Lance Houston Jazz Quartet Performing at Tamo Bar at Seaport Boston Hotel on Tuesday, August 30

The Lance Houston Jazz Quartet is performing live outdoors at the Tamo Bar at the Seaport Boston Hotel in the city's Seaport District on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

The Berklee-graduate and his talented group play a wide range of cool jazz songs perfect for the warm summer breezes.  Houston's sound has been compared to jazz great Freddie Hubbard.

Houston (Flugelhorn) is joined by  Mihoko Abe (Piano), Miki Matsuki (Drums) and Francisco Ojeda (Bass).

Tamo Bar is one of Boston's finest new gathering spots, thanks to the culinary genius of Chef Rachel Klein, the terrific staff at Tamo, and the scenic beauty of Boston Harbor.

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Jazz Pianist Caili O'Doherty Performs at Courtyard Series at Regattabar in Harvard Square on Monday, August 29

Jazz pianist Caili O'Doherty is performing at the Berklee at the Regattabar Courtyard Series at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, on Monday, August 29, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00 p..m.  The performance is free and open to the public.

O'Doherty, a Portland, Oregon native,  is at the Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship for jazz piano performance.

For a full schedule of upcoming events at the Regattabar Jazz Club, click here.

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Grace Kelly Performing at ICA in Boston on Thursday, August 25

Saxophonist Grace Kelly is performing a free concert at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston's Seaport District on Thursday, August 25, 2001 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

The concert is part of the ICA's HarborWalk Sounds series, sponsored by Berklee College of Music,  taking place Thursday nights throughout the summer. 

Kelly is a rising start in the jazz world and has performed around the world with notable jazz figures like Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis and others. 

For more about the Institute of Contemporary Art, click here.

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Jazz Pianist Brad Mehldau Performs at Tanglewood on Thursday, August 25

Acclaimed jazz pianist Brad Mehldau is performing at Tanglewood in Lenox Massachusetts on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. in Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Tickets to the concert $18-$52 and can be ordered online or purchased at the gate.

From acclaim as a bandleader to collaborations with Pat Metheny, Renée Fleming, and Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau continues to garner numerous awards and admiration from both jazz purists and music enthusiasts alike. 

Other upcoming events at Tanglewood include a production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on Friday, August 26, and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on September 2-4, 2011.

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Jazz Singer Samantha Farrell Performing at BOND Lounge in Boston on Wednesday, August 24

Rising star Samantha Farrell has a return engagement at BOND Lounge at Boston Langham Hotel on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

The singer/songwriter, originally from Boston and now living in Los Angeles, has been described by Ben Evans of the Huffington Post as possessing "a liquor-honey voice, deft guitar work and slightly melancholic tones that meld to form an arching and elegant aural tapestry."

Samantha's show is part of the new BOND Jazz Experiment that features upcoming and established jazz artists on Wednesday nights.  A special menu is available.  For reservations, call 617 956-8765.

For a full schedule of artists coming to the BOND Restaurant and Lounge, click here.

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Fred Boyle Trio Performs at Harvest Gallery Wine Bar in Dennis, Cape Cod on Monday, August 22

The Fred Boyle Trio is performing at the Harvard Gallery Wine Bar in Dennis, Cape Cod, on Monday, August 22, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

The trio includes Boyle on piano, Bart Weisman on drums and Laird Boles on bass.

For a full schedule of entertainment at Harvard Gallery Wine Bar through September, click here.

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Creative Thinking at Berklee's Global Jazz Institute

Check out this story on the Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music, published in the current issue of MassJazz Travel Guide.

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