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Friday May 3 | WWOZ

Pura Fe on the Allison Miner Stage

Pura Fe is a contemporary Native American musician whose music is impossible to categorize.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Thu May 02, 2013

City Paper

Jazz Setlist, May 2-8: Nonstop Improv, Indeed

If you're speaking to alto saxophonists under the age of, say, 40, and you ask them about their influences, it's a given that you'll add, "Aside from Kenny Garrett , of course." This is not an exaggeration.

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Wed May 01, 2013

The Day

The music is back at Harkness

After three years of small-steps planning and abbreviated events calendars, the "Bring Our Music Back - Summer Nights at Harkness" concert series has announced a wildly diverse and expanded 2013 season.

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Related Topix: Waterford, CT, Arts, Opera, Folk, Judy Collins, Jazz

Thu Apr 25, 2013

Jerusalem Post

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

The Duke may no longer be with us, but his music lives on, especially when there's a 15-piece band doing the round of the world keeping the Ellington flame burning brightly.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Duke Ellington, Tchaikovsky, Classical