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 May 5-6, 2012, Volume 26 
Saturday @ Paschal Winery | Talent OR

On Saturday, May 5 at 7:00 pm, join vocalist Leslie Kendall, the Ed Dunsavage Trio and flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny at Paschal Winery in Talent, Oregon, as they pay tribute to the spectacular songwriting duo in "I'll Take Manhattan: The Music of Rodgers & Hart." The spirited revue will spotlight such timeless classics as "My Romance," "Blue Moon" and "My Funny Valentine."
Sunday @ Bliss Bar | San Francisco CA
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Tango No. 9 embraces both a reverence for tango's seductive past and an innovative vision of the music's future. On Sunday, May 6 at 4:30 pm, the critically-acclaimed ensemble (featuring Joshua Raoul Brody on piano, Greg Stephens on trombone and bandleader Catharine Clune on violin) welcomes flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny to San Francisco's Bliss Bar for an afternoon of musical exploration. Listen for Dmitri's tune "Sea of Tranquility," recorded on Tango No. 9's 2007 album Here Live No Fish.
Just Ahead: Wednesday May 9 @ Yoshi's | Oakland CA

Yoshi's Oakland hosts an all-star jazz reunion on Wednesday, May 9th, when the Dmitri Matheny Group featuring Dave Ellis presents a world premiere at the storied venue.
 
The event will feature a stellar line up of musical talent: Dmitri Matheny (flugelhorn), Dave Ellis (saxophones), Matthew Clark (piano), Seward McCain (bass), and Akira Tana (drums), plus surprise guests.
 
"Yoshi's is very close to my heart," Matheny says. "I'm very proud of our longtime association with the club. It's been the primary venue for our home season, CD release parties, benefit concerts and other milestones since 1989. If you've been there, you know: the Yoshi's audience and atmosphere are the best. So I'm really looking forward to returning on May 9th with this amazing band."
 
The Dmitri Matheny Group will premiere Crime Scenes, a new work inspired by espionage and underworld movie music. Drawing on classic themes from film noir, B-movies, spy thrillers and crime dramas, Crime Scenes is conceived as a series of dreamlike flashbacks, conceptually linked together to form a story through voiceover narration in the hard-boiled detective style of Raymond Chandler.
 
The DMG will also perform favorite material from Matheny's nine critically acclaimed CDs, balancing fresh, original works with familiar jazz classics, hard bop, west coast cool and beloved standards from the Great American Songbook.
 
"Their music is a fertile landscape without boundaries," writes the Oakland Tribune, "earning Matheny and his cohorts a reputation as one of the most eclectic and daring ensembles on today's jazz scene."

All About Jazz agrees: "An all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States, the Dmitri Matheny Group is a cohesive and seamless unit, serving up equal parts soulful expression, caressing phrases, imaginative asides, and dedicated lyricism."
 
Celebrated for his warm tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, American musician Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as 'the first breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione' (San Jose Mercury News). First introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer, Matheny has matured into 'one of the jazz world's most talented horn players' (SF Chronicle).
 
The Yoshi's show concludes a two-week series of tour appearances throughout Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
TOUR DATES
DATE CITY TIME VENUE EVENT
Apr 23, 2012 Berkeley CA 9:00 pm KPFA FM 94.1
Interview
Apr 26, 2012 San Mateo CA 11:00 pm KCSM FM 91.1
Interview
Apr 27, 2012 San Francisco CA 7:00 pm Jewish Community Center
Performance
Apr 28, 2012 Healdsburg CA 7:30 pm Healdsburg Center for the Arts
Performance
Apr 29, 2012 Berkeley CA 4:30 pm The Jazzschool
Performance
May 1-4, 2012 Ashland OR Various Siskiyou Institute
Workshops
May 5, 2012 Talent OR 7:00 pm Paschal Winery
Performance
May 6, 2012 San Francisco CA 4:30 pm Bliss Bar
Performance
May 9, 2012 Oakland CA 8:00 pm Yoshi's at Jack London Square
Performance
May 31, 2012 Scottsdale AZ 7:30 pm Sacred Grounds
Performance
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