MAUD HIXON

March 23, 30: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., with Wolverines Trio, Times Bar & Cafe, 201 E. Hennepin Av., Minneapolis, Minn. Details from www.timesbarandcafe.com or(612) 617-8098. Apr. 12: 7:30 p.m., TCJS "Jazz from J to Z" concert, "Beyond Category, the Ellington and Strayhorn Songbook" with Lucia Newell, Dennis Spears, Rick Carlson, Keith Boyles, Mac Santiago and Gary Schulte, Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Details from www.bloomingtonartcenter.com or (952) 563-8575.

LIBRARY PRESENTS JAZZ SERIES

Wed. thru March 28: Free, 5-7 p.m., Meeting Room, Pensacola Public Library, 200 W. Gregory St., Pensacola, Fla. West Florida Public Library and Jazz Society of Pensacola presents a six-week seminar on American Jazz. Details from www.cityofpensacola.com/library or www.jazzpensacola.com.

NIGHT BLOOMING JAZZMEN

March 9: 1 p.m., Simi Valley Jazz Club, Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida, Simi, Calif. Details from (818) 888-9483. March 14-16: Desert Dixie 'n Swing Festival, Palm Springs, Calif. Details from (760) 333-7932.

THE JIVE ACES

March 8: 9 p.m., The Landmarc, Exeter Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset, England BH2 5AQ. Info from www.thelandmarc.com. March 15: 7:30 p.m., The Big Jive Tour, Electricity Club, Pontcanna House, Fields Park Rd., Wales, Cardiff, CF11 9LB Details from www.seetickets.com or call 0871 230 0010. With DJs Rick’s Medicine show & Ian “GI Jive” Hartley, special guest TBC. March 20: Coventry Jaguar Sports and Social Club, 97 Chorley Way, Radford, Coventry, England CV6 3LL. Info from www.jivefever.com. March 21: 7:30 p.m., The Big Jive Tour, Festival Hall Leisure Centre, Kirk by-in-Ashfield, NG17 7DJ, Notts, England, www.seetickets.com or call 0871 230 0010. With DJs Steve & Ian "GI-Jive" Hartley, special guest TBC. March 22: 12-2:30 p.m., Free entry, Nantwich Jazz Festival, The Square, High St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England. March 23: 1:45 p.m., Weston-Super-Mare Big Band Weekend. Info from www.bigbandworld.co.uk. March 23: Langston Cliff Hotel, Mt. Pleasant Rd., Dawlish Warren, Dawlish, Devon, England EX7 0NA. March 29: Hayling Island, England. Details on all gigs available from www.jiveaces.com/gig_guide.

SMUGTOWN STOMPERS

March 25: 7-9:30 p.m., Fairport Village Inn, 103 N. Main/Rte. 250, Fairport, N.Y. Details from (585) 388-0112.

THE SENSATIONAL CHARLESTON CHASERS

April 3: 2:30 p.m., The Grove Theatre, Dunstable. Beds, England. Details from 01582 602080. April 16: 2:30 p.m., Tamworth Assembly Hall, Tamworth. Staffs. England. Details from 01827 709618. April 19: 8 p.m., Boxmoor Playhouse, Hemel Hempstead. Herts, England. Info from 01442 228091. April 26: 7:30 p.m., The Memorial Hall, Hilderstone, Broadstairs. Kent, England. Details from 0845 2626263. Band management by Terry Dash Music 01763 260823. Further information on band at www.charlestonchasers.com

SKIP PARSONS

March 7-8: (Riverboat Jazz Band), 10 p.m.-1 a.m., The Fountain Restaurant. 283 New Scotland Av., Albany, N.Y. (518) 482-9898.

CLEARWATER HOT CLUB

Apr. 13: 2-5 p.m., City Brewery Hospitality Center, 1111 S. 3rd St., La Crosse, Wisc. Details from (608) 791-1190. Presented by La Crosse Area Jazz Society.

SOMETHIN' JAZZ

March 9: 2-5 p.m., City Brewery Hospitality Center, 1111 S. 3rd St., La Crosse, Wisc. Plus Onalaska High School OHS Jazztet. Details from (608) 791-1190. Presented by La Crosse Area Jazz Society.

BOBBY VAN DEUSEN GROUP

March 17: Third Monday Jazz Gumbo, Pensacola Jazz Club Jazz event, Pensacola, Fla. Details from Details from (850) 433-8382, 9 a.m.-noon or www.jazzpensacola.com

NATURAL GAS JAZZ BAND

March 9, Apr. 13: 2-5 p.m., Larkspur Cafe Theatre, 500 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, Calif. Apr. 26027: Motherlode Jazz Party, Jackson, Calif. Details from www.ngjb.com

MACGREGOR/RUBINSTEIN NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND

March 19: 6-9 p.m., Bourbon Street Grille, Madison, Wisc. March 30: 2-5 p.m., Coliseum Bar, 232 E. Olin Ave., Madison, Wisc. Madison Jazz Society event. Details from mjs@madisonjazz.com.

BRIAN HOLLAND

March 28-30: Charles Templeton Raftime Music Fetival, Starksville, Miss. Details from bholland@hollandentertainment.com

2ND ANNUAL MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO BOB HAGGART

March 15: 7:30 p.m., Venice Church of the Nazarene, 1534 E. Venice Ave., Venice, Fla. Arbors Records presents all-star musician lineup (Randy Sandke, Jon-Erik Kellso, Dick Hyman, Wycliffe Gordon, Howard Alden, many more). Details from (800) 299-1930.

BOB CECCARINI & THE RIVER CITY RAMBLERS

March 9: 2-5 p.m., Moolah Shrine Center, 12545 Fee Fee Rd., St. Louis, Mo. A St. Louis Jazz Club event, www.stlouis;jazzclub.org

ARNE FOGEL

March 8: 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., with Tanner Taylor Trio, The Times Bar, Minneapolis, Minn.

JIM FIELD AND THE MOULDY FIGS

March 9, 30: 6-9 p.m., Casper & Runyon's Irish Nook, corner of Randolph and West 7th, St. Paul, Minn. March 216: 4-7 p.m., Mainstreet Bar and Grill, 814 Main St., Hopkins, Minn.

JEFF HUGHES' LOST IN THE SAUCE

March 25: 7-9:30 p.m., Sherborn Inn, Rtes. 27 & 16, Sherborn, Mass.

STAN MCDONALD'S BLUE HORIZON JAZZ BAND

March 18: 7-9:30 p.m., Sherborn Inn, Rtes. 27 & 16, Sherborn, Mass.

LA CREME WITH MOLLY MALONE

March 11: 7-9:30 p.m., Sherborn Inn, Rtes. 27 & 16, Sherborn, Mass.

THE NEW ORLEANS SERENADERS: UK TOUR

March 16: 7:30 p.m., Nemorial Hall, Hilderstone, Broadstairs, Kent, England. Details from 0845 2626263, www.sarahthorne-theatreclub.co.uk. March 18: 7:30 p.m., The Oasis Centre, Norwich, England. Phone: 01263 862168. March 19: 7:30 p.m., Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road, Haslemere, Surrey, England, www.haslemerehall.com. March 20: 8 p.m., Electric Palace, Kings Quay Street, Harwich, Essex, England. Details from 01255 553333. March 22: 8 p.m., Hanley Castle High School, Upton on Severn, Worcs., England. Phone: 01684 593794. March 28: 7:30 p.m., St. Peter's Church, Frimley, Surrey, England. Phone: 01276 27855. March 29: St. John's Church, Hills Road, Cambridge, England. Phone: 01223 241316. March 30: 7:30 p.m., The New Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, Suffolk, England. Details from www.newcut.org. Band includes Clive Wilson, Butch Thompson, Freddie John, Dick Cook, Peter Ind, and Norman Emberson and features the music of Armstrong, Ory and Morton

BENNY GOODMAN CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE SHOW

April 10-11: 7-10 p.m., Swinging Jazz Concert featuring Allan Vache, Matt Hoffmann, Mark Shane, Howard Alden, Paul Keller, Ed Metz. Seawell Ballroom at Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, Colo. Details from Summit Jazz Foundation (303) 670-8471, www.summitjazz.org.

NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND

March 20: Ma Glockner's Restaurant, 151 Maple St., Bellingham, Mass. Contact (508) 966-1085

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JAZZ CRUISES

JazzSea Cruises: July 25-Aug. 1, 2008: Alaska Cruise--Seattle to Seattle. Cruise to Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan and Victoria. Jan. 3-10: Caribbean Cruise Party on ms Statendam. Details from JazzSea Cruises (800) 323-3881 or www.jazzsea.com

Margaret Gillham and MH Luxury Travel: May 26-June 2: Spotlight on Jazz cruise from Athens to Venice on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Details from Margaret Gillham (800) 459-2878, margaret-gillham@msn.com or www.mhluxurytravel.

MG Travel March 22-29, 2008: Jass Camp at Sea, round trip from San Diego to the Mexican Riviera on Holland America's ms Oosterdam. Details from MG Travel, 5248 Harvest Court, Oceanside, CA 92057, www.jazznuts.coj/jasscamp.html

March 2008 issue | © 2008 The Mississippi Rag

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