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Berks Jazz Fest

For its 18th incarnation, the Berks Jazz Fest takes a particularly open-minded view of modern jazz. The 10-day schedule boasts the usual array of contemporary and smooth-jazz artists, including trumpeter Chris Botti, saxophonist Candy Dulfer, bassist Bria

For its 18th incarnation, the

Berks Jazz Fest

takes a particularly open-minded view of modern jazz. The 10-day schedule boasts the usual array of contemporary and smooth-jazz artists, including trumpeter

Chris Botti

, saxophonist

Candy Dulfer

, bassist

Brian Bromberg

and the trumpet/sax team of

Rick Braun

and

Richard Elliot

. But the festival also brings blues (guitar legend

Buddy Guy

), jazz/bluegrass fusion (

Bill Evans' Soulgrass

), Afro-Cuban (

Dave Samuels' Caribbean Jazz Project

, featuring

Paquito D'Rivera

) and

Global Noize

, a new collaboration between keyboardist/producer

Jason Miles

and turntablist

DJ Logic

.

Various venues in Reading and Berks County, today through April 6, 215-336-2000, www.berksjazzfest.com.

- Shaun Brady