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· Knoxville Jazz Orchestra 2011-2012 Season

JAZZ IN MAY 2012
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
4   Josh Moshier: The Studs Terkel Project at the Jazz Showcase
11  20th Anniversary Special for the Gil Evans Centennial | Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead at the 2011 Monterey Jazz Festival
18 Corea, Clarke and White: Return to Forever at the Monterey Jazz Festival
25  Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape at 92YTribeca

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
4   Ellis Larkins
11  Daryl Sherman: Remembering Johnny Mercer
18  Christopher Ziemba
25  Daniela Schaechter

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
4 Birthdays of baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin and pianist Don Friedman
11 Big band recordings of Oliver Nelson and Carla Bley
18 Jazz from 1970
25 Birthday of trumpeter Miles Davis

JAZZ IN APRIL 2012
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
6    Juan Carlos Formell and Johnny's Dream Club from the Monterey Jazz Festival
13  James Farm at the Beantown Jazz Festival
20  Martin Bejerano Trio with The Potential Energy Suite
27  Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner at the Kennedy Center

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
6   John Pizzarelli Trio
13   Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes
20  Kate McGarry
27   Remembering Clare Fischer

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
6   Birthdays of pianist Randy Weston and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan
13   Songs containing the word "What"
20   Birthday of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton
27   Great tenor saxophone solos, part 2

JAZZ IN MARCH 2012
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
2 Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band at the Kennedy Center
9 Avishai Cohen Triveni with Guest Anat Cohen at Newport
16 Regina Carter's Reverse Thread at Newport
23 Renee Rosnes at the Village Vanguard
30 Benny Green's Monk with Gary Smulyan at the KC Jazz Club

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
2 Larry Willis
9 Sherrie Maricle
16 Jimmie McPartland
23 Robin Meloy Goldsby
30 Beegie Adair

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
2 Birthdays of tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
9 Birthday of alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman
16 Birthdays of pianist Tommy Flanagan
23 Piano trios, Part 3
30 Jazz from 1924