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Jazz Fest Day 6

Our picks of the best concerts of the week in Jacksonville include Terence Blanchard, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Levitation Room and more.

Premieres Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This program celebrates the music of two-time Academy Award-nominee and seven-time Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. In February 2023, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra presented two evenings of Blanchard’s work, shining a light on his musical genius and groundbreaking compositions.

The Philharmonic Society and Laguna Beach Live! are excited to announce the 2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival, featuring Grammy-nominated violinist Anne Akiko Meyers as Festival Artistic Director. Meyers will lead a week of inventive and thought-provoking musical collaborations, including a world premiere by Philip Glass. Don't miss this incredible event from February 12 to February 18.

Fiddle legend Darol Anger (David Grisman Quintet, Turtle Island String Quartet) will stop by WTJU this Thursday afternoon, November 30, to go track by track through the new album, Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite, out December 1. Folk & Beyond airs Thursday afternoon from 4-7 (eastern), and online at wtju.net.