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George Bedard presents “Jump Blues – Big Brother to Rock ‘n Roll," the eighth installment of his History of American Music series.  “The small combo jump blues of the ‘40s and early ‘50s was, along with country, one of the main tributaries leading to rock ‘n roll”, says Bedard. “We will thread the show through Big Joe Turner, whose career spanned the boogie-woogie and Kansas City jazz of the ‘30s to the early rock ‘n roll era, and whom I had the honor to play with”.

This show will feature Mark “Mr. B” Braun on piano, a horn section led by Chris Smith, and of course Rich Dishman on drums and Pat Prouty on bass.

Rescheduled from August 29, 2020. Online tickets reissued automatically.