In addition to the Bob Dorough-Janet Lawson concert in January (see the story on p. 1), JfB has two further concerts planned for later in the season. Advance tickets for each event will be $16 (general public), $14 (students and seniors over 65), and $12 (JfB members). Tickets the day of the show are $2 more.

On Tuesday, February 27 at 7:30 PM, JfB will present The John Abercrombie Quartet, with Mark Feldman (violin), Dan Wall (Hammond B-3), and Adam Nussbaum (drums). The group Freesome—Peter Kienle (guitar), Jack Helsley (bass), and Dan Deckard (drums)—will open. At press time, the availability of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater is uncertain, so the location of the concert is still pending. For updated information, check our website at http://www.jazzfrombloomington.org.

School of Music alumni Michael and Randy Brecker asked Abercrombie to join their early fusion group Dreams. He went on to play with Chico Hamilton and Billy Cobham, among others, and began to attract attention in Cobham's group Spectrum.

In 1974, Abercrombie released his first album as a leader, Timeless, on the ECM label. He has been credited with helping to create the "ECM Sound," a combination of acoustic and electric elements incorporating jazz, European, and Asian/Indian influences. He has been called, "perhaps the most skilled of the contemporary jazz guitarists who have embraced and utilized rock techniques and electronic devices in an improvisational framework." In 1997, Abercrombie was described in Guitar Player magazine as one of "30 tones that changed the world."

On Tuesday, March 27, 7:30 PM, at Bloomington High School North Auditorium, area residents will have an unusual opportunity to experience first hand the history of jazz in Indiana. JfB will host The Jazz State of Indiana, with music by Indianapolis's own Jack Gilfoy and his 10-piece band, and narrated by author and jazz photographer Duncan Scheidt. Al Cobine and Dave Pavolka will open.

delphia, St. Louis, and  Kansas City.  But many outstanding Hoosier musicians have contributed  to its evolution as well: Wes Montgomery, J.J. Johnson,  Slide Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, and our own Hoagy Carmichael, to name only a few.

In 1997, Duncan Scheidt documented much of this history in his book The Jazz State of Indiana, now happily back in print and available through the Indiana Historical Society. For our JfB event, Scheidt will present a retrospective lecture on Indiana jazz history, drawing on materials from his book. Drummer Jack Gilfoy's band will perform music to illustrate and accompany Schedit's narrative.

Gilfoy is a graduate of the IU School of Music, and teaches courses on the History of Jazz and Business of Music at IUPUI.   He played drums with the Henry Mancini orchestra for 30 years.

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quintet, Dreams Can Be (Omnisound) followed in 1983. The two have recently been combined on a single CD, The Janet Lawson Quintet (Cambria). A new CD is in the works.