{"id":12341,"date":"2022-08-08T22:51:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&p=12341"},"modified":"2022-08-09T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T01:09:11","slug":"thursday-night-music-club-is-returning-to-its-traditional-ruby-diamond-concert-hall-haunt","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/thursday-night-music-club-is-returning-to-its-traditional-ruby-diamond-concert-hall-haunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Night Music Club is returning to Ruby Diamond Concert Hall for a showcase of jazz and rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of Tallahassee\u2019s most popular big bands returns its swinging sound to Florida State\u2019s Ruby Diamond Concert Hall<\/a> later this week. We spoke with two of the driving forces behind the group known as “Thursday Night Music Club<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Florida State\u2019s Patrick Dunnigan is about as close to the mythical professor Harold Hill of \u201cSeventy-Six Trombones\u201d fame as you can get. He is the university\u2019s director of bands, which puts him in charge of the school’s various symphonic and concert ensembles, as well as the legendary Marching Chiefs. But he has some musical side hustles as well, such as Tallahassee Winds and Thursday Night Music Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a mix of career musicians and really talented, dedicated amateurs who have made their living in something other than the music business. And it\u2019s been going on for – gosh – maybe 10, 12, 14 years.\u201d The band, in fact, began in 2006 when a founding member invited friend and acquaintance musicians to gather in her living room, and has come a long way since.<\/p>\n

Thursday Night Music Club also has a set of featured vocalists. For years, those roles have been filled by Lisa Foltz and Fred Lee.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is just so delightful and energizing to perform with these guys. And I\u2019m just so grateful I\u2019ve had the opportunity to sing with them for eight years now,” Foltz shared.<\/p>\n

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By the way, the name \u201cThursday Night Music Club\u201d has no connection to the title of Cheryl Crow\u2019s debut album. It\u2019s just the night of the week the band typically gets together for rehearsals. Director and guitarist Dunnigan said, after a too-long absence from live performance, the group is ready to strut its stuff publicly once again in the region\u2019s most magnificent performance space.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are back on stage at Ruby [Diamond Concert Hall]. This will be our first time [publically] on stage at Ruby since 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vocalist Lisa Foltz said the prospect of once again filling that hallowed hall has everyone in the band eager to put on a real show, especially after what was essentially a teaser performance a little while ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are just so blessed to have this opportunity to perform in Ruby and we did get to perform for the Florida State University summer band camp recently and that has made us even more ready to perform this 14th-annual jazz showcase concert.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunnigan said the evening\u2019s playlist will cover a lot of stylistic ground.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Little Darlin\u2019, which is a Count Basie tune; \u2018Woodchopper’s Ball\u2019, which was the signature tune of Woody Herman. But then we take it all the way to the modern era. \u2018Birdland\u2019, the great Weather Report fusion composition; \u2018Eleanor Rigby\u2019, an amazing arrangement of a Beatles standard. It\u2019s just a huge mix of material.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in keeping with the ensemble\u2019s name, Foltz said the concert will take place, when else?: this Thursday night kicking off at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can get tickets online at thursdaynightmusicclub.org<\/a>. You can read more about the band and see some pictures at the tallahasseearts.org<\/a> listing for Thursday Night Music Club. We are also on the community calendar at WFSU.” <\/p>\n

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