Play the age card.”  Irv Williams – providing marketing advice for sales of his CDs.  The truth is, no marketing gimmicks are required to sell tenor saxophonist Irv Williams’ CDs.  His latest, Duo with Peter Schimke, was listed #1 in Mpls/St. Paul Magazine’s Top Ten local releases for 2006.    His previous two CDs, That’s All? (2004) and Dedicated to You (2005), also earned critical raves, extensive radio play, and kudos from Irv’s many fans.  If you think #88 is the year when he’ll slow down, think again.Irv is back in the studio, committing some more of his melodic magic to digital history.  Irv arrived in St. Paul with the Navy band in 1942, and he’s been a Twin Cities jazz icon ever since.  Friday is his actual birthday, but he’ll be playing the age card – and his incredible music – all weekend.

Check out this video from last night:

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