Beantown Swing Orchestra Gives Free Concert at Mechanics Hall on November 28

The 18 piece Beantown Swing Orchestra is performing a free concert at Mechanics Hall in Worcester on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at noon. 

The public is invited to bring a lunch or purchase a lunch at  Eric's LaPatisserie Café. 

The free show is part of the Brown Bag Series produced by Mechanics Hall and WICN 95.5 FM Public Radio, which also streams the live concert.  Here is a schedule of this season's Brown Bag concerts.

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Halvorson & Pavone Perform at UMass/ Amherst on November 27

Guitarist Mary Halvorson and violinist Jessica Pavone are performing at Bezanson Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.  General admission is $10 and $5 for students.

The concert is part of the Magic Triangle/ Solos and Duos series, which explores Black music from around the world. 

Halvorson and Pavone have been collaborating for the past decade to explore progressive and avante-gard, and modern music.

Here are upcoming jazz concerts at the Fine Arts Center at UMASS/Amherst.

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Jazz Guitarist Albare Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on November 27

Jazz guitarist and composer Albare is performing with his band at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Tuesday, November 27 ,2012 at 8:00 p.m.  Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online or at the door.

The Moroccan-born Albare, who now lives in Australia, issued his sixth album in 2012.  He says, "My band is a tribute to the human spirit of adventure. There are African, Middle-Eastern and South-European flavors on the new release and in the band along with diverse sounds, melodies and rhythms. All of it is interwoven and fused with the jazz heritage.”

Here is a schedule of upcoming jazz concerts at Scullers.

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Marty Ballou Jazz Trio at Top of the Hub in Boston on Monday, November 26

Jazz bassist Marty Ballou and his Trio perform at the Top of the Hub Restaurant & Lounge at the Prudential Tower in Boston's Back Bay on Monday, November 26, 2012, from 8:00 to Midnight.

Located on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Tower, the award-winning Top of the Hub has the best views in the city, great cuisine, and consistently top-level jazz throughout the year.

For a schedule of upcoming jazz performers, click here.

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Free Jazz Concerts at New England Conservatory on Monday, November 26

The New England Conservatory presents three jazz group ensembles coached by jazz bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Joe Hunt on Monday, November 26, 2012 at Pierce Hall at 214 St. Botolph Street.  The ensembles start at 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 p.m.  The concerts are free and open to the public.

It's part of  NEC's exciting new series, In the Mix, which presents a variety of student ensembles exploring jazz and improvisation, and led by distinguished NEC faculty members.

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Live Jazz & Blues in Massachusetts on Saturday, November 24

Jazz pianist Yoko Miwa

Looking for great live jazz in Massachusetts on Saturday, November 24, 2012?  Check out these suggestions from MassJazz.

Boston/Cambridge

Arturo Sandoval

Scullers Jazz Club

Doubletree Suites at Hilton Hotel

400 Soliders Field Road

Allston, Boston

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

Yoko Miwa

Les Zygomates Wine Bar

129 South Street

Boston

Henri Smith

Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen

604 Columbus Avenue

South End, Boston

Brian McCree Group

With vocalist Ron Murphy

Top of the Hub

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Back Bay, Boston

Cambridge
Stanley Sagov & Remembering the Future
Regattabar Jazz Club
Charles Hotel
Harvard Square, Cambridge

North of Boston

Catherine Russell
Shalin Liu Performance Center

38 Main Street

Rockport

HDRnB with Henley Douglas on sax

Chianti Jazz Lounge

285 Cabot Street

Beverly

John Matrona Jazz Band

The Java Room

14 Littleton Road

Chelmsford

Central Mass

Sandi Bedrisian With The Workingman's Jazz Band

Village Forge Tavern

Colonial Inn

48 Monument Square

Concord

Lisa Yves Trio

Bobby Gus Band

Acton Jazz Café
103 Nagog Park

Acton

Cape Cod
Zoe Lewis

Cotuit Center for the Arts

4404 Route 28

Cotuit, Cape Cod

Diociotto Corde Quintet 

A Woods Hole Living Room

Woods Hole, Cape Cod

Western Mass

Tim Ward Trio

Castle StreetCafé

10 Castle Street

Great Barrington

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters

Iron Horse Music Hall

20 Center Street

Northampton

For a full list of jazz clubs, hotels, concert venues and festivals in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

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Arturo Sandoval Performs at Scullers on November 24

Afro-Cuban jazz artist Arturo Sandoval is performing two shows at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.  Tickets to the show are $40 and can be purchased online or at the door. 

Born near Havana, Cuba, Sandoval has won nine Grammy Awards for flugelhorn and trumpet and is also a celebrated classical pianist, educator and composer. 

Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts at Scullers Jazz Club.

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