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PICK: Sweet Honey in the Rock

Solidarity in song: Raising voices and raising awareness since 1973, Sweet Honey in the Rock is an African American a cappella group with a broad range of performance credits, from “Sesame Street” to Carnegie Hall. With mesmerizing harmonies and gifted lyrical flow, the ensemble addresses civil rights, justice, equality, and freedom through gospel, blues, and jazz. Sweet Honey celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a live streamed concert presented by the Charlottesville Jazz Society and Third Row Live. American Sign Language interpreter Barbara Hunt will accompany the singers.

Sunday 1/17, $15-50, 3 and 8pm. cvillejazz.org.

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ARTS Pick: Spin Cycle and Gina Sobel’s Gold Sounds

Jazz combo: A night of jazz brings New York City’s freewheeling quartet Spin Cycle—playing everything from Coltrane and improv to New Orleans funk and raw punk—together with local flutist Gina Sobel’s Gold Sounds in a co-headlining concert presented by the Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU. Sobel is also an accomplished singer, saxophonist, and guitarist who has just returned from a global excursion of performing and gathering new influences.

Sunday, November 3. $15-25, 7pm. Brooks Hall, UVA. 249-6191.

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ARTS Pick: Charlie Ballantine Trio

Charlottesville Jazz Society kicks off its concert season with guitarist Charlie Ballantine and his trio. Ballantine’s music pays homage to his childhood in the Midwest through a unique melding of folk and jazz. Among his influences are some of the greatest jazz, rock, and pop musicians of the ’60s and ’70s, and his latest release, Life Is Brief: The Music of Bob Dylan, showcases his devotion to American music.

Sunday, January 27. $10-20, 7pm. Brooks Hall, UVA. 249-6191.

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ARTS Pick: Robert Dick, Stephen Nachmanovitch and Robert Jospé

A solo set by Robert Dick, Stephen Nachmanovitch or Robert Jospé is dazzling in its own right, but combine these talents into a trio and you’ll witness something musically supernatural. Presented by WTJU and the Charlottesville Jazz Society, the evening features Dick on the flute and bass flute, Nachmanovitch singing and playing the violin, viola, electric violin and viola d’amore and Jospé on percussion.

Saturday, May 6. $10-20, 8pm. Brooks Hall, UVA. 249-6191.