1. Savion Glover: The Tony-winning tap dance savant has collaborated with musicians, including Bobby McFerrin live and Prince, Talib Kweli and Abbey Lincoln in the studio. Now he’ll bring his own band, Project 9, featuring his drum kit as lead instrument. Yes, he’s a drummer. In fact, he studied drums before diving into tap dance. Don’t fret, Glover will also provide some fascinating rhythms with his tap-happy feet. He’s composed the music but some of the performance — only the second gig for the vocal-and-instrumental ensemble — will be improvised.
SAVION GLOVER PRESENTS: PROJECT.9
OCT 10-11 • 7PM
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5. Christian McBride & Ursa Major: Last year, the ever-adventurous jazz bass giant came to the Dakota with his New Jawn, a group of veteran jazz men. This time, the eight-time Grammy winner returns for a four-show engagement with a new ensemble, Ursa Major, featuring fresh faces some of whom are still touting their college credits. Pianist Mike King, an Oberlin Conservatory grad, tours with Dee Dee Bridgewater. Guitarist Ely Perlman is a third-year student at Berklee College of Music. Saxophonist Nicole Glover performs with Wynton Marsalis’s Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and drummer Savannah Harris has played with Cecile McLorin Salvant.
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & URSA MAJOR
OCT 12-13 • 6:30 & 9PM
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Brazilian vocalist Céu, the Starbucks-endorsed three-time Latin Grammy winner, is back in the States promoting her new album “Novela”.
CÉU
w/Special Guest Paul Beaubrun
OCT 14 • 7PM
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Bouncing back from a concussion and a skull fracture sustained while hiking in a Tennessee state park 13 months ago, stellar singer/songwriter John Hiatt, known for “Memphis in the Meantime” and “Have a Little Faith in Me,” settles in for a three-night stand.