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You'll Know Him When You Hear Him!

You'll Know Him When You Hear Him!

Alex Bonyun
Jazz, Arts Commons Presents

Memphis soul trailblazer and legendary musician Booker T. Jones makes a rare Calgary appearance this month to share a showcase of his career highlights as part of Arts Commons Presents’ Jazz series. 

The name Booker T. may or may not be familiar to you, but we guarantee that his music has had you grooving on more than on occasion. From decades of radio play to featuring on movie soundtracks, Booker T. and the M.G.’s are history makers. 

Test your ear and see if you remember some of these musical moments.

What Makes a Music Legend?

What Makes a Music Legend?

Will Chernoff
Arts Commons Presents, Jazz

This is how Booker T. Jones, who performs on February 25, 2022 at Jack Singer Concert Hall, starts the penultimate mini-chapter of his 2019 memoir Time is Tight: My Life, Note by Note: “I have at last reached the point in my career where audiences demand my early work. Each show must include Green Onions and a couple of others from that era.”[2] That era is, of course, the classic 1960s period of Stax Records and the definition of the Memphis sound; and yet it’s only one chapter of Jones’ influential career, now in its seventh decade.