The Hartford Courant
November 28, 2013
Photo: (Steven Sussman / November25, 2013)
If you're looking for post-Thanksgiving music festivities, Hartford concert producer Dan Blow is serving back-to-back treats this weekend with his "Music@Japanalia Series" featuring saucy blues presented by XY Eli on Friday, Nov. 29, and deliciously hard-swinging modern jazz cooked up by Warren Byrd and his talented friends on Saturday, Nov. 30.
The XY Eli Blues Band performs Friday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in a show billed as "Loving the Holidays with The Blues" at The Dirt Salon, 50 Bartholomew Ave., Hartford. The blues bandmaster's special guests are dancer/choreographer Jolet Creary and team 860Dancers, a youth dance group. General admission: $15, cash only; cash bar. Information: www.thedirtsalon.com.
Byrd, a globe-trotting, Hartford-born pianist/singer, leads his Byrdspeak Ensemble in a post-Thanksgiving jazz bash at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, at Blow's prime venue for his "Music@Japanalia series at Japanalia Eiko, 11 Whitney St., Hartford.
Byrd's band features the noted trumpeter Saskia Laroo and baritone saxophonist Norman Gage, a longtime, invaluable contributor to the jazz scene in Hartford.
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