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)

Jazz in C-U, week of 7/27/2008

Get out and get some!

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Monday, 7/28/2008
JAM SESSION with the MRS TRIO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Wednesday, 7/30/2008
DON HEITLER
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Thursday, 7/31/2008
KEVIN TURNER TRIO
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Friday, 8/1/2008
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MACHINE
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
5:30-7:30pm, free admission (donations encouraged)

Saturday, 8/2/2008
JAZZ MAYHEM
at ALTO VINYARDS WINERY (North Duncan Rd., Champaign)
7:30-10:30pm, cover charged

"Beyond Cool" concert scheduled for 8/29

The UI jazz faculty has scheduled a concert titled "Beyond Cool" to be held at the Allerton Music Barn on August 29th.

The instrumentation will be identical to the Miles Davis nonet that recorded what came to be called "Birth of the Cool" -- trumpet, alto sax, trombone, baritone sax, french horn, tuba, piano, bass, and drums.

Some of the selections to be performed will be from the "Birth of the Cool" recording, while the balance of the material will be arrangements written by the jazz faculty for this instrumentation.

Personnel will be:

Chip McNeill, alto saxophone
Glenn Wilson, baritone saxophone
Jeff Helgesen, trumpet
Kaz Machala, horn
Jim Pugh, trombone
Karl Kramer, tuba
Chip Stephens, piano
Larry Gray, bass
Dana Hall, drums

For additional information, visit the Allerton Music Barn events page.

Jazz in C-U, week of 7/20/2008

Better late than never.

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Monday, 7/21/2008
JAM SESSION with the MRS TRIO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Wednesday, 7/23/2008
DON HEITLER
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Thursday, 7/24/2008
HOUCHIN/BRIGGS GROUP
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
5:30-7:30pm, free admission (donations encouraged)

Thursday, 7/24/2008
KEVIN TURNER TRIO
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Thursday, 7/24/2008
CHIP McNEILL QUARTET
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Friday, 7/25/2008
BONEYARD JAZZ QUINTET
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
5-7pm, free admission

Friday, 7/25/2008
ROB DENTY TRIO
at ZORBA'S (Green St., Campustown)
9pm-midnight, cover charged

Jazz in C-U, week of 7/13/2008

Busy week -- lucky you!

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Sunday, 7/13/2008
DARDEN PURCELL JAZZ COMBO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Monday, 7/14/2008
JAM SESSION with the MRS TRIO
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Wednesday, 7/16/2008
DON HEITLER
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Wednesday, 7/16/2008
ZOO w/DAVID EASLEY
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Thursday, 7/17/2008
KEVIN TURNER TRIO
at THE GREAT IMPASTA (114 W. Church St., Champaign)
6-9pm, no cover

Thursday, 7/17/2008
JAZZ GUITAR NIGHT
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
7-10pm, cover charged

Friday, 7/18/2008
JEFF HELGESEN JAZZ QUINTET
at THE IRON POST (120 S Race St., Urbana)
5-7pm, cover charged

Friday, 7/18/2008
CHARLES LANE QUINTET
at ZORBA'S (Green St., Campustown)
9pm-midnight, cover charged

Saturday, 7/19/2008
GEORGE TURNER TRIO
at EMBASSY TAVERN (114 S Race St., Urbana)
5:30-7:30pm, free admission (donations encouraged)