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drawn from the work of Glenn Miller, Benny
Eye Openers: What's hot Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington and
around the bay this week others. Also on hand to pump up the volume: big
band singer Ann Gibson and noted stride piano
player Frederick Hodges. If you dig the sound, the
By Mercury News staff program — "Miller, Goodman, Dorsey & Friends" —
@mercurynews.com will be presented 7:30 p.m. Saturday at
Spangenberg Theatre at Palo Alto's Gunn High
Posted: 04/08/2010 12:00:00 AM PDT School (780 Arastradero Road) and 3 p.m. Sunday at
Jazz Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos (16845 Hicks
Road). Tickets are $10-$30, www.californiapops.
org .
Finding the spirit
— Charlie McCollum, Mercury News
Pharoah Sanders is the king of jazz spirituality. He
lifts the saxophone, and the sound goes deep; like
Performance
Coltrane, in whose band he played, he can turn a
ballad into a cosmic tone poem. Peace is what he's
about; even when his sound grows shattering, he's A mini-Cirque
breaking through to the peace that lies beyond. And
what better place for him to share his quest with Watch your back, Cirque du Soleil! Summer Shapiro
listeners than Grace Cathedral, where Sanders is raising the bar on clowning and acrobatics in a
performs a solo concert next week? Take this as an gem of a show called "Legs and All." A 50-minute
early head's-up, while good tickets are still available charmer featuring the nimble gyrations of Shapiro
to this special San Francisco Jazz-sponsored event. and Peter Musante ("Blue Man Group"), "Legs" has its
It's your chance to go astral traveling with Pharoah. tongue firmly in its cheek transforming mundane
8 p.m. April 16, Grace Cathedral, 1100 California situations and simple movements into tart
St., San Francisco. Tickets: $25-$50; www.sfjazz. existential meditations on the nature of life. Hot on
org . the heels of its New York run, the show returns to
San Francisco, where it had its world premiere at
— Richard Scheinin, Mercury News last year's Fringe Fest. Part of the April Fool's
festival, it runs through Saturday at San Francisco's
Climate Theater, 285 Ninth St. Tickets are $15-$20,
Concert
415-704-3260, www.brownpaper tickets.com .
Big band sounds — Karen D'Souza, Mercury News
The California Pops Orchestra is bringing back the
Television
big band sound. In conjunction with the 19-piece
Black Tie Jazz Orchestra, California Pops has put
together a program from the big band era with tunes 'Glee' is back
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Eye Openers: What's hot around the bay this week - San Jose Mercury News 4/13/10 12:50 PM
All you "Gleeks" out there can rejoice. After taking a
couple of months off, "Glee" — the series that has
become something of a pop culture phenomenon —
returns with new episodes Tuesday at the weird time
of 9:28 p.m. (Chs. 2, 35) following "American Idol."
While it's been away, the show has (deservedly) been
showered with awards, including a Peabody Award,
a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award —
and it comes back in fine form. Having won the
regional glee club competition, our merry band of
vocalists is now off to the sectionals. But
complications arise when Rachel (Lea Michele) gets
involved with a competitor, played by Jonathan
Groff, Michele's co-star in Broadway's "Spring
Awakening." Also on hand: guest star Idina Menzel
from Broadway's "Wicked." The episode is the show's
usual delightful mix of wicked dialogue and rousing
music (the Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye" is one number).
Welcome back, "Glee."
— Charlie McCollum, Mercury News
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