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AFRICAN JAZZ: Dee Dee Bridgewater brings her Red Earth tour to the Cutler Majestic October 10.

Meanwhile, another event that’s quickly become a signature of the Boston scene, the BEANTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL, has its seventh annual hoo-hah September 27-29. Impresario and restaurant owner Darryl Settles — of Bob’s Southern Bistro and the Beehive — began this one as a jazz block party in the South End but has since turned over organization and production to the Berklee School of Music. The traditional free day-long Saturday event this year (Columbus Avenue between Burke Street and Mass Ave) will run from noon to 6 and include trumpeter CHARLES TOLLIVER’s big band, guitarist MIKE STERN’s band with bassist/vocalist RICHARD BONA, hard-bop legend BOBBY HUTCHERSON, the great trombonist (and Eddie Palmieri running mate) CONRAD HERWIG, Chilean singer CLAUDIA ACUÑA, Nigerian-Canadian singer DK IBOMEKA, the carnival-inspired BLOCO AFROBRAZIL, the GREG HOPKINS BIG BAND, and PHIL WILSON’S BERKLEE RAINBOW BAND.

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The big-deal paid concert for the BeanTown Fest will be “A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ & JOYCE” Friday the 28th at Symphony Hall, organized by jazz fest doyen George Wein to establish a Berklee scholarship fund in memory of his wife, Joyce Alexander Wein, who died in 2005. The line-up includes HERBIE HANCOCK, BRANFORD MARSALIS, ROY HAYNES, LIZZ WRIGHT, REGINA CARTER, JOE LOVANO, JON FADDIS, GERRI ALLEN, TOSHIKO AKIOSHI, & LEW TABACKIN, KENNY WERNER, HOWARD ALDEN, JIMMY COBB, and RAY DRUMMOND in a mix-and-match of performers and performances organized by Wein and right-hand man Dan Melnick. Symphony Hall is at 301 Mass Ave, Boston; call 888.266.1200.

One of the venues involved in the BeanTown Fest is Scullers (in the DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston; 617.562.4111), and the club is geared for another heavy season: Miles Davis protégé WALLACE RONEY (September 20); the Swedish piano trio E.S.T. (September 26); Mel Tormé’s singing son STEVE MARCH TORMÉ (September 27); Jamaican pianist MONTY ALEXANDER and his Jazz & Roots Ensemble, handling the BeanTown Fest’s “cool-down” (September 28-29); the outstanding Boston jazz singer and composer DOMINIQUE EADE (October 3); pianist DANILO PÉREZ (October 4-5); freaky guitar wizard STANLEY JORDAN and his trio (October 11); jazz-pop sax man WARREN HILL (October 12-13); jazz-fusion stars the YELLOWJACKETS (October 19-20); excellent Boston pianist MARK SHILANSKY (October 23); veteran Boston blues harp-and-vocal man JAMES MONTGOMERY (October 24); New Orleans trumpeter CHRISTIAN SCOTT celebrating his latest Concord CD, Anthem (October 25); young jazz singer SOPHIE MILMAN (October 31); jazz-fusion pioneer ROY AYERS (November 2-3); Boston’s sublime AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA (November 8); sax star (and Berklee prof) WALTER BEASLEY (November 9-10); the superb Boston jazz guitarist JOHN STEIN (November 14); New York/Puerto Rican salsa-jazz giant EDDIE PALMIERI (November 15-17); and unclassifiable superstar contempo jazz trumpeter CHRIS BOTTI (November 23-26).

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