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Funked up serial modernism with the Kyle Brenders Big Band

I hit The Jazz Room in Waterloo late Thursday night to catch the Kyle Brenders Big Band mashing up the atonal compositions of Webern and Schoenberg with funk a la George Clinton and Parliament. That all sounds like I sort … Continue reading

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1shot #256-uptown triptych

Uptown, looking into the fabulous Jazz Room. At King and Princess, this is Waterloo. DW

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Dixieland jazz for Valentine’s Day

Been here twenty years; just discovered the KW Dixieland Jazz Club. How does that happen? Hit the Legion on Regina Street in Uptown Waterloo on Saturday, on the advice of my good friend Tony Reinhart. Said he on Friday: you … Continue reading

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Setting the stage for a local jazz club

Yes, literally setting the stage for a cool new jazz club called The Jazz Room, set to open in September right here in Waterloo.

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