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3 Nights of International Jazz + New Covid Protocols

Greetings – This is the weekend we host headliners for Quebec Jazz in June, a festival taking place in Quebec City. With the Canadian border closed to US visitors, the festival reached out to Caffe Lena to present their American jazz artists. We welcome local fans for a regular, in-person concert experience while we livestream fabulous music and your applause to a theater in Quebec City! This is certainly one of the most exciting moments to come out of the endless reinventions of the past year.

As NYS verges on ending Covid restrictions, we have an important update to our venue protocols. As of tonight, June 14, masks are optional for fully vaccinated patrons. If you don’t want to wear your mask, you will be required to show proof of vaccination upon arrival. If you can’t provide proof, you will be required to wear your mask unless you are seated at your table. Here is the full statement, including predictions for additional changes for July and for August.

See you at the show,
Sarah
Monday, June 14 / 7 PM

Rick’s Picks: Thanks
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>>Watch from home<<Tuesday, June 15 / 8 PM
“Live From Caffe Lena” Radio Show
Listen on WEXT 97.7 or 106.1 FM
Featuring: KEMP HARRIS

Wednesday, June 16 / 7 PM

Bluegrass Jam with Red Spruce
>>In-person tickets<<
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Tuesday, June 15 / 7 PM
Rochmon Record Club: Santana – Abraxas 
SOLD OUT IN PERSON
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Thursday, June 17 / 7 PM
Québec Jazz in June USA Stage:
MANUEL VALERA NEW CUBAN EXPRESS
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Grammy-nominated pianist Valera is bringing a club-friendly version of his New Cuban Express Big Band to play new songs that celebrate life, justice and freedom. Using the words of Cuban poet Jose Marti and Valera’s own melody and arrangement, these songs perfectly address this moment when our nation is struggling toward freedom and justice for all, and each of us is re-emerging into light.
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Friday, June 18 / 8 PM
Québec Jazz in June USA Stage:
SHEILA JORDAN
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Now in her 90s, National Endowment For the Arts Jazz Master Jordan smashes expectations for what life after 80 can look like. Her voice, her capacity for improvisation, and the joy she takes in making jazz burns bright. She loves to collaborate with local artists wherever she goes, so this show will feature Capital Region all-stars Tyler Giroux on piano, Dylan Perrillo on bass and Nick Andersen on drums.
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Saturday, June 19 / 2 PM
Opera Saratoga Presents America Sings:
A Juneteenth Celebration
Music By
H. LESLIE ADAMS, TIM AMUKELE, MARGARET BONDS,
UZEE BROWN, MOSES HOGAN, BETTY JACKSON KING,
ROSEPHANYE POWELL, FLORENCE PRICE, and HALE SMITHWATCH FROM HOME

Juneteenth commemorates the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. The arrival of troops came two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. U.S. General Gordon Granger stood on Texas soil and read General Orders No. 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” Juneteenth honors that day – the end of slavery in the United States.

Opera Saratoga’s free livestream from Lena’s stage has been curated by bass-baritone Carl DuPont, a distinguished alumnus of Opera Saratoga’s Young Artist Program who is now on faculty at Peabody Conservatory where he teaches voice and a survey course on Art Song by African American Composers.
Saturday, June 19 / 8 PM
Kevin McKrell
SOLD OUT IN PERSON
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Irish American song-poet and party-starter Kevin McKrell is back! He has switched up the band to add some new textures for this gig. Backing him will be steady sidemen Arlin Greene on bass and Brian Melick on percussion, along with newcomer Scott Hopkins on banjo and the beloved Frank Orsini on fiddle. You know it will be FUN!
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Sunday, June 20  / 7 PM 
Québec Jazz in June USA Stage:
LAMB-ANDERSON-SORGEN
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This trio has become the regular band for Lamb’s 2nd Tuesday JAZZ at Caffe Lena series. No two performances are the same as these extraordinary artists pull from their vast repertoire and push each other to find the most perfect expression of each piece for that moment. It’s always miraculous and always beautiful.
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