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SUMMARY:Paul Ahlstrand   Sunday Jazz Series
DESCRIPTION:Show Time: Sunday October 25, 2009 - 10:00 PM\nVenue: Paul
  Ahlstrand Quartet\nAddress: 435 South Huntington Avenue\nCity: Jamaic
 a Plain\nState: Massachusetts\nCountry: US\nZip Code: 02130\nCost: Alw
 ays Free\nDescription: Paul Ahlstrand Bio | Shows/News When the hectic
  summer touring season cools down, things begin to heat up in a cozy C
 ambridge, MA music venue. On Sunday nights you may find saxophonist Pa
 ul Ahlstrand at Toad in Porter Square, leading his stellar quartet thr
 ough jazz as rich and satisfying as the dark brews on tap at this favo
 rite neighborhood pub. The Sunday night shows have been a welcome wint
 ertime hang for the past few seasons, and now Paul Ahlstrand and quart
 et have recorded a brilliant new CD titled, appropriately enough, “T
 he Sunday Hang” (Gibraltar Records). “The Sunday Hang” exhibits 
 a sweet, soulful elegance that evokes at once serious jazz talent and 
 also a casual cool of a very seasoned all-star band. Aside from Ahlstr
 and on tenor, the band features drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Conven
 tion, Paul McCartney, Elton John), bassist Jesse Williams (Duke Robill
 ard) and pianist Ryan Claunch (Hal Sherfey Band, ex-Groovasaurus). Six
  of the eight tracks recorded by Nate Dube at Rear Window Studios are 
 Ahlstrand originals and indeed \"The Sunday Hang\" makes clear that Pa
 ul Ahlstrand is a major force as composer, arranger, band leader, and 
 producer. When Toad was seeking the perfect fit to fill wintry Sunday 
 nights, approaching the ubiquitous Paul Ahlstrand seemed ideal. His lo
 ng and diverse career had well established Ahlstrand as one of the Bos
 ton area’s best session players and sidemen. His distinctive tenor m
 elodies, from rollicking to subdued, from traditional to original, hav
 e graced the recordings of amazing artists too numerous to count. So f
 amiliar is the sight of the lanky, flat-topped Ahlstrand armed with hi
 s ever-present sax, churning out dazzling solos, that his fans may be 
 surprised to learn that his first instrument was piano. One fateful da
 y during elementary school, a music store representative showed up for
 , as Ahlstrand muses, “the annual wind instrument petting zoo.” Yo
 ung Paul fell in love with the saxophone. The instrument looked and so
 unded “cooler than the oboe or euphonium,” and, he wryly adds, “
 the demonstrator was far less geeky.” By high school Ahlstrand was p
 erforming in two professional bands. Majoring in Music Education seeme
 d a natural choice, and Ahlstrand obtained his degree from Syracuse Un
 iversity. At Syracuse he learned from artists such as Thad Jones and M
 el Lewis, Toshiko Akioshi and Lew Tabakin, Nick Brignola and Phil Wood
 s. It was Woods who gave him a most valuable piece of practical workin
 g-musician advice: “Shut up, drink a beer, play a song.” The city 
 of Syracuse teemed with countless gritty venues where he plied his cra
 ft on a nightly basis. After graduation, he earned his road stripes to
 uring the country for a year with a Top-40 band before returning to Bo
 ston to freelance and teach privately.\n\nFor more information visit h
 ttp://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/paul-ahlstrand-sunday-jazz
DTSTART:20091026T020000Z
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CATEGORIES:jazz, series
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://alchemistlounge.com
URL:http://alchemistlounge.com
CONTACT:617-477-5741
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