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URL:https://www.betterkenmore.org/events/swing-dancing-with-matthew-alec-b
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SUMMARY:Swing Dancing with Matthew Alec Band
DESCRIPTION:\nLessons led by Rachel Itsell & Mike Arteno\n\nMatthew Alec Ba
 nd \n\nMatthew Alec is a jazz and pop saxophonist\, founder and Executive 
 Producer at Cleveland Time Records\, and bandleader for the all-star fusio
 n group Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric.\n\nRecently voted as #19 on Al
 l About Jazz’s 2024 “Favorite Living Saxophonists” poll\, he has per
 formed with former Saturday Night Live Musical Director and Blues Brothers
  bandsman Tom “Bones” Malone\, internationally acclaimed bassist Victo
 r Wooten and brother Roy “Futureman” Wooten\, SNL trombonist Steve Tur
 re\, Ohio Players’ Billy Beck\, Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Ben Powers
 \, Jr. and he has recorded with Rock Hall inductee Bernie Worrell and Tom 
 “Bones” Malone. Opening performances for several A-list acts like Eart
 h\, Wind\, and Fire\, Incubus\, Robert Randolph and The Family Band\, Kean
 e\, Average White Band\, Lupe Fiasco\, J Holiday\, and OAR.\n\nHis debut a
 lbum as a leader Cleveland Time dropped in 2021 and charted for several we
 eks on jazz radio and received international love from Jazziz Magazine\, A
 ll About Jazz\, JazzMonthly.com\, SoulTracks.com\, Broadway World\, WBSS M
 edia\, Glide Magazine\, and Cleveland.com. His composition “Blues for Mc
 Coy” from the album was a Semi-Finalist in the International Songwriting
  Competition and one of All About Jazz’s most “Popular Jazz Songs” f
 or 2021.\n\nSince Cleveland Time’s release\, Alec has gone on to release
  two additional live albums\, Live at the Bop Stop! (also featuring Malone
 ) and Soul Jazz Classics: Live in 2018. Alec is sponsored by RS Berkeley s
 axophones\, DeJacques musical accessories\, and Remic Microphones.\n\nBegi
 nner Lesson (7:00 PM) - $5 \n\nSpecial guest Matthew Alec Band for Open Da
 nce (8:00 PM) - $10 - Presale / $15 Door\n\nGet to the show early for Dinn
 er and Drinks in The Rialto Living Room - Opening at 5:00pm!\n\nLesson:  7
 :00pm / Band and Open Dance:  8:00PM\n\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/
 3830696587237576/
LOCATION:1000 Kenmore Blvd\, Akron\, OH 44314\, USA\, United States
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