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CATEGORIES: SPECIAL OCCASION;TRAVEL;APPOINTMENT
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SUMMARY:Jazz Show and Jazz Jam feat: host Joe Raia
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Jazz Show and Jazz Jam feat: host Joe Raia=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441653404=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2012-10-23=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2012-10-23=0D=0A=0D=0AJoe Raia grew up in Lexington, MA, and graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied saxophone and clarinet with the world-renowned woodwind instructor, the late great Joe Viola, and studied composition and arranging with Herb Pomeroy, Phil Wilson, and Greg Hopkins. A stalwart in the New England blues, R&B and jazz scene, he has performed with many Boston Music Awards winners and nominees, Boston Battle of the Blues Bands winners, and has performed in 11 countries in North America and Europe. In addition to teaching saxophone at WCMS, he is also a woodwind instructor for the Wellesley Public Schools.=0D=0A=The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the 'jammers' who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
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