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Jazz About Town, Jan. 23, 2012

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Bakersfield Jazz Music Examiner
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:

 
Pat Frase and The Musicians – Jan. 25

Other Venues:

 
Jazz Connection - Every Tues., Thurs., Fri.,  & Sat. – Imbibe 
 
Richie Perez - Every Thurs. – Cafe Med
Kama Ruby -  Fri. & Sat. – Jan. 27 (w/Steve Eisen) & 28 (w/Mike Raney) – King Tut; Fri., Feb. 3 – Metro Galleries
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Mark Meyer & Steve Eisen -  Tues. Jan.  24 – Imbibe
 
Keith & Linda Barbour – Tues., Jan. 24 – The Padre
 
Zanne Zarow – Thurs., Jan. 26 (W/Paul Cierley Trio) – Imbibe; Sat., Feb. 4 – Que Pasa Marketplace (w/Mike Raney); Tues., Feb. 14 – The Padre (Zanne Zarow Quartet)
 
Lawanda Smith – Tues., Jan. 31 – The Padre
 
Gongfarmer – Sun.,  Feb. 19 – Dagny’s Coffee Co.
 
Alessandro Cortini, Phillip Greenlief, and Gino Robair, with The Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet – Thurs., Feb. 23 – The Metro Galleries

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Out of Town Jazz Gigs:

Nothing to report.

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JAZZ TRIVIA:

Last week’s Jazz Trivia Question: Let’s try a lyric question for all of you vocalists & vocalist wannabes – Name the classic song and say what was happening to my time before “…I found you…”?

The answers were “my time was running low…” from the standard “Just in Time.” Laura May Booker and Dan Lane were the only ones to answer correctly, thus earning Jazz Trivia Expert status. Congratulations!

Here is this week’s Jazz Trivia Question: Known primarily for his work on the sitar and his famous relationship with George Harrison and The Beatles, can you name Ravi Shankar’s biggest contribution to jazz?

Send your answers to bakjazzworkshop@lightspeed.net

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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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