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axs.com reports that The Mike Crotty/Paul Brewer Quintet intends on playing the best of Thad Jones tunes this Saturday, (Aug. 6) at 7:30 p.m., at The Nash in Phoenix. Paul Brewer is a multi-instrumental player, an educator, a former artist-in-resident, the current director of jazz studies at Mesa Community College, and a devoted fan of Thad Jones’ music.