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Allen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was raised in McFarland, a suburb of Madison. She grew up in a musical family. Her father was a Dixieland tuba player and her siblings played brass instruments. Allen played French horn.
The Isthmus Jazz Series features jazz artists performing at the Union Theater season, and the Isthmus Jazz Fest is offered each June featuring free jazz music on the Union Terrace. [12] The 2007 headliner was Madeleine Peyroux. The Wisconsin Union Theater's concert series has been held since the theater opened.
The Youngblood Brass Band is an American brass band from Madison, Wisconsin that was established in 1998. The band has released six albums and has toured throughout the United States and Europe. [2] [non-primary source needed]
The Majestic Theatre is a 600-capacity live music venue in downtown Madison, Wisconsin.Opened in 1906, it is Madison's oldest theater, changing ownership many times and adapting to the many changes in the entertainment business throughout its history.
In April 1996, music students Tim Whalen and Al Falaschi gathered a group of jazz band students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and formed Phat Phunktion to enter a battle of the bands competition at the student union. [2] It was meant to be a one-off gig, but the band kept going. They released their self-titled, eponymous debut album in ...
The group played its first shows in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993, at the local Art Fair on the Square. They released four full-length albums over the next several years, and followed with the live album Delicious, recorded in Madison, in late 2002. [2] The group has done concert tours across the United States and Europe.
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Schulz was a band director for 17 years. During this period, he played and cut two albums with the Riverboat Ramblers which worked out of Madison, Wisconsin. In 1979, he joined the Turk Murphy Jazz Band in San Francisco. [3] He stayed with the group for eight years, until Murphy's death.