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Rock picks


Tonight: Modern Maturity (Chandler Travis's new project) performs at Club Passim with Amy Fairchild ; Eli "Paperboy" Reed (below) & the True Loves are at T.T. the Bear's Place with the Teenage Prayers , Hats & Glasses , and Diamond Mines ; the annual Rodfest fund-raiser, with Three Day Threshold , Kalvin Koolidge , Girls Guns and Glory , Cassavettes , and Beaglepuss , is at the Paradise . Tomorrow: Mission of Burma performs at the Paradise with Oneida ; Freezepop plays at T.T. the Bear's Place with Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women , Soundpool , and Arms & Sleepers ; Sara Tavares plays at Berklee Performance Center ; The Big Sleep is at Great Scott with Pinebender , and Blanketeer ; Appetite for Destruction plays Harpers Ferry .

Jazz picks

Tonight: Nonagenarian Al Gallodoro , a professional musician since the '20s and considered to be among the most virtuosic players in the history of the saxophone, makes a rare area appearance with his quartet at Brookline Tai Chi . Also tonight, at the Acton Jazz Caf e , pianist Yoko Miwa , who expands on the tradition of Bill Evans , Keith Jarrett , and Chick Corea , with her trio. Tomorrow: Burning Afro-Cuban jazz from Cinco Elementos , a quintet featuring Tim Mayer on saxophone and flute and Cuban native Aruan Ortiz on piano, at Ryles . Sunday: Argentine pianist Leo Genovese & the Chromatic Gauchos , featuring saxophonist Dan Blake , bassist John Lockwood , and drummer Bob Gullotti , at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain . Thursday: New Orleans piano wizard Henry Butler at Johnny D's .

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