Celebrity Series of Boston Presents the Music of Richard Rodgers at Jordan Hall on Sunday, April 1

 Rob Kapilow

The Celebrity Series of Boston is presenting a concert called What Makes it Great? The Music of Richard Rodgers - at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.  Tickets are $25-35, and $15 for children, and can be purchased t the NEC Ticket office starting at 1:30 p.m.

The program is presented by conductor, composer and commentator Rob Kapilow, who is joined by the Borromeo String Quartet and pianist Lukas Vondracek.  

Rodgers composed over 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals, and helped to create the Great American Songbook.

For a schedule of upcoming concerts presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, click here. 

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Live Jazz and Blues in Massachusetts on Saturday, March 31

Yoko Miwa

Looking for live jazz on Saturday, March 31, 2012 in greater Boston or throughout Massachusetts?  Check out these performances taking place in jazz clubs, hotels and concert venues, compiled by MassJazz.com.

Boston/Cambridge

Ben E. King

Scullers Jazz Club

400 Soldiers Field Road

Boston

Stanley Sagov & Remembering the Future Jazz Band
With Special Guest Larry Coryell
Regattabar Jazz Club
Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street
Cambridge

Peter Smith Trio
Battery Wharf Lounge
Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel
3 Battery Street
Boston

Yoko Miwa

Les Zygomates Wine Bar

129 South Street

Boston

August Wilson’s

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Huntington Theatre Company

Boston University Theatre

264 Huntington Avenue
Boston

Western Mass
Ernie Watts & Friends
Fine Arts Center, Bowker Auditorium
University of Massachusetts
Amherst

Ahmad Jamal Trio
The Colonial Theatre
111 South Street
Pittsfield

Cape Cod

Bart Weisman Klezmer Swing Group

Booksmith-Musicsmith    

Skaket Corners Shopping Center
9 West Road
Orleans

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

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Sax Great Ernie Watts Joins UMass Jazz Ensemble I in Concert at UMass/Amherst on March 31

Saxophonist and two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is performing in concert with the UMass Jazz Ensemble I at Bowker Auditorium  in the Fine Arts Center at UMASS/Amherst on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.  Tickets to the concert are $10-$30 and can be purchased online or at the theater.

The concert is in collaboration with the UMass Music Department's 14th Annual High School Jazz Fest taking place at the University, coordinated by Jeffrey W. Holmes.

UMass/Amherst is home to the popular Jazz in July educational program that brings together jazz masters with students for a series of workshops, lectures and concerts.  This year's Jazz in July program takes place July 9-20, 2012.

You can see a schedule of upcoming concerts at the Fine Arts Center here.

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To find tourist information visit MassVacation.com and the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Jazz Piano Legend Ahmad Jamal Performs at Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on March 31

Legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal is performing at the Colonial Theatre at 111 South Street in Pittsfield on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.  Tickets range from $15 to $50 and can be purchased online or at the theater.

According to Ed Bride, head of Berkshires Jazz Inc, a non-profit group that promotes jazz in western Massachusetts,  "Jamal is a true-blue American jazz master and legend, whose career transcends time."  He is returning to the Berkshires for the first time in nearly five years.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA, the 81 year old pianist has just released a new album, Blue Moon, which has been called a jazz masterpiece by music critics.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts, including concerts, campus events, night clubs, festivals and other jazz activities, visit MassJazz.com.

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Russian Pianist Kirill Gerstein Performing Rhapsody in Blue at Berklee College of Music in Boston on March 30

Internationally renowned classical and jazz pianist Kirill Gerstein is returning to his alma mater, Berklee College of Music, for a concert at the Berklee Performance Center on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 8:15 p.m.

Tickets to the show are $17.50, $20 and $25 and can be purchased online or at the door. 

Gerstein will be performing George Gershwin's original 1924 arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue, with guest performer and fellow Berklee alum Anat Cohen on clarinet.

The concert will also stream live at ConcertWindows.

For a schedule of upcoming concerts at Berklee, click here.

You can find year-round details on jazz concerts, campus events, night clubs, hotel brunches, radio stations and jazz groups throughout Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.

For visitor information, go to MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.

Jazz Trumpeter Chris Botti Performs at Hanover Theatre in Worcester on March 30

Jazz trumpet player Chris Botti is returning to the Hanover Theatre in Worcester on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.  Tickets to the show are $35, $45 and $55 and can be purchased online.

The best selling jazz instrumentalist of all time, Botti has performed with some of the top jazz musicians around the world, and has won a multitude of Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards. The show is presented by Fred Taylor and WCPA.

For a schedule of upcoming concerts at Hanover Theatre, click here.

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Berklee Hosts International Folk Festival on Wednesday, March 28

The 26th annual International Folk Festival at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston is taking place on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 8:15 p.m.   Tickets to the event are $12-$17 and can be purchased online or at the door.

The concert showcases Berklee's abundant international student population while accentuating the role music places in society as a truly a cultural bridge. Students and faculty perform, some wearing vibrant clothing and playing rarely seen instruments from their homelands.

A live video of the concert is being streamed at ConcertWindows.

For a schedule of upcoming events at the Berklee Performance Center, located at 136 Mass Ave in Boston's Back Bay, click here.

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