Lance Houston Performs at Boston's Langham Hotel on Wednesday, October 12

Jazz flugelhorn player Lance Houston and his quartet perform at the BOND Lounge | Restaurant at the Boston Langham Hotel on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

The gig is part of the BOND Jazz Experiment, which runs from  each Wednesday evening and highlights emerging artists and accomplished performers covering the jazz spectrum, including classic jazz from the American Songbook, rhythm and blues and funk.  For reservations call 617 956-8765.

For a full schedule of artists through the fall, click here.

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or BostonUSA.com. 

Pablo Ablanedo Octet Performs at Regattabar on Tuesday, October 11

Argentinean composer and pianist Pablo Ablanedo and his octet perform at the Regattabar Jazz Club at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets to the show are $15 and can be purchased online.

Ablanedo has a distinctive sound that is influenced by his Argentinian roots and by American jazz artists Bill Evans and Gil Evans, Astor Piazzola of Argentina and Egbuto Gismaonta of Brazil.  His unique use of various instruments in his compositions - violin, trumpet, two reeds, guitar, piano, bass and drums - gives him the freedom to explore South America rhythms through jazz and classical forms.

For a schedule of upcoming performances at Regattabar, click here.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.

Jazz Guitarist Pat Metheny Performs at Somerville Theatre on Sunday, October 9

Jazz guitar legend Pat Metheny is performing with bassist Larry Grenadier at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, Somerville, on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

Ticket to the concert are $35 and $45 and can be purchased online.

Metheny will be performing from his new album, What It's All About, a collection of classic songs and favorites of the musician, released this summer.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.

Live Jazz in Massachusetts on Saturday, October 8

Hannah Christianson at the Lily Pad

There's great live jazz and blues taking place all across Massachusetts on Saturday, October 8, 2011.  Here is just a sampling from MassJazz:

Robin Glasper Trio
Regattabar Jazz Club at Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street, Cambridge

Aardvark JazzOrchestra

39th season opener
MIT, Killian Hall
Cambridge

Hannah Christianson and Sarah Brindell

Lily Pad Jazz Club

1352 Cambridge Street

Inman Square, Cambridge

Marlena Shaw & the David Hazeltine Trio

with Special Guest Elan Trotman

Sculler’s Jazz Club

400 Soldiers Field Road

Allston, Boston

Laszlo Gardony & Stan Strickland
Harvest Gallery & Wine Bar
776 Main Street
Dennis, Cape Cod

DD Martin
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Market Square
Newburyport

Geoffrey Gee

ActonJazz Club

452 Great Road

James Montgomery

Firely’s

350 East Main Street

Marlborough

Pittsfield CityJazz Festival presents

Ted Murray Quartet

Patrick's Pub

Park Square

Pittsfield

You can find a full list of jazz clubs, concert venues, festival information, campus events and other jazz related activities throughout Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com.

Cuban jazz drummer Francisco Mela performs at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on Thursday, October 6

Cuban-born jazz drummer Francisco Mela and Cuban Safari perform at the Regattabar Jazz Club  in Harvard Square on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7:30 p.m   Tickets are $20 general admission and $15 for students and can be purchased online.

Mela is releasing his new CD, Tree of Life, which has been selected as a 'recommended release' by New York City Jazz Records.

Located at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Regattabar is a world-renowned jazz club with great jazz artists throughout the year.  Click schedule of  upcoming performances.

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or BostonUSA.com.

Pittsfield CityJazz Festival (October 7-20) Celebrates Live Jazz in Western Massachusetts

Grace Kelly & Phil Woods

The 7th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival in Pittsfield, Massachusetts gets underway on Friday, October 7 and runs through Thursday, October 20, 2011 at various concert halls, schools and local restaurants in the Pittsfield area.

Headlining this year's festival is the exciting jazz partnership of saxophone legend Phil Woods and rising jazz star Grace Kelly, who perform together at Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Saturday, October 15, 2011.  They'll be joined by drummer Phil Caputo and the Berkshires Jazz Youth Ensemble.  Tickets are $25 and $15 and can be purchased online.

The festivities start with the Jazz about Town series on Columbus Day weekend, October 7-8, with live jazz performances taking place local venues. 

Other highlights: Alma Macbride Trio performs at the Berkshire Music School on October 12 and  Armen Donelian Trio perform at Baba Louie's Music Hall on October 14.

The festival concludes on October 20 with a block party on North Street in downtown Pittsfield.

Click for a full schedule of performances. You can also follow the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Facebook page.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation or BerkshiresTourism.

Japanese Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa Performs at Les Zygomates on Tuesday, October 4

Jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at Les Zygomates Wine Bar & Bistro in Boston on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.

The Bistro is located at 129 South Street. There is no admission charge but reservations are recommended.

The Japanese pianist is now teaching at Berklee College of Music and performing frequently in Massachusetts.  For a schedule of upcoming shows, click here.   You can also follow Yoko on Facebook.

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or BostonUSA.com.

Jazz Fest in Falmouth Cape Cod Continues Today, Sunday, October 2

Goodis and Glenn

 

JazzFest Falmouth continues today with a series of mid-day jazz performances in Falmouth and Woods Hole on Cape Cod through Sunday, October 2, 2011.

Here is a schedule of performances, check the venue web sites for more details:

Down Street Jazz Ensemble
Nimrod Jazz Lounge
100 Dillingham
508 540 4132

Linda Freitas

Quicks Hole 

6 Luscombe Avenue
Woods Hole

508 495 0792

Glenway Fripp Trio
Coffee Obsession              

38 Water Street

Woods Hole
508 540 8130

Flip Side

The Beach House
Rtes 28A and 151

North Falmouth

508 564 5029

Bela Sarkozy
Dianne's Restaurant
339 East Falmouth Highway
East Falmouth

508 444 6928

Goodis and Glenn
Persey's Place
40 North Main Street
Falmouth

508 540 3500

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or CapeCodChamber.

Night Clubs with live jazz and blues in Boston and throughout Massachusetts

Looking for great live music any night of the week?  Check out these jazz clubs in greater Boston and across Massachusetts that feature live jazz throughout the year.

For more details on upcoming jazz concerts, festivals, campus events, Sunday brunches, radio stations and jazz organizations in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information go to MassVacation.com.

Reagle Theatre Presents Irving Berlin's Say it with Music on October 1-2

A new musical revue, Irving Berlin's Say it with Music, is being presented by the Reagle Theatre of Greater Boston at Robinson Theater in Waltham on Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2, 2011.

The show features Broadway stars Kirby and Beverly Ward, and master of ceremonies Scott Wahle.

For ticket information click here.

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or BostonUSA.com.

JazzFest Falmouth is this weekend, September 30-October 2

The annual JazzFest Falmouth,  is taking place this weekend, September 30-October 2, 2011 in various venues in Falmouth, Cape Cod.

Featured performers include Gary Beaudoin Trio, with special guests jazz vocalist Cassandre McKinley and saxophonist Harry Allen, and the Stan Strickland All Star Quartet.

For a full list of musicians, click here. For a schedule of performances, click here. For ticket information click here.

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or CapeCodChamber.

Grace Kelly Experiment Performing at Cafe 939 on Saturday, October 1

The Grace Kelly Experiment - featuring jazz saxophonist Grace Kelly - performs at Cafe 939 in Boston's Back Bay on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Also on the bill: Neo Soul, an international collective of Berklee students specializing in soul and R&B; and Columbus, an 70s funk/soul band.

Admission is $10 general, and $5 for Berklee students.

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com or BostonUSA.com

Live Jazz in Massachusetts Tonight! Friday, September 30

Kenny Barron 

There's great live jazz and blues taking place all across Massachusetts on Friday, September 30, 2011.  Here is just a sampling from MassJazz:

Boston

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave
Boston

Eliane Elias
Scullers Jazz Club at DoubleTree Suites
400 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston

Cambridge/Somerville

Kenny Barron Trio
Regattabar Jazz Club at Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street, Cambridge

6th Honk! Festival of Activist Street Bands

Johnny D’s Uptown Club
Davis Square, Somerville

MetroWest

Laszlo Gardony
Acton Jazz Club

Acton

Luther “Guitar” Johnson
Bull Run
215 Great Road
Shirley

Cape Cod

 JazzFest Falmouth ‘11

Jazz Stoll on Main Street

Falmouth, Cape Cod

Larry Marsland Sings Sinatra
Harwich Junior Theatre
105 Division Street
West Harwich, Cape Cod

Bart Weisman Klezmer Swing Group

New Church

Route 6A on the Common

Yarmouth Port, Cape Cod

North Shore

Boston Horns
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Market Square
Newburyport

You can find a full list of jazz clubs, concert venues, festival information, campus events and other jazz related activities throughout Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com. 

First Annual Northampton Jazz Festival Takes Place on Saturday, October 1

The newly-launched Northampton Jazz Festival is taking place on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Thornes Marketplace on Main Street in downtown Northampton.  The event is free and open to the public.

The all day festival has over a dozen performances, featuring jazz guitarist Freddie Bryant, Charles Neville from the famous Neville Brothers of New Orleans, the Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet, Gene Bertoncini,and more.   See bios of musicians, and the schedule of performances.

The festival is being organized by  LoudJazz, a non-profit group that seeks to develop performance opportunities for jazz musicians and to cultivate a youth audience.  To read more about the festival organizers, read this Daily Hampshire Gazette story.

In addition to the music, the festival is also presenting the "12 Mile Meal Celebrity Chef Throw Down" from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.  It features three two-person chef teams competing for top prize. 

Directions to the Torne Marketplace.

For year round details about jazz concerts, festivals, campus events and related activities across Massachusetts throughout the year, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com, or find details at Northampton Visitor Center.

Jazz Guitarist James Blood Ulmer Performs at UMASS/Amherst on Thurday, September 29

Free-form jazz guitarist James Blood Ulmer is performing in concert at the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets to the concert are $10 general admission and $5 students and can be purchased online.

Described as the missing link between Jimi Hendrix and Wes Montgomery, Ulmer was born in South Carolina and moved to Pittsburgh as a teenager, where he played with a variety of gospel, blues and do-wop groups before picking up with jazz greats like Jimmy Smith and others. Ultimately he got into the avant garde jazz scene and played with Ornette Coleman and developed his own distinct brand of music.

UMASS/Amherst is celebrating its 30th year in 2011 of Jazz in July, a premier jazz educational program taking place each summer. For a full schedule of jazz events taking place this fall and winter click here. 

For year round jazz in concert halls, clubs, hotel lounges and college campuses throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com, or find details on Western Massachusets.