Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Lowell Jazz Day Camp Hosts an Open House on Sunday, April 29
The Lowell Jazz Day Camp program is holding an open house for prospective students on Sunday, April 29, 2012 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at The Space, the region's premier recording studio and rehearsal space, located at 150 Western Avenue in Lowell.
The two-week, intensive jazz camp runs this year from July 16-27, 2012, and is headed by Stanley Swann III, well-known jazz drummer and director of the program. The outstanding faculty lineup includes Frank Wilkins, piano; Semenya McCord, vocals; Mark Michaels, guitar; Thomas Hebb, bass guitar; Artie Barbato, trumpet, and Paul Combs, saxophone.
For more information, or to RSVP to the open house, call 978 459-4755.
Find year round details on jazz throughout Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.
For tourist information, go to MassVacation.com or MerrimackValleyCVB.org.
Live Jazz in Greater Boston and Across Massachusetts on Saturday, April 28
Japanese Pianist Keiko Matsui
Also, the 6th annual Jazz Week, organized by JazzBoston, is underway in dozens of venues throughout the area. For a full schedule of Jazz Week activities, click here.
Boston/Cambridge
Keiko Matsui
Doubletree Suites Hilton Hotel
400 Soldiers
Field Road
Allston, Boston
Dancing with bOp! / BC Jazz Band
O’Neill Library
Plaza
Chestnut Hill
Steve Soares Trio
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Spring Swing Sunday Jazz Band
Harvard Jazz Band
Harvard Jazz Band
Science
Center
Atlas Soul
Charles
Hotel
One Bennett
Street
Harvard Square,
Cambridge
North of Boston
Toni Lynn Washington
15 Kearney Square
Lowell
Lowell
Boston
Horns Reloaded
285 Cabot
Street
Beverly
A Tribute to Duke
Ellington
Monadnock Chorus
Peterborough Town House
Peterborough Town House
South of Boston & Cape Cod
Ring Brothers Market
485 Rt. 134
South Dennis, Cape Cod
Western Mass
George Schuller Trio
For year round details on jazz concerts, night clubs, radio stations,
campus events, weekend brunches and jazz activities throughout
Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com
Friday, April 27, 2012
Governor Deval Patrick Issues Jazz Month Proclamation in Massachusetts
Governor Deval Patrick declared April 2012 to be Jazz Month in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The proclamation, issued to coincide with the Smithsonian Institute's Jazz Appreciation Month across the nation, praises the legacy of jazz as an American art form and the contributions of Massachusetts jazz performers like Chick Corea from Chelsea, Roy Haynes from Roxbury, Phil Woods from Springfield and many others.
And the proclamation points to the 6th annual Jazz Week in greater Boston sponsored each year by JazzBoston, which takes place April 27 through May 6, 2012.
For year round details on jazz concerts, nightclubs, campus events, Sunday brunches, radio stations and jazz festivals throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
For tourist information, contact the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism at MassVacation.com.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Saxophonist Steve Coleman and Five Elements Perform at UMASS/Amherst on Thursday, April 26
Alto sax player, composer and philosopher Steve Coleman and his band, Five Elements, perform in concert at the Bezanson Recital Hall on the University of Massachusetts at Amherst campus at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students and can be purchased online or at the door.
Born in Chicago in 1956, Colman is an influential figure in jazz circles, especially in the New York City area, where he has made his home since 1978.
The concert is part of the Magic Triangle Series, produced by WMUA-91.1FM and the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts
For a schedule of upcoming concerts at UMass/Amherst, click here.
For year round jazz across Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Tourists can find information by visiting MassVacation.com.
Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch Presents Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass at Jordan Hall on April 26
Dominique Eade
The concert is free and open to the public.
With Hersch on piano, the concert showcases vocalists Dominique Eade and Tommy Boyton, along with Andrew Halchak on alto saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet; Wyatt Palmer, tenor saxophone; Jake Baldwin, trumpet; Tim Shneier, trombone; Valerie Thompson, cello; Ehud Ettun, bass, and Connor Baker, drums.
For details on jazz throughout the year in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
For visitor information, go to MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.
Cornell Coley and Afro-Latin Jazz Trio Perform at Doyles on April 25
Jamaican born musician Cornell Coley leads his Afro-Latin Jazz Trio in a benefit night for the Egleston Square Main Street group at Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain, Boston on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Master of Ceremonies for the night is Skippy White.
For more information on the benefit, click here. Or follow Egleston Square Calendar of Events for future activities.
Find year round details on jazz in Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.
For visitor information go to MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.
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