Live Jazz Everywhere in Massachusetts This Fall

Kurt Elling

(Boston) -  Massachusetts is boasting a great line-up of jazz this fall in hundreds of concert halls, night clubs, college campuses, and hotels and restaurants, fortifying the state’s growing reputation as a tourist destination for live jazz in the United States.

According to MassJazz, a sampling of jazz artists performing in the Bay State from October through December 2011 includes Grammy award winners like bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, vocalist Kurt Elling, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, bassist Christian McBride, pianist/composer Gunther Schuller and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

Plus, local jazz musicians perform nightly in jazz clubs in greater Boston and throughout Massachusetts and at jazz brunches at hotels and restaurants each weekend.  

”Massachusetts is a magnet for the world’s best jazz performers,” says Michael Quinlin, founder of MassJazz, which promotes jazz to the tourist industry year round.  “Plus, our vibrant jazz scene is fueled by dozens of college jazz studies programs and jazz students from over forty countries who represent an appreciative and knowledgeable jazz audience.”

The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism is a partner in the MassJazz initiative.  

Visitors can pick up a free copy of the 40-page MassJazz Travel Guide detailing jazz connections for out-of-town visitors and local residents.  The Guide is available at local visitor kiosks, jazz clubs, hotels and colleges.

The web site, MassJazz.com has up-to-date listings of jazz concerts, nightclub and hotels, jazz brunches, campus events and festivals. 

Both the web site and Guide also provide resources like jazz radio programs, educational courses, jazz organizations and tourism outlets for visitors.   

And daily updates on are available on Tweeter:  @massjazz and at MassJazz.blogspot.com.

A SAMPLING OF LIVE JAZZ IN MASSACHUSETTS

OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2011

COMPILED BY MASSJAZZ

October

October 27-28

The Bad Plus

Regattabar Jazz Club @ Charles Hotel

Harvard Square, Cambridge  

October 28

Jay Geils – Jazz and Blues Review

Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport

October 29
Steppin Out for Dimock Gala
Featuring Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Oleta Adams

Copley Westin Hotel
Back Bay, Boston

October 31

Office for the Arts at Harvard Presents

Trombonist Curtis Fuller

New College Theatre Studio

Cambridge

November

November 2

Kurt Elling and the Kluvers Big Band

Wilbur Theatre, Boston

November 5-6

Mickey Davidson and Makanda Project

Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall

Roxbury, Boston

November 6
Terence Blanchard & Poncho Sanchez
Berklee Performance Center
Boston

November 11
The Three Cohens
Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport

November 11
Buddy Guy
Wilbur Theatre, Boston

November 12-13

Arturo Sandoval

Scullers Jazz Club @ Doubletree Suites Hotel

Boston

November 16
Tia Fuller Quartet
Bowker Auditorium
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

November 18

Brian Evans

Shalin Liu Performance Center

Rockport

November 18-19

Spyro Gyra

Scullers Jazz Club @ Doubletree Suites Hotel

Boston

November 19

Klezmer Swing

Cape Cod Cultural Center

Yarmouth, Cape Cod

November 25-26

Regina Carter

Regattabar Jazz Club @ Charles Hotel

Harvard Square, Cambridge

November 30

Alexander Baboian

BOND Lounge @ Langham Hotel

Boston

December

December 2

Gunter ‘Baby’ Sommer and Wadada Leo Smith Duo
Bezanson Recital Hall
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

December 3

Grace Kelly

The Center for Arts

Natick

December 4
Boston Conservatory

New Music Festival
Progressive Jazz Orchestra with Gunther Schuller
Boston

December 7
USAF Band of Liberty Jazz Band

Mechanics Hall
Worcester

December 9-10-11

Esperanza Spalding

Scullers Jazz Club @ Doubletree Suites Hilton

Boston

December 16

Sergio Mendes Project: Brazilian Jazz

Amazing Things Arts Center

Framingham

December 18

Steve March Torme

Amazing Things Arts Center

Framingham

December 19

Sisters of Swing Holiday Concert

Arsenal Center for the Arts

Watertown

December 30-31

Christian McBride & Inside Straight

Scullers Jazz Club @ Doubletree Suites Hilton

Boston

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