Jazz in C-U, week of 8/31/2008

Great jazz throughout the week. Get out and support it and the venues that offer it!

NOTE - no jam session Monday night. When the sessions resume, they'll be 6-8pm.

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Sunday, 8/31/2008
SHAWN PURCELL JAZZ COMBO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Wednesday, 9/3/2008
DON HEITLER
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Thursday, 9/4/2008
JAZZ SANDWICH
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
8-11pm, free admission (donations encouraged)

Thursday, 9/4/2008
KELLY CORBIN
at ZORBA'S (Green St., Campustown)
9pm-midnight, cover charged

Thursday, 9/4/2008
U/I CONCERT JAZZ BAND
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-9pm, cover charged

Thursday, 9/4/2008
RON DEWAR QUARTET
at CAFE LUNA (116 N. Chestnut St., Champaign)
9pm-midnight, admission charged

Friday, 9/5/2008
RON DEWAR QUARTET
at CAFE LUNA (116 N. Chestnut St., Champaign)
9pm-midnight, admission charged

Friday, 9/5/2008
GEORGE TURNER QUARTET
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
9pm-midnight, free admission (donations encouraged)

Saturday, 9/6/2008
GEORGE TURNER TRIO
at KOFUSION (1 E. Main St., Champaign)
6:30-9:30pm, no cover

Saturday, 9/6/2008
RON DEWAR QUARTET
at CAFE LUNA (116 N. Chestnut St., Champaign)
9pm-midnight, admission charged

Cafe Luna presents Ron Dewar Quartet

Cafe Luna (116 N Chestnut St., Champaign) will be featuring live music September 4, 5, and 6 with Ron Dewar (saxophone), Don Heitler (piano), Ed Schaller (bass), and Mark McKnight (drums).

A good turnout for Ron's sets could go a long way towards promoting additional music at this venue.

Cafe Luna is in the old train station building, at the corner of Chestnut and University in Champaign. Music will be outside, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, music will move indoors.

Ron Dewar was a fixture on the Champaign-Urbana music scene for three decades. He was a member of John Garvey's celebrated jazz ensemble in the 1960s, and returned briefly in the early 1980s. He has been living and performing in Chicago for several years, and will be appearing at the Chicago Jazz Festival this year with Don Heitler.

Get out and support some live music!

--JH

Brief note...

Sorry for the light blogging.

Between the Nature's Table reunion and some other projects, it's been difficult to keep things up-to-date here.

To come soon -- some reflections on the Nature's Table reunion, notes about upcoming appearances by Ron Dewar, and more.

Jazz in C-U, week of 8/24/2008

Interesting stuff this week -- get out and support live music in C-U!

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Monday, 8/25/2008
JAM SESSION with the MRS TRIO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Wednesday, 8/27/2008
DON HEITLER
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Wednesday, 8/27/2008
U/I JAZZ COMBO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, free admission<

Friday, 8/29/2008
BONEYARD JAZZ QUINTET
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
5-7pm, cover charged

Friday, 8/29/2008
UI JAZZ FACULTY: BEYOND COOL
at ALLERTON MUSIC BARN (Allerton Park, Monticello)
8:30pm, admission charged

Saturday, 8/30/2008
DESAFINADO
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
5:30pm, free admission (donation encouraged)

Saturday, 8/30/2008
MATT WARNOCK TRIO
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
9pm, free admission (donation encouraged)