5 Shows to See this Week

click to enlarge Taken from beneath the underdog, Charles Mingus. - Wikimedia
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Taken from beneath the underdog, Charles Mingus.

Monday, April 11

Jazz Meets Classical XXIV

Compositions by Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Brubeck, James Balentine and Charles Mingus will be performed, highlighting the similarities between jazz and classical music. $10-$20, 7pm, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8011






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Deuce Coupe

Monday, April 11
Swing Nite with Deuce Coupe


Kick up your heels and 23-skidoo with Austin's rockabilly swing band. $10, 7pm, Sam's Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830



Kicking out the jams, Canadian style. - Wikimedia
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Kicking out the jams, Canadian style.

Tuesday, April 12
Bryan 
Adams: Get Up Tour

The raspy, Canadian heartthrob tours behind his 
most recent LP, produced by ELO's Jeff Lynne. $49.50-$325.00, 8pm, Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-5700




La Terza Classe, named for the "third class" passengers aboard the Titanic. - Facebook
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La Terza Classe, named for the "third class" passengers aboard the Titanic.

Tuesday, April 12
La Terza Classe


Inspired by the song-swapping going on below the decks of Old-to-New-World oceanliners, this Italian quintet gives new meaning to the term "folk group." 9pm, 502 Bar, 502 Embassy Oaks, (210) 257-8125





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Cult Babies. You joining?

Wednesday, April 13
Cult Babies, Crown, Shrines

Dubbing themselves "Rosemary's baby meets Muppet Babies," Cult Babies employ a Gamma ray organ tone and a too-stoned-to-speak sing-slur technique on their excellent robe-rock release Off to See the Lizard. With heavy blues badasses Crown and Shrines. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary's St., (210) 735-7775



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