Vibraphonist Yuhan Su Performs at Langham Boston Hotel on Wednesday, November 16

Jazz vibraphonist and composer Yuhan Su is performing with her quartet at the BOND Lounge | Restaurant at the Langham Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

A native of Taiwan and a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Su is preparing to release her first CD, and continues to perform and compose music.

Su's performance is part of the BOND Jazz Experiment, which highlights emerging artists and accomplished performers covering the jazz spectrum, including classic jazz from the American Songbook, rhythm and blues and funk. 

Located at the Langham Boston Hotel,  BOND Restaurant & Lounge is open seven days a week, offering gourmet sandwiches for lunch, afternoon tea, and global cuisine for dinner, plus an extensive wine list and distinctive cocktails. A special jazz menu is available on Wednesdays. For reservations call 617 956-8765.

For a full schedule of artists through December, 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.

Jazz Saxophonist Tia Fuller Performs at UMass/Amherst on November 16

Jazz sax player, composer and educator Tia Fuller is performing with her Quartet at Bowker Auditorium, Fine Arts Center at University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

Reserved seating is $15-$25, tickets for students of the five colleges, and for students under 17, are $10.  These can be purchased online.

Fuller is an accomplished musician with three CDs produced with her Quartet.  She has toured and been a featured soloist with the all female band of R&B star Beyonce.  She is also a respected educator who speaks at colleges around the country.

To read more about the jazz program at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, click here.

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

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com or Boston USA.com.

Japanese jazz pianist Yoko Miwa Performs at Ryles on Sunday, November 13

Japanese jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at the Sunday Jazz Brunch at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

To see the Sunday Brunch menu, click here.  For upcoming jazz events at Ryles, located at 212 Hampshire Street in Inman Square, click here.

You can find a list of  jazz brunches in Massachusetts taking place throughout the year, or visit MassJazz.com for a schedule of concerts, night clubs, campus events, radio stations and jazz organizations. . 

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com or Boston USA.com.

  

Lance Houston Jazz Quartet at the Seaport Boston Hotel on Tuesday, November 8

The Lance Houston Jazz Quartet is playing at the Tamo Bar at the Seaport Boston Hotel on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. 

Houston, who plays the flugelhorn, is joined by pianist Mihoko Abe, drummer Miki Matsuki  and bassist Cyrus Sink.

The food at Tamo and other restaurants at Seaport Boston Hotel is prepared by celebrated chef Rachel Klein.

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

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

Mike Baggetta Quartet at the Dirty Truth on November 6

The Mike Baggetta Quartet appears at The Dirty Truth Beer Hall in Northampton, MA on Sunday, November 6, 2011 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.  There is no cover charge.

The group will have its new CD, Source Material, on sale at the gig.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com.

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Poncho Sanchez Latin Band, with Terence Blanchard, Performs at Berklee on Sunday, November 6

The Poncho Sanchez Latin Band, featuring Terence Blanchard is in concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets to the concert are $41-$55 and can be purchased online.

The show is part of the Celebrity Series of Boston 2011-2012 season.

A longtime bandleader and premier exponent of Latin jazz, congero Poncho Sanchez is joined on this concert tour by multi-Grammy winner Terence Blanchard,  anther pioneer in Latin jazz.

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

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

Choreographer Mickey Davidson and The Makanda Project perform at Hibernian Hall in Boston on November 5-6

Well I See: The Music in the Motion,  a collaboration among choreographer Mickey Davidson and her dancers (New York City) and the members of the Makanda Project jazz ensemble (Boston), is being  presented at the Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall in Boston on Saturday, November 5 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday,  November 6, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.

Tickets to the show cost $20 and can be ordered online. 

The show explores the interlocking relationship between music and dance, and is also a celebration of the music of the late Ken McIntyre, a Boston jazz artist and composer who influenced Davidson and for whom the Makanda Project is dedicated.

For more information about Hibernian Hall, click here.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts visit MassJazz.com.

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

Jazz Pianist Hey Rim Jeon Performs at Ryles Jazz Club on November 3

Korean-born jazz pianist and composer Hey Rim Jeon is performing at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Jeon,  an an assistant professor at Berklee College of Music, is performing with Greg Holt on bass, Tim Mayer on sax, and J. Curtis WarnerJr. on drums.

Tickets to the performance are $7 per person and can be purchased online or at the door. 

For a schedule of live jazz at Ryles, located at 212 Hampshire Street in Cambridge's Inman Square, click here. 

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

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

Berklee Performs Michael Jackson's Thriller Live on Halloween Night!

Students and faculty at the Berklee College of Music are performing the entire album of Michael Jackson's Thriller on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 8:15p.m.  Tickets are available online.

The concert takes place at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston's Back Bay.  Assistant Professor Tom Appleman is directing the performance.

You can also watch the concert streamlined live by clicking here.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts visit MassJazz.com.

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

Free Halloween Concert at Boston's Jordan Hall on Monday, October 31

Jazz pianist and composer Ran Blake and trombonist Aaron Harley are presenting their 7th annual Shadow of a Doubt Halloween Concert, at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, on Monday, October 31, 2011, starting at 8:00 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

Students and faculty of NEC's Contemporary Improvisation department—along with guests—perform in response to the plots, moods, scenes, spirit, and music of these two films as clips appear onscreen. Blake and Hartley coach a Storyboarding/Noir Ensemble that will play a key role in this concert.


The music will come primarily from two classic movies from film noir: Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher (1970).

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

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

Tom Wandell Trio Performs at BOND Lounge at Langham Boston Hotel on November 2

Jazz drummer Tom Wandell and his trio perform at  BOND Restaurant & Lounge in downtown Boston on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00  p.m.

The gig is part of the BOND Jazz Experiment, which highlights emerging artists and accomplished performers covering the jazz spectrum, including classic jazz from the American Songbook, rhythm and blues and funk.  Located at the Langham Boston Hotel,  BOND Restaurant & Lounge is open seven days a week, offering gourmet sandwiches for lunch, afternoon tea, and global cuisine for dinner, plus an extensive wine list and distinctive cocktails. A special jazz menu is available on Wednesdays. For reservations call 617 956-8765.

For a full schedule of artists through December, 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.

Pianist Laszlo Gardony Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on November 2

Hungarian-born jazz pianist and composer Laszlo Gardony is performing with his band at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.  Tickets to the show are $18 and can be purchased online.

They'll be performing songs from their newest CD, Signature Time, which features Gardony on piano, John Lockwood on bass, and Yoron Israel on drums – with the addition of saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Stan Strickland.

For more concerts at Scullers this November, click here.

For year round details on jazz nightclubs, concerts, campus events, brunches and festivals throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

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

Jazz Singer Kurt Elling and Kluvers Big Band at Wilbur Theatre in Boston on November 2

Grammy Award-winning Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling is performing with the Kluvers Big Band from Denmark at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.   Tickets range from $27-$37 and can be purchased online.

Elling, who celebrates his birthday at the Wilbur Theatre performance,  is considered this generation's premier jazz vocalist.  The Chicago musician has won numerous awards for his work, including a Grammy in 2010 for his album Dedicated to You: the Songs of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman.  He has won numerous Jazz Vocalist of the Year from Downbeat and Jazz Times.

For a full schedule of upcoming concerts at the Wilbur Theatre, click here.

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

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

 

Jazz Trombonist Curtis Fuller Lectures at Harvard on Monday, October 31

Blue Note jazz trombonist and composer Curtis Fuller has been invited as a Visiting Artist at at Harvard University's Office of the Arts  on Monday, October 31, 2011, 7:30 p.m, .at the New College Theatre Studio, 10-12 Holoyke Street in Cambridge.

Fuller will discuss his work in a conversation with Tom Everett, Director of the Harvard Bands, and later will perform in an open rehearsal with the Harvard Jazz Band.  The event is free and open to the public and is part of the Learning from Performers series.

Born in Detroit, Fuller has been one of the most influential trombonists in the history of jazz over the past six decades. He is a featured artist on the series “Blue Note Records, Then and Now,” a year-long celebration of the premiere jazz label.

On November 12, Fuller is performing in concert with the Harvard Jazz Band at the Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland Street in Cambridge.  For information click here.

For year round details on jazz concerts, festivals campus events, brunches, radio stations and more, visit MassJazz.com.

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