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Musician Jerome Jennings provided a jazz clinic at Marlborough High through the Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Festival & Competition.

Singer-composer-guitarist Joel Jerome has no problem being told that his music is all over the place because, in his case, that’s a compliment. Even a cursory listen to his newest album “Chasing” reveals that he’s adept at writing and performing different styles of songs. The easygoing, Neil Young-ish “Our Love” is a straight-ahead folkie love song. “Peaks and Valleys,” a poppy, driving tune that would have fit into the soundtrack of the ’60s, addresses the joys and difficulti...

What’s happening in the arts world Updated February 25, 2021, 6:42 p.m. Email to a Friend MUSIC Pop & Rock ONCE VIRTUAL VENUE Somerville’s ONCE Ballroom may have been forced out of its physical Highland Avenue space for now, but it lives on online, and this weekend offers a formidable lineup; R&B chanteuse Ava Sophia, a standout from the 2020 617Sessions, unleashes new music (Feb. 26); band of sisters Circus Trees and introspective alt-rockers Dearbones share a bill (Feb. 27); and Sun...