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Except during the swing era, jazz has almost always had to play the survivor\u2019s game. The seminal American art form migrates, like small, hungry herds of mammalian musical genius \u2013 and, of course, at least one genius \u201cBird\u201d — incessantly wandering urban savannahs for watering amenable holes that usually lubricate patrons with at least coffee drinks as they dig the sounds.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee\u2019s no different. Accordingly, three self-consciously hip neighborhoods in this city have sustained the music to varying degrees, along with a smattering of venues in the near-north side Harambee and Bronzeville neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

However, the East Side\u2019s long-standing Jazz Estate has largely abdicated it\u2019s nominal attraction, leaving that neighborhood a relatively arid region for live jazz — ironically given the Estate new identity as \u201cspecialty drink bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most conspicuous jazzy neighborhood, in terms of an organized presence, has been the southside\u2019s Bay View which annually hosts the large, one-day Bay View Jazz Festival. This successful endeavor is built along the festival\u2019s backbone, Kinnickinnick Avenue, a promenade of quirky and fascinating storefronts, galleries, bars and music spaces.<\/p>\n

Now, the third hip neighborhood, Riverwest, is trumpeting its \u201clook-at-me\u201d moment. Three music venues on Center Street are teaming up for the first Riverwest Jazz Fest, this Friday night at The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Bar Centro, and Company Brewing.<\/p>\n

The fest lineup (below) is colorfully diverse and headlined by two-time Grammy-winning trumpeter Brian Lynch. Another notable act is the fast-rising band Heirloom.<\/p>\n

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Heirloom<\/em><\/p>\n

The venue with the most auspicious history is the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, located in the same space originally occupied by the Milwaukee Jazz Gallery which presented \u201ca dazzling lineup of many of the most significant musicians in jazz history,\u201d notes one of the fest\u2019s organizers, trumpeter-bandleader-recording artist Jamie Breiwick. \u201cWith great respect for these pioneers of jazz, contemporary jazz isn\u2019t an art form that recycles the past, but a dynamic evolving collaboration of inventive musicians that mirrors the present while creating the new future.\u201d He invites patrons to \u201cbe a part of this new future with the first ever Riverwest Jazz Fest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new fulcrum among the three venues that\u2019s now offering jazz most consistently is the stylishly intimate Bar Centro, located kitty corner from the larger Company Brewing space.<\/p>\n

All three venues are on Center Street within a couple blocks of each other, so there\u2019s no excuse to not make the rounds, and support all three. The festival is free admission, but donations will be welcome as will be offerings to tip jars for the performing groups.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the Riverwest Jazz Fest lineup:<\/p>\n

5:30 PM – New Orleans-style March with the Big Style Brass Band from Jazz Gallery to Company Brewing<\/p>\n

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts<\/strong> (926 E Center St)<\/p>\n

6 PM – Jazz Flux<\/p>\n

8 PM – The Erotic Adventures of the Static Chicken<\/p>\n

Bar Centro<\/strong> (804 E Center St)<\/p>\n

6 PM – Heirloom<\/p>\n

8 PM – Tael Estremera Quartet<\/p>\n

Company Brewing<\/strong> (735 E Center St)<\/p>\n

9:30 PM – Eric Jacobson Quartet<\/p>\n

11 PM – Brian Lynch Quartet<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published in The Shepherd Express<\/em>, here:\u00a0https:\/\/shepherdexpress.com\/music\/local-music\/trumpeting-riverwests-jazz-fest\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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