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Clint Black is diving full bore into work in Chandler BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO Contributor
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lint Black considers himself lazy. It’s a rather absurd statement considering what he did during the pandemic. In addition to performing on a regular livestream and launching Clint Black Cowboy Coffee, which is available on his website. He pitched and was cleared to host “Talking in Circles with Clint Black,” a TV show that is a behind-the-scenes conversation with two entertainers talking shop (Travis Tritt and Brad Paisley have already guested). All this came on top of releasing 2020’s “Out of Sane,” his 13th studio outing. And now with live music venues eager to get back up and running, the Nashville resident is finding the 70 to 90 dates he did between late February and Christmas during a pre-coronavirus year is now packed through Christmas 2021. Black’s
“I’m streaming stuff, getting a coffee company off the ground and getting a TV show done and then bam! We’re back on the road,” Clint Black said as he described his busy schedule. (Special to GetOut)
welcoming his return to the road. “My booking agent – we renamed him rescheduling agent – and he did a great job of keeping things moved up just far enough in front of us so they might happen,” he said. “Now I’m as busy as I like to be. I’m streaming stuff, getting a coffee company off the ground and getting a TV show done and then bam! We’re back on the road. That’s how I dealt with the shutdown and then suddenly, we’ve started back up and I still have a TV show and a coffee company.” Far from complaining, the singer-songwriter is diving full bore into the remainder of a year that will find him initially doing nearly a two-hour show dubbed “An Evening With” that will hit fairs, festi-
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Pita Jungle jam session returns on somber note ARIZONAN NEWS STAFF
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t’s been more than a year, but the popular Pita Jungle Jazz Jam is returning Oct. 14 – but starting on a somewhat somber note. The first installment of the weekly Thursday event 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Pita Jungle at 1949 W. Ray Road, Chandler, will be a celebration of the life of guitarist Pete Gitlin, who passed away in May. For 20 years, he hosted the jam session at the Chandler Pita Jungle, welcoming to the stage hundreds of musicians who ranged from from high school students making their first live performances to many of the Valley’s most accomplished jazz musicians. Live music by many Valley singers and
musicians will be joining Ken Hales on trumpet, Dave Ihlenfeld on piano, John Willis on bass and Cleve Huff on drums. The event will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Desert Region and donations will be accepted in Pete’s honor at the show. Donations can also be made online at give.lls.org. In addition, Pita Jungle will be donating 10 percent of the dining proceeds from that evening to the local non-profit chapter to help the fight against cancer. The Pita Jungle Jazz Jam, the Valley’s longest-running jam session, began in April 2000. This will be the first show in over a year and a half since the pandemic. Singers and musicians are invited to join on stage. The event is first come, first serve and open to all ages.
The late guitarist Pete Gitlin organized the Pita Jungle Jazz Jam. (Special to GetOut)
