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The Charlottesville Jazz Society presents an evening of bold, straight-ahead jazz with lyrical intensity from the Todd Marcus Quartet. Based in Baltimore—where he exerts considerable influence in the local music scene while also working as an activist and organizer—Marcus is one of the rare jazz artists to primarily focus on the bass clarinet. Eschewing the avant-garde and free-jazz styles that typically define bass clarinet in the genre, Marcus has established a distinct space for himself with hard swinging, introspective intensity in the traditional jazz vein.
Saturday 9/27. $10–24, 7:30pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. cvillejazz.org
