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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Red Hot Holiday Stomp will bring Big Easy-style holiday cheer to the Big Apple Dec. 6-8. The concerts will highlight classic holiday tunes seasoned with a bit of New Orleans flavor and the music of Jelly Roll Morton. Artists scheduled to perform are Wess Anderson, Victor Goines, Roberta Gumbel, Wycliffe Gordon, Dan Nimmer, Herlin Riley, Joe Temperley, Don Vappie and Reginald Veal.
The concerts will be held at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York.
More info: jalc.org
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