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480-994-2787, music includes: Fountain
Stage, April 17, Alice Tatum noon, Sugar Thieves 2:30-4:40,
Big Nick and Gila Monsters 5-7 p.m.; April 18, Chuck
Hall Band 4:30-6 p.m.; Feb. 18 Amphitheater Stage, Cold
Shott 4:30-6 p.m.
April 18, Ted Goddard Quartet, 6:30
p.m. Sun., Inclusion Coffee House, Church of the Beatitudes,
555 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, info 623-933-7202.
SPECIAL EVENT April 18, Jazz in AZ monthly
party (Jazz Appreciation Month special event) @ Compound
Grill (7000 E. Mayo Blvd., Scottsdale 101 Center,
west-end building, 480-585-5483), thecompoundgrill.com,
2:15 p.m. annual meeting precedes 3 p.m. “Tribute
to the Giants of Jazz”: Dave Brubeck, Modern Jazz
Quartet, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea &
More” by Scott Zimmer-Keith Kelly-saxes, Brett
Reed-vibes, Dan Delaney-piano, Ted Sistrunk-bass, John
Lewis-drums; info 480-994-0807.
April 19, Chandler Gilbert Community College
Jazz Ensembles, 7 p.m. Mon., free, CGCC Performing
Arts Center, 2626 E. Pecos Road, Chandler 85225, 480-732-7290.
April 22, 7:30 p.m., Baaba Maal, Scottsdale Center for
the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale
85251, $44, 480-994- 2787, ScottsdalePerformingArts.org
April 22-24, Ted Goddard-solo guitar Sat.-Sun, Goddard.
+ Frank Smith-sax-flute, Vic Kottner-bass on Fri., Phoenix
Symphony Hall lobby before Arizona Opera's "The
Barber of Seville,” http://www.azopera.com
April 22-May 2, “One Mo' Time: Musical
Revue of Black Vaudeville at Lyric Theatre in New Orleans,”
Black Theatre Troupe, Playhouse on the Park,
1850 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, 602-258-8128.
April 23-25, McDowell Mountain Music Festival,
(pop, rock, reggae, blues, jazz including Trombone Shorty
from New Orleans, Ryan Shaw, Super Chikan, Ruthie Foster,
Robert Randolph & the Family Band + many local bands),
outdoors and w/ tickets indoors at The Compound Grill
7000 E Mayo Blvd. @ 68th Street, Phoenix 85054, 602-343-0453,
www.mmmf.net
April 23, George Gee Swing Orchestra (from NYC):
Lodestar Day Resource Center
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Gala, 6:30 pm dinner,
7:30 pm: dance lesson, 8 pm band, location TBA, $20-$100,
all ages, www.AZLindy.com
April. 24, Interplay Quintet-IQ Jazz Band (David
Ott-guitar-leader, Alex Young-sax, David Paonessa-keys,
Ian Baranack-drums, Ray Crepeau-bass), 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Olive Mill, 25062 S. Meridian Road, Queen Creek 85242,
480-888-9290, firststrintproductions.com
April 25, Sun City Stomperz, 1-4 p.m.,
Sun., $10 members, $15 non-members, under 18 free, Arizona
Classic Jazz Society, Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort,
One San Marcos Place, Chandler, 480-983-4475, www.azclassicjazz.org
April 25, "Ladies Room": Judy Roberts-Vicki
McDermitt-Renee Patrick, 3-5 p.m. Sun., Jazz
in the Hills fundraiser at Duane & Rose Gibson's
home, Fountain Hills, $40, 480-688-9035 to reserve.
April 25, Charles Mingus Jazz Festival Jazz
Brunch: Mike Crotty-Deater O'Neill Quintet
(Mike Crotty-trumpet-saxes-flutes, Deater O'Neill-vocals,
Nick Manson-piano, Tom Williams-bass, John Lewis-drums),
10 am-1 pm Sun., Esplendor Resort of Rio Rico, 1069
Camino Caralampi, Rio Rico 85648 $25.00, (520) 281-1901.
April 25, Norah Jones, 8 p.m., Dodge
Theater. 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix, 602-379-2888.
April 25-May 23, “Jazz Under the Stars
Spring Series,” presented by Tucson Jazz Society,
7 p.m., St. Philip's Plaza courtyard, southeast corner
Campbell Avenue and River Road, Tucson; food-bev on
sale, www.tucsonjazz.org or 520-903-1265.
April 27, Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour:
Kenny Barron-piano, Regina Carter-violin, Russell Malone-guitar,
Kurt Elling-vocals, Kiyoshi Kitagawa-bass, Johnathan
Blake-drums, 7:30 p.m., University of Arizona Centennial
Hall, Tucson, $29-$52, box office, 1020 E. University
Blvd., PO Box 210029 Tucson 85721, 520-621-3341
SPECIAL EVENT April 29, 35 Years of Young Sounds
Concert: 2 bands + alums including Lewis Nash,
Joey Sellers, Dick Weller, more, 7:30 p.m. Thurs., $15,
$10 seniors, $5 students, Phoenix Symphony Hall, Phoenix,
info youngsounds.org, 602-254-8838.
April 29, SCC Jazz Combo Night, 7 pm,
free, Scottsdale Community College, Turquoise
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Room, 9000 E. Chaparral Road, Scottsdale
85256, 480-423-6723.
April 30, Marcus Roberts Trio, Scottsdale
Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second
St., Scottsdale, Scottsdale, $39, 480-994-2787.
May 1-2, 33rd annual Paradise Valley Jazz
Party, 25 musicians, continuous jam-style
sets, featuring Bruce Forman, Houston Person,
Eric Schneider, Mark Colby, Shelly Berg, Tamir
Hendelman, Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Watrous, Byron
Stripling, Gilbert Castellanos, Jon Burr, John
Clayton, Akira Tana, Bobby Breaux + locals Mike
Kocour, Dmitri Mathey, John Sims, John Lewis,
ASU Sun Devil Jazz Septette, Young Sounds of Arizona;
Sat. noon-4:30 p.m., 8 p.m.- midnight, Sun. 11
a.m. to 7 p.m.; Embassy Suites Hotel, Scottsdale-Phoenix,
4415 E. Paradise Village Parkway, Phoenix 85032;
$195, including Sun. lunch, individual sessions
$55 Sat. afternoon, $55 Sat. night, $95 Sunday
including lunch, badges may be shared, reserved
at 480-948-7993, fax 480-991-5732, email dzmiller@cox.net,
paradisevalleyjazz.com; Instantseats.com/events/
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ParadiseValleyJazz; rooms 800-362-2779
or EmbassySuitesPhoenix-Scottsdale (PVJ code for
special rate).
May 1, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot
Skillet Lickers, 7:30 p.m. Sat., $25,
“Desert Sky” series, Scottsdale Civic
Center Amphitheater (outdoors), 7380 E. Second
St., Scottsdale 85251 (75th St. south of Indian
School Road), 480-994-2787.
May 3, SCC Jazz Extravaganza, 7
pm, free, Scottsdale Community College, Turquoise
Room, 9000 E. Chaparral Road, Scottsdale 85256,
480-423-6723.
May 4, Jazz Piano Trio (Mike
Kocour-piano, Justin Brotman-bass, Dom Moio-drums),
9:30 a.m. coffee-tea, 10:30 a.m. music, free,
ASU Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Road,
Scottsdale, 480-596-2660, RSVP after April 20.
May 5, Joe Garcia & Friends: Latin
Jazz, 7:30 p.m. Wed., monthly Jazz in
AZ “Jazz in Concert” series in cooperation
with ASU Kerr Cultural Center & Jazzbird Foundation,
6110 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale (west off Rose
Ln. south of Lincoln Dr., north of McDonald Dr.),
480-596-2660. 
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