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Jazz to echo through Smithgall
Tempest Little Big Band to play Saturday
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Tempest Little Big Band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at part of the Arts Council’s Evenings of Intimate Jazz series.
Six brass instruments along with the piano, bass and drums will deluge audience members with the sounds of Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and other big bands when Tempest Little Big Band performs Saturday night. As part of The Arts Council’s Evenings of Intimate Jazz series, the concert will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at The Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center, 331 Spring St. SW, Gainesville. The band has performed its share of themed concerts, including a Tribute to Duke Ellington, 1940s swing-era concerts, blues festivals and a musically adroit “History of Jazz” presentation — playing music from New Orleans’ jazz to the avante-garde.