Aretha Franklin, Dead Prez Lead This Week's Show Announcements
Yowza! Aretha Franklin is re-opening the Peabody Opera House with a little known feller named Jay Leno on October 1. The living legend and infamous chin are headlining a night called "An Encore 77 Years in the Making," once the $78.7 million dollar restoration of the historic opera house is complete. DJ Questlove (!) of The Roots makes a stop at The Gramophone on August 27, and Dead Prez (!!!) hits the Firebird on August 15.![]()
Blueberry Hill
Man...Or Astroman?, October 10
Ciceros
Alex Goot, September 5
Balmorhea, September 7
Icon For Hire, August 12
The Firebird
The Chop Tops, September 2
Dead Prez, August 15
Elsinore, August 19
The Graduate, August 13
Hunx and His Punx, September 13
I Fight Dragons, August 16
Katchafire, September 25
Lucky Boys Confusion, September 17
The Plot In You, August 26
The Slackers, October 23
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, November 4
The Fox Theatre
Straight No Chaser, October 22
The Gramophone
DJ Questlove, August 27
Frontier Ruckus, August 4
Grupo Fantasma, August 24
The Lightnin' Malcolm Band, August 31
Sugar Blue, August 19
Jazz at the Bistro
Anat Cohen, February 15-18
Dafnis Prieto Trio, May 9-12
Greg Osby, December 14-17
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio, February 1-4
Freddy Cole, February 29-March 3
Jeff Lorber Fusion, October 19-22
John Scofield Jazz Quartet, November 2-5
Kurt Elling, November 16-19
Marlena Shaw, April 11-14
Stanley Clarke Trio, May 23-26
Stanley Jordan's Trio, Oct. 5-8
Tia Fuller, April 25-28
Vijay Iyer Trio, March 14-17





























