Arlington Jazz Festival, 10th Annual: Held Virtually And Featuring Witness Matlou, Mixcla, Dan Fox Group at Arlington Jazz Festival at Arlington Jazz Festival

The 10th annual Arlington Jazz Festival will once again be presented virtually, since, as they say, this notable local festival must go on, no matter the pandemic weather. For this milestone anniversary year, presenter Arlington Jazz has scheduled a series of one-hour concerts, presented online over a 3-night stretch, from April 23-25. The festival will be live-streamed from PBS Studios located in Westwood (MA) and be made available for real time viewing on the Arlington Jazz Facebook event page: facebook.com/Arlington-Jazz-1136997489665817.

The following musical artists will be sharing their work within this virtual festival setting, timed perfectly to coincide with Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) which falls in April:...

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The 10th annual Arlington Jazz Festival will once again be presented virtually, since, as they say, this notable local festival must go on, no matter the pandemic weather. For this milestone anniversary year, presenter Arlington Jazz has scheduled a series of one-hour concerts, presented online over a 3-night stretch, from April 23-25. The festival will be live-streamed from PBS Studios located in Westwood (MA) and be made available for real time viewing on the Arlington Jazz Facebook event page: facebook.com/Arlington-Jazz-1136997489665817.

The following musical artists will be sharing their work within this virtual festival setting, timed perfectly to coincide with Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) which falls in April:

— Witness Matlou Trio (Friday, April 23rd, 8 pm):
South African pianist Witness Matlou is influenced by South African folk music, contemporary classical music, jazz, world music. Joining Matlou, John Lockwood (bass) and Lee Fish (drums). witnessmatlou.wixsite.com/witnessmatlou, facebook.com/Witness-Matlou-387266567964690

— MIXCLA (Saturday, April 24th, 8 pm):
Afro Cuban Jazz Trio with Gerson Lazo Quiroga (bass), Takafumi Nikaido (percussion), and Zahili Gonzalez Zamora (piano). facebook.com/MixclaTrio

—- The Dan Fox Group (Sunday, April 25th, 8 pm):
Trombonist Dan Fox, the Jazz Festival's principal organizer, with Jacques Schwarz-Bart (sax), Gregory Ryan (bass), Alexei Tsiganov (piano), and Rafael Barata (drums). danfox.com, facebook.com/dan.fox.31945

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