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Trane, Joyce Dee Dee, Sco, and more

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.

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.