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John Devine

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Released: May 8, 2008
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  • Genre: Jazz / Latin / Swing

    Location MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, US

    Profile Views: 6313

    Last Login: 11/10/2009

    Member Since 11/18/2007

    Record Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Born Chicago , IL 1953 moved to Mpls , MN 1973 . Studied with Lenard Druss , Ed Berger , J Normand LeBlanc and Frank Smith . Attended Scottsdale College and Arizona State University . Co - founder of IMP ORK , Twin Cities improvising orchestra which has worked with guest artists Butch Morris , Don Cherry , Julius Hemphill , Roscoe Mitchell and Ernie Watts . Played with St Paul's R&B band the Checkers 80's and early 90's . Solo saxophonist at the Loring Cafe (R.I.P.) and currently at the Loring Pasta Bar since 1987 .
  • Members

    Me
  • Influences

    Everyone from Albert Ayler to Frank Zappa and all the greats in between . Monk Duke and Mingus . Sonny Rollins , Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor . Stravinsky , Schoenberg and Papa Haydn . Patsy Cline , Billie Holliday and Joni Mitchell . You get the idea .
  • Sounds Like

    A frightened squirrel in a washing machine .

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  • r nt

    Join me and Adrianne Lenker (myspace. com/adriannelenker) before she heads off to big shot music school in Boston. Corner Coffee (yourcornercoffee. com/Directions. html) Fri, 1/2 @ 8. Second show Wed, 1/7 @7:30.

    3 years ago
  • liz

    bring back IMP ORK!

    3 years ago
  • Primadonahue (A.K.A. Mi…

    Hello John,

    Here’s a live show for you.

    Primadonahue one person band
    10/11/2008 09:30 PM - Black Dog
    During the Saint Paul Art Crawl
    Lowertown
    Saint Paul, Minnesota
    Cost: Free

    Saturday Night during the Art Crawl, I will be playing a one-hour set of material at Black Dog in Lowertown/St. Paul. Black Dog serves beer, wine, coffee and food. The Black Dog is in the heart of Lowertown at 4th and Broadway in Downtown St. Paul, MN; located just across from the Farmers Market in the Historic Northern Warehouse. There’s lots of parking available in surface lots 1 block east off Kellogg or 1 block south off Prince St. This is a no cover all ages show.

    See you there!

    Michael

    3 years ago
  • r nt

    I'll be on radio. I'll be at Vera's. You can be anywhere. Plug 208. 109. 24. 34:8020/listen. pls into your browser or go to TwinCitiesRadio. net. Better yet, show up on the patio with the sun going down. 2901 Lyndale S. Wednesday, August 20.

    3 years ago
  • Primadonahue (A.K.A. Mi…

    Electronic Music Showcase, Terminal Bar, This Thursday

    Thursday, 04/17/2008
    9:00 PM
    Terminal Bar
    409 E. Hennepin Ave.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
    US
    $4

    This is an Electronic music showcase featuring (in this order): Planet 9, Primadonahue and Athletes in Slacks. I will be introducing new material and technology as well.

    3 years ago
  • Repulsar

    In keeping with our new artistic direction of “House, Trance and Techno” we have just posted a new mash-up track called “Another Daft Bites the Punk”. It features Queen and Daft Punk samples mixed with snippets from our recent live performance at the Uptown Bar featuring Jazz sax great John Devine. Check it out.

    3 years ago
  • Repulsar

    FLAN DANCE IS BEING EATEN BY SUPER HOT BALLERINAS WITH FISH HEADS IF IT WERE A HIGHLY PLESUREALE EXPERIANCE, I AM THE JIGGLING FLAN EXCITING THE BALLERINAS WITH FISH HEADS , I'M DANCING CUSTARD AND THE DEVINE HATH CREATED ME TO BE EATEN BY SUPER HOT BALLERINAS WITH FISH HEADS

    4 years ago
  • Primadonahue (A.K.A. Mi…

    Diggin' "Flan Dance" but I can't really dance to it.

    4 years ago

Bio:

Born Chicago , IL 1953 moved to Mpls , MN 1973 . Studied with Lenard Druss , Ed Berger , J Normand LeBlanc and Frank Smith . Attended Scottsdale College and Arizona State University . Co - founder of IMP ORK , Twin Cities improvising orchestra which has worked with guest artists Butch Morris , Don Cherry , Julius Hemphill , Roscoe Mitchell and Ernie Watts . Played with St Paul's R&B band the Checkers 80's and early 90's . Solo saxophonist at the Loring Cafe (R.I.P.) and currently at the Loring Pasta Bar since 1987 .

Member Since:

November 18, 2007

Members:

Me

Influences:

Everyone from Albert Ayler to Frank Zappa and all the greats in between . Monk Duke and Mingus . Sonny Rollins , Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor . Stravinsky , Schoenberg and Papa Haydn . Patsy Cline , Billie Holliday and Joni Mitchell . You get the idea .

Sounds Like:

A frightened squirrel in a washing machine .

Record Label:

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