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J.Geils Blues and Jazz Review at Showcase Live

Courtesy of Cassandre McKinley | Posted on December 10, 2012

Where

Showcase Live
23 Patriot Place
Foxboro, MA
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When

Thu, December 27, 2012
8:00 PM

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The Jay Geils Jazz & Blues Revue w/Jerry Portnoy

The Jay Geils Jazz And Blues Revue is a trip through America’s roots music idioms Jazz and Blues.

Led by three time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, Jay Geils founder and guitarist of the J.Geils Band, it is a salute to these two American art forms. From Count Basie, BB King T-Bone Walker and beyond this all-star review delivers the goods in every way. Featuring award winning jazz and blues guitarist Gerry Beaudoin, swing master guitarist and vocalist, from Boston’s own Bellvue Cadillac, Doug Bell, sultry vocalist Cassandre Mckinley, the Roomful of Blues horn section, alto saxophonist Rich Lataille and tenor saxophonist Mark Earley, from America’s favorite jump blues band, Roomful of Blues, with Berklee College of Music Faculty and Buddy Rich alumni Jeff Stout on trumpet and young vibraphone phenomena, Gerard Beaudoin 3rd. This all-star group is anchored by bassist Jesse Williams and drummer Mark Texiera. Come and enjoy a swinging, bluesy trip down America’s musical highway with Jay Geils in the driver’s seat....

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