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Jazz in Progress band to host a free concert

By Shaw Local News Network
Members of Jazz in Progress performing at "Jazz at the Egyptian."

Members of Jazz in Progress performing at "Jazz at the Egyptian." (Photo provided by Jazz in Progress )

WATERMAN – The Jazz in Progress band will perform a free concert open the public Aug. 27 highlighting a variety of jazz music.

The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Lions Park Pavilion in Lions Park, 420 S. Birch St., Waterman, according to a news release.

The 18-piece community jazz band will play a variety of music, including classic jazz standards, Swing-era, funk music from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as other music. The concert also will feature a number of vocalists and instrumental soloists from within the band.

Jazz in Progress is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that puts funds it raises back into local community music programs, including the DeKalb, Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek, Sandwich, Earlville and Leland, St. Mary’s-DeKalb school districts and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

For information on Jazz in Progress, call 815-751-0006 or like the band on Facebook.,

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