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Events

Christian Li

Brewer Plaza, 12:00 p.m.Free

 

Jazz pianist Christian Li has won several DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards and has attended highly selective programs, including the Skidmore Jazz Institute, the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, and the Vail Jazz Workshop.

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Jordan Casty

Prudential Center, 12:00 p.m.Free

Jordan Casty is one link in a long chain of writers who grab ahold of what's driving people and steer it into a song.

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Berklee in the Round

Cafe 939, 7:00 p.m.Free

Berkee in the Round Tuesdays are free acoustic performances showcasing Berklee students, faculty, alumni, and special guests. They are held on the last Tuesday of each month during the semester.

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Plainfield, Goines, Mallet

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.TBD

An evening of contemporary music with Kim Plainfield on drums, Lincoln Goines on bass, and Alain Mallet on piano.

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Christian Li

Brewer Plaza, 12:00 p.m.Free

Jazz pianist Christian Li has won several DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards and has attended highly selective programs, including the Skidmore Jazz Institute, the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, and the Vail Jazz Workshop.

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Isis Lune

Harvard Longwood Campus, 12:30 p.m.Free

Isis Lune is a Boston-based group led by Israeli vocalist Ella Joy Meir. The band creates a unique soundscape that combines electronic textures with a raw human element. 

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Quintet East: The Music of Along Came Betty

David Friend Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.Free

 

Quintet East, a five-piece faculty group consisting of trumpet, sax, piano, bass, and drums, will play tunes from the Along Came Betty songbook.

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Rosco Bandana / von Grey / Petrina Foley

Cafe 939, 8:00 p.m.$10, general admission

Jazz Pianist Hey Rim Jeon & Friends

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.www.berkleebpc.com

International jazz pianist and composer Hey Rim Jeon will be featured with her band, Hey Rim Jeon & Friends, at the Berklee Performance Center. Jeon will be performing jazz standards and original compositions from her latest CD, Introducing Hey Rim Jeon, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment and featuring Dave Liebman, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus and Richie Barshay. Described as a "brilliant pianist" by legendary saxophonist Benny Golson, Jeon has been featured on WNBC's "Weekend Today in New York," a documentary special broadcast on KB, Korea's national TV network channel.

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Unlimited Perception

Atlantic Wharf, 12:00 p.m.Free

With members from Turkey, Israel, Colombia, and Japan, Unlimited Perception offers a unique blend of microtones, lyrical melodies, and South American rhythms, such as bambuco and cumbia.

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Family Photo

Kendall Square, 12:00 p.m.Free

Family Photo takes complex vocal harmonies and arrangements and weaves them into popular song structures. The group seamlessly glides between genres, incorporating musical styles from jazz and pop to the more obscure corners of rock and neoclassicism. They tie it all together into an energetic performance, creating a sound that speaks to the band's relentless search of uncharted, sonic territory.

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Christian Li

Brewer Plaza, 12:00 p.m.Free

Jazz pianist Christian Li has won several DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards and has attended highly selective programs, including the Skidmore Jazz Institute, the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, and the Vail Jazz Workshop.

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Jenna Moynihan and Neil Pearlman

Club Passim, 1:00 p.m.Free

Jenna Moynihan and Neil Pearlman are at the forefront of a new wave of acoustic music. Though both heavily steeped in traditional Scottish music, they each bring outside influences from Appalchian old-time to jazz to their collaboration, helping to create their unique sound.

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Christian Li

Brewer Plaza, 5:00 p.m.Free

Largely self-taught until college, Christian Li is an award-winning jazz pianist.

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Jacinta Clusellas Group

Charlestown Navy Yard, 6:00 p.m.Free

Jacinta Clusellas Group brings together sounds from Argentina in a unique, contemporary context, combining Latin grooves with jazz influences.

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Matt Savage

Wakefield Library, 6:00 p.m.Free

Pianist Matt Savage, age 20, has been connected with some of the biggest names in jazz for over half of his young life. 

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Family Photo

Institute of Contemporary Art, 6:00 p.m.Free

Family Photo takes complex vocal harmonies and arrangements and weaves them into popular song structures. The group seamlessly glides between genres, incorporating musical styles from jazz and pop to the more obscure corners of rock and neoclassicism. They tie it all together into an energetic performance, creating a sound that speaks to the band's relentless search of uncharted, sonic territory.

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Gail McArthur's Connections

David Friend Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.Free

Faculty saxophonist Gail McArthur leads Connections jazz quartet. A special guest will perform McArthur's original modern jazz/fusion compositions. Featuring Baron Browne (Vital Information, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham) on electric bass.

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Lucy Wainwright Roche / Suzzy Roche

Cafe 939, 8:00 p.m.$17 in advance, $20 day of show, general admission

Scott Tarulli Group

Berklee Performance Center, 9:15 p.m.Berklee Community: Free in advance, $4 day-of; Public: $12

An instrumental group led by guitarist Scott Tarulli, playing songs from his new CD, Anytime, Anywhere.

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