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Edgefest Celebrates The First Decade

dgefest, Ann Arbor's nationally recognized avant garde festival, will this year present its tenth festival on October 11-14. The first decade is celebrated by bringing back many of the top artists who have appeared. These include British saxophonist Evan Parker, Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, Swedish accordionist Lars Hollmer, Montreal saxophonist Jean Derome, a long line of the best players from New York including pianist.Myra Melford, saxophonists Oliver Lake, Tim Berne, Ned Rothenberg, & Chris Speed, bassists Mark Dresser & Drew Gress, drummers Tom Rainey & Matt Wilson, Chicago's 8 Bold Souls, and several local players. The latter include former Ann Arborite, pianist Craig Taborn.

Please call 734-769-2999 for tickets/reservations or go to www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Wednesday, October 11

Kerrytown Concert House

9:00 p.m. Saxophonists Evan Parker & Ned Rothenberg

Thursday, October 12

Kerrytown Concert House

8:00 p.m. Trio M: Myra Melford (p), Mark Dresser (b), Matt Wilson (dr)

Firefly Club

10:00 p.m. Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay
Opening: Bottomed Out with saxophonists Andrew Bishop & Dan Bennett, Ryan Mackstaller (gr),Alex Trajano (dr)

Friday, Oct. 13

Kerrytown Concert House

8:00 p.m. Claudia Quintet with John Hollenbeck (dr), Ted Reichman (acc), Matt Moran (keyboard), Chris Speed (sax), Drew Gress (b)

Firefly Club

10:00 p.m. Tim Berne's Paraphrase with Berne (saxes), Drew Gress (b), Tom Rainey (dr)
Opening: Tomasz Stanko Quartet with Stanko (trpt)

Saturday, Oct. 14

Kerrytown Concert House

4:00 pm. Oliver Lake (as), Mary Redmond (voc)
7:00 p.m. Lars Hollmer's Ann Arbor Global Home Project. Accordionist Hollmer with an Ann Arbor/Montreal septet

Kerrytown Market

9:00 p.m. 8 Bold Souls with Ed Wilkerson (sax)

Firefly Club

11:00 p.m. Drew Gress' 7 Black Butterflies with Ralph Alessi (trpt),Tim Berne, Craig Taborn (p), Tom Rainey