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Newsbits: Grass Roots / Heaven Gallery in Chicago / London Jazz Festival Review / Eri Yamamoto

On Thursday, December 13th, the collective quartet Grass Roots, featuring alto saxophonist Darius Jones, baritone saxophonist Alex Harding, bassist Sean Conly and drummer Chad Taylor, will celebrate the release of its self-titled debut recording on AUM Fidelity with a two-set performance at Barbès in Brooklyn.

On Saturday, November 24, MOON BROTHERS (Matt Schneider – solo pedal steel) and PREISSING/MAUNU/WILDEMAN (Christopher Preissing – flute, Peter Maunu – guitar, Albert Wildeman – bass) will play at Chicago’s Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd fl.

Dalston Sound reviews a chunk of the London Jazz Festival, headlined by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet.

On Saturday, December 29th at 7:30 p.m., pianist/composer Eri Yamamoto, and her longstanding working trio featuring bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi, will record a new live album in the high-end piano showroom at Klavierhaus in New York.


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