Japanese Pianist Yoko Miwa debuts at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on Wednesday, March 9

Acclaimed Japanese jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at the Regattabar Jazz Club at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.   Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online.

Her trio includes Greg Loughman on acoustic bass and Scott Goulding on drums.

Born in Kobe, Japan, Yoko studied classical and jazz piano, then won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music.  She has toured with numerous performers like Kevin Mahogany and played with Arturo Sandoval, Jon Faddis and many others.  

As part of Women's History month, Yoko is dedicating this concert to jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan.

For a schedule of upcoming concerts at the Regattabar, click here.

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

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Jazz Singer/ Pianist Yvonne Aubert Playing at BOND Restaurant in Boston on March 9

Yvonne Aubert, an up-and-coming jazz singer and pianist from New Hampshire, is performing with her trio at BOND Restaurant & Lounge at the Langham Boston Hotel on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Aubert is joined by Mark Zaleski on acoustic bass and Shinya Fukumori on drums.

 It's part of the BOND Jazz Experiment taking place Wednesday nights at the restaurant, featuring emerging artists excelling in jazz. For a full schedule of events, click here.

For year round details on jazz night clubs, concerts, campus events, brunches and festivals, visit MassJazz.com.

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Jazz Pianists Fred Hersch + Jason Moran Perform at NEC in Boston on March 8

Jason Moran

A free concert by two formidable jazz pianists, Fred Hersch and Jason Moran, is taking place at Jordan Hall in Boston on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. 

Both pianists are faculty members at the New England Conservatory and are highly regarded as collaborate artists. 

Moran is completing his first year of teaching at NEC, and is a MacArthur Foundation fellow.  Hirsch has been on the NEC faculty since the 1980s and has been called by Downbeat Magazine "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation."

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

Klezmer and Swing Music at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod this Sunday, March 6

Master jazz drummer Bart Weisman, a Provincetown musician and founder of the annual Provincetown Jazz Festival, leads a performance of traditional Jewish klezmer and swing era music at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod, on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

The Center is located at 4404 Falmouth Road in Cotuit.  For directions click here.


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Trumpeter Chris Botti Performing at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Friday, March 4

Jazz trumpet player Chris Botti is performing at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets to the show are $30.50, $46.50 and $56.50 and can be ordered online.

Botti is the best-selling instrumental jazz artist in America, and has won numerous awards for his music.

For a schedule of upcoming concerts at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, located at 153 Merrimack Street in Lowell, Massachusetts, click here.

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

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Jazz Vocalist Charmaine Clamor Performing at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on Saturday, March 5

Filipino jazz star Charmaine Clamor is performing two shows at the famous Regattabar jazz club in Cambridge Massachusetts on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Tickets to the concert are $22 and can be ordered online.

Hailed as "one of the important and original singers of the decade" by music critic Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times, Clamor has just released her fourth US album, Something Good, with songs in English, Tagalog and Taglish.

For a complete schedule of upcoming concerts at Regattabar, located at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, click here.

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

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Sonny Rollins and Quincy Jones Receive National Medal of Arts from President Obama at White House

Sonny Rollins

President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Arts to two jazz giants - saxophonist Sonny Rollins, and musician and composer Quincy Jones - at a White House ceremony on Wednesday, March 3, 2011.  

See story by Patrick Jarenwattananon of A Blog Supreme on NPR, and a video of the awards ceremony below:

Other winners from Massachusetts included James Taylor, the singer/songwriter from the Berkshires, Jacob's Pillow Dance, for their outstanding contributions to American culture and the arts and Robert Brustein, founder of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge.

For a complete transcript of the ceremony, click here.

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