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Local musicians featured in Bear's Place concert series

Bear’s Place will present its annual Jazz Fables Valentines’ Jazz Concert this Thursday.

The concert will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the back room of the venue.

The concert features vocalist Janiece Jaffe and vocalist Curtis Cantwell ?Jackson.

The concert will also present instrumental accompaniment by David Miller on trumpet and flugelhorn, Dave Gulyas on guitar, Jeremy Allen playing on bass and Josh Roberts on drums, according to a Jazz Fables Concert Series press release.

Music will include light-hearted jazz vocal versions of songs about love from the “Great American Songbook,” including songs by George & Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Jerome Kern and Harry Woods.

Also included will be jazz classics by Duke Ellington, Freddie Hubbard and Bud Powell. Additionally, Bossa Nova classics and more recent classic pop tunes including Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” and songs from Jaffe’s six jazz vocal CDs will be performed, according to the release.

Individuals must be 21 years old or older to attend.

On Feb. 19 the Jazz Fables Concert Series will present a jazz CD release concert by Michael Eaton’s Individuation Quartet from ?Brooklyn, N.Y.

This concert will be 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the back room of Bear’s Place.

The concert will feature IU jazz alumni Michael Eaton on saxophone and Brad Whiteley on piano. Both musicians have new CDs on Destiny Records, according to the release.

The concert will also include Brooklyn, musicians Daniel Ori on bass and Shareef Taher on drums. They will play Eaton’s original jazz compositions from his 2014 debut CD on Destiny Records, “Individuation,” according to the release.

Eaton’s album can be purchased on Amazon, iTunes, CD Baby or from the label on its Bandcamp website.

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