mark Meyer & Steve Eisen -  Thurs., Feb. 16 & Tues., Feb. 28 – Imbibe; Fri., Feb. 24 – King Tut
 
Keith & Linda Barbour – Fri. & Sat., Feb. 17 & 18 – King Tut 
 
Zanne Zarow – Tues., Feb. 14 – The Padre (Zanne Zarow Quartet); Thurs., Feb. 23 (w/Ray Zepeda Quartet) – Imbibe
 
Jim McAuley and Gongfarmer – Sun.,  Feb. 19 – Dagny’s Coffee Co.
 
It Came from the Abyss, featuring Alessandro Cortini, Phillip Greenlief, and Gino Robair, with The Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet – Thurs., Feb. 23 – The Metro Galleries
 

Keith and Linda Barbour - Tues., Feb. 28 – The Padre
 
For more details, venue locations, times, etc., see the BJW's Jazz About Town newsletter.

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JAZZ TRIVIA:

Last week’s Jazz Trivia Question: He once was a member of Ten Wheel Drive and wrote a book called “Trombonisms.” For Jazz Trivia Expert status, who is he?

The answer was Bill Watrous. Ron Christian and Jeff Rosbrugh were the first two to answer correctly, thus earning Jazz Trivia Expert status. Honorable Mention for also answering correctly goes to Fred Koch, Walt Wortendyke, and Chris Craddock. Congratulations!

Here is this week’s Jazz Trivia Question: The movies “Three Days of the Condor, “The Graduate,” and “The Firm” have what in common with the TV series “The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,” “Good Times,” and “The Wild, Wild West?”

Send your answers to bakjazzworkshop@lightspeed.net

, Bakersfield Jazz Music Examiner

Frank is an environmental engineer with a Master's degree from Penn State. His love of jazz was nurtured by growing up in a family of jazz musicians, some of whom still perform today in their 90's. As a result, it was a natural fit for him to become the Corporate Secretary and a Director of the...

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