Laurence Hobgood Quartet Performs at Regattabar in Harvard Square on August 2

The Laurence Hobgood Quartet is performing two shows at the Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at  7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online or at the door.

Both shows are hosted by jazz radio host Eric Jackson of WGBH.  The award-winning quartet includes Laurence Hobgood on piano, Matt Rybicki on bass, Jaret Schonig on drums, and Jimmy Greene on sax.

Here's a full schedule of upcoming performances at Regattabar, located at the Charles Hotel.

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Jazz Trumpeter Chris Botti Performs at South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset on August 2

Grammy Award winning jazz trumpet start Chris Botti is performing at the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset, Massachusetts on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $43 to $62 and can be purchased online or at the gate. 

Botti has sold over one million albums and has performed internationally with musicians like Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Herbie Hancock and others.

Botti is also performing in the area on August 10 at the Cape Cod Melody Tent.

For a complete schedule of concerts at the South Shore Music Circus, click here.

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Jazz Pianist Jonathan Batiste Performs at Scullers Jazz Club on August 1

Jonathan Batiste, one of the most exciting innovators in jazz, is performing with his group, the Stay Human Band, at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online or at the door.

Born in New Orleans, Batiste is co-director and musical curator of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and has performed in over 40 countries, collaborating with Wynton Marsalis, Prince, Jimmy Buffett and others. .

Here's a schedule of upcoming jazz performances at Scullers this summer.

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Jazz Duo Performs at Berklee's Summer in the City Series at Regattabar Courtyard, Harvard Square, on Monday, June 30

Upcoming jazz duo Lee Dynes and Amanda Addleman is performing a free concert at the Regattabar Courtyard at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Monday, July 30, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

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The concert is one of dozens of free concerts in Berklee's 2012 Summer in the City Series, which features great young jazz musicians playing in venues all across greater Boston and beyond. 

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

MassJazz has compiled a list of free outdoor summer jazz concerts taking place across Massachusetts in July and August.

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Jazz Supporters Convene at Boston Public Library on July 31 to Discuss Future of Jazz

 

In the wake of jazz programming cutbacks at WGBH, 89.7 FM, JazzBoston is hosting a meeting at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., to discuss the future of jazz.

Dr. Emmett Price, musician, Chair of African American Studies, and Associate Professor of Music and African American Studies at Northeastern University, will moderate the conversation with José Massó, longtime community activist and announcer/producer of ¡Con Salsa! on WBUR FM.  The event is free and open to the public.

The WGBH changes scaled back Eric Jackson's nightly show to weekend nights only, and eliminated the Friday night show, Jazz at Studio Four, by host Steve Schwartz. 

For more information about the jazz gathering at the Boston Public Library, visit JazzBoston.org or the Facebook page, Save Eric in the Evening.

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Performing in Boston's Copley Square on July 27

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is performing a free concert at the 1st annual Summer Arts Weekend in Copley Square Park in Boston's Back Bay.  The three-day festival is being organized by The Boston Globe and WGBH and a number of local businesses, arts groups and tourism agencies. 

One of New Orlean's most famous bands, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band was formed in 1961 and is considered an authentic proponent of the particular style of jazz that gave New Orleans its rightful designation as the home of jazz.

Preservation takes the stage at 7:45 p.m., and is joined onstage at 8:30 by Del McCoury, one of America's most accomplished bluegrass musicians.

Following that performance, New Orleans' own soul queen Irma Thomas takes the stage at 9:15

To find complete details of the Summer Arts Weekend, click here.

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Funk Band Lettuce Performs at Berklee in Boston on July 23

Lettuce, the funk band, celebrates its 20th anniversary concert at the Berklee Performance Center on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. The band came together in 1992 when the musicians were students at Berklee.

Tickets are $26 and $31 and can be purchased online or at the door.

For a full schedule of upcoming concerts at the Berklee Performance Center, click here.

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