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Rain Cancels Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

Berklee College of Music, producers of the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, just posted this on their website:

Due to weather conditions, we regret to announce that all Saturday festival activities are CANCELLED. The Friday night concert at the Berklee Performance Center will still be held as planned.

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Like candy for jazz fans

Josh and Jessi were walking past Ryles last night when they noticed a drum inside with "Basie" written on it. Yep, the Count Basie Orchestra was playing. They quickly bought some tickets:

... It was an unbudgeted, spur of the moment, $50 expense. But boy was it worth it. They were amazing. Every single musician in the band, upright bass, piano, guitar, two tenor saxes, two alto saxes, a bari sax, three trombones, a bass trombone, and four trumpets, was fantastic. ...

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