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JazzMN Orchestra Celebrates the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra May 21st

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 Dan Emerson27233

by Dan Emerson Decades after its heyday, the award-winning Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra is fondly remembered by jazz fans and musicians for its bold, singular sound – and for holding down possibly the longest-running weekly gig in jazz history, nearly 60 years of Monday nights at the Village Vanguard in New York City.. On Wednesday, […]

Dayna Stephens can handle challenges

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Dan Emerson56137

Back in 2020, when the Covid pandemic brought a halt to live music and many other activities multi-instrumentalist Dayna Stephens may have been better prepared than most to deal with the challenge. It wasn’t the first time he had dealt with a health-related career interruption. Stephens, who will bring his quartet to Saturday Night Jazz […]

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JazzMN Orchestra Celebrates the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra May 21st

Dayna Stephens can handle challenges