B-Side presents Sessions I with George Porter Jr, Dean Magraw, Johnny Vidacovich, Joe Krown and Brandon Wozniak

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:30pm
7:00pm
$20.00
$22.00

B Side ProductionsSessions are a forum for rare combinations of musicians to collaborate live on stage. True to form these group improvisations are heavy on irresistible grooves, rich harmonies and strong melodies. Each of the Sessions will be extraordinary. B-Side presents a dream session with three of New Orleans' finest: bass great George Porter Jr (The Meters), drummer Johnny Vidacovich (Astral Project, Johnny Adams, Professor Longhair, Mose Allison), and on piano and Hammond B-3, Joe Krown (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson), coupled with the astounding guitar talents of local lad Dean Magraw, and horns from Brandon Wozniak.

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Dean Magraw
Dean Magraw is a consummate guitarist, playing with wit and soulful abandon. A performer like no other, he is part-comedian, part-philosopher and all-around musical genius. Transcending genre, he has performed with a cornucopia of collaborators from jazz...
Johnny Vidacovich is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970's with the quartet Astral Project (which includes James Singleton, Tony Dagradi and Steve Masakowski), he has become widely renowned as a prominent and...

Major Funders

This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.Minnesota State Arts BoardThe McKnight FoundationTarget

This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008