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Starting in December 2009, Simmer Music will book the Sunday jazz brunch series at Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, in Deerfield, MA at the Deerfield Inn in addition to the Sunday jazz brunch series at the Cushman Market, in Amherst, MA. Simmer Music also continues to book the Thursday night jazz series at Ristorante DiPaolo in Turner's Falls, MA.

Simmer's newest band The Raised 5th has just recorded a demo of four tunes and is planning to go back into the studio in the fall to record more tunes. The demo tunes will be available for listening on the simmer music website at the end of November, 2009.

Musicians! Please click on the following link http://www.byrnejazz.com to check out the release of Ed Byrne's new improvisation method course, Linear Improvisation, to the public for the first time ever.

RELEASES our newest work | show all releases

The Raised 5th The Raised 5th Live in 2008 Demo listen	Interplay Jazz Band John Michael's Spoke listen	Disciples of Cool Disciples of Cool listen	Frain/Dunlap Jazz Trip Pull The Shades listen
Ed Byrne & Eastern Standard Time Two Shades of Blue listen	John Waynelovich A Year From Now listen	DeSesa Jazz Quintet Demo CD listen	Matthias Ockert Group Survey listen

EVENTS what's coming up

Frain/Dunlap Jazz Trip: show all events

02/14/2010

Champney's Restaurant & Tavern (at the Deerfield Inn) 81 Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342 (web) (map)
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No Cover Charge.
** Special Valentine's Day Performance **
David Frain-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Rick Tutunjian-sax, Scott Paquette-drums

Interplay Jazz Band: show all events

02/12/2010

Hartford City Ballet 2074 Park Street, Hartford, CT 06105 (web) (map)
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Mike Caruk-trumpet, John Michaels-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Rob DeSesa-drums

02/14/2010

Ristorante DiPaolo 166 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376 (web) (map)
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. No cover charge.
John Michaels-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Rick Tutunjian-sax

02/26/2010

Ollie's Downunder 10 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-1121 (web) (map)
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. No cover charge.
John Michaels-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Rick Tutunjian-sax

02/28/2010

Cushman Market 491 Pine Street #A, Amherst, MA 01002 (web) (map)
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. No cover charge.
John Michaels-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass

03/21/2010

Champney's Restaurant & Tavern (at the Deerfield Inn) 81 Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342 (web) (map)
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No Cover Charge.
John Michaels-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Rick Tutunjian-sax

The Raised 5th: show all events

03/08/2010

Greenfield Community TV (GCTV) Studios 393 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 (web) (map)
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. No cover charge.
* Special Live Cable TV Broadcast Performance - Open to the Public *
Geoff Cunningham-trumpet, Adam Scotera-sax, Dan Lederer-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Scott Paquette-drums

03/28/2010

Champney's Restaurant & Tavern (at the Deerfield Inn) 81 Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342 (web) (map)
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No cover charge. Geoff Cunningham-trumpet, Adam Scotera-sax, Dan Lederer-guitar, Mark Dunlap-bass, Scott Paquette-drums