Bart Weisman Klezmer Swing Concert at Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod this Friday, March 2

Jazz drummer Bart Weisman and his Klezmer Swing group are performing at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod this Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Art Gallery.

 Tickets are $18 / $15 for members, and can be purchased online or by calling 508-428-0669.

The group includes Monica Rizzio on violin and vocals , Clayton March on clarinet and mandolin, Alan Clinger on guitar, Laird Boles on bass, and Mr. Weisman on drums.

Weisman is founder and musical director of the Providence Jazz Festival,  which takes place each August on the Cape. 

For year round details on jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

To find tourist information visit MassVacation.com and CapeCodChamber.org.

Playing for Change Live Tour comes to Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Friday, March 2

Playing for Change Live - currently on an international tour - comes to the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $36-$46 and can be purchased online or at the door. 

The show, presented in Boston by Scullers Jazz Club, presents street musicians from around the world who came together in 2009 to create a powerful musical statement that seeks to affect change through music .

Vocalist Clarence Milton Bekker is one of the featured performers at the tour.

Find year round details on jazz in Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.

For tourist information go to MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com. 

Lawrence Morris Brings A Conduction to New England Conservatory on March 2

Lawrence "Butch" Morris brings his unique talents as composer, conductor, arranger, and performer to the New England Conservatory on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. 

Tickets are $20 general admission and $18 for students, and can be ordered onlline.

Morris is recognized internationally as the principal theorist and practitioner in the evolution of Conduction® (a term borrowed from physics), a type of structured free improvisation where Morris directs and conducts an improvising ensemble with a series of hand and baton gestures. In this structured yet free improvisation, Morris conducts an ensemble from the classical, jazz, and contemporary music departments at NEC, where he was recently in residence.

The show is co-produced by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and New England Conservatory in cooperation with JazzBoston.

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

For visitor information go to MassVacation.com or BostonUSA.com.

SF Jazz Collective Performs at UMASS/Amherst on Thursday, March 1

The acclaimed SF Jazz Collective performs at the Fine Arts Center at University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets to the concert can be purchased online or at the door.

Hailing from Puerto Rico, New York, Venezuela, Philadelphia, New Zealand, and Israel, the Collective's multi-cultural lineup mirrors the explosion of jazz talent around the globe. For more about the band, click here. 

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

For year round details of jazz concerts, night clubs, campus events and jazz activities throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

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Esperanza Spalding at the Oscars - What a Wonderful Performance

Image Credit: Sandrine Lee

Congratulations to Esperanza Spalding, Grammy Award winning jazz musician and Berklee alumna, who performed What a Wonderful World at the 84th Academy Awards, along with the 120 member Southern California Children's Chorus.

Spalding and the Chorus performed during the show's In Memoriam montage.

The song, What a Wonderful World, was recorded by jazz great Louis Armstrong in 1968. 

On April 22, 2012 World Music/CRASHarts is presenting Esperanza Spalding and the Radio Music Society in concert  at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Boston. For ticket information click here.

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

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Great American Songbook Concert at Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Sunday, February 26

Hoagy Carmichael 

 

Livingston Taylor, Donna McElroy, Julian Lage and Matt Glaser are performing from the Great American Songbook - featuring the works of Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer - in concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets to the show - reserved seating - are $15 general admission and $10 for students, and can be purchased online or at the door.

Berklee is also broadcasting the show live through ConcertWindow live streaming.

To find out about jazz concerts, night clubs, campus events, festivals, weekend brunches and other jazz activities in Massachusetts throughout the year, visit MassJazz.com.

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

Live Jazz and Blues in Massachusetts on Friday, February 24

Hugh Masekela

Looking for some live jazz, blues or world music in Massachusetts on Friday, February 24, 2012?  MassJazz offers this selection of performers and venues across the Bay State.

Boston

Grace Kelly
Scullers Jazz Club
Doubletree Suites Hilton
400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston

Either/Orchestra: The Collected Unconsciousness
Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Avenue, South Boston

 

Deva Mahal and Fredricks Brown

Beehive Jazz Club

541 Tremont Street

South End, Boston

Malabar

Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen
604 Columbus Avenue
South End, Boston

Cambridge

An Evening of POEMJAZZ
Featuring Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood
Regattabar Jazz Club

Charles Hotel
Harvard Square, Cambridge

Rhythm of the Americas Trio

Gill Aharon Trio
The Lily Pad

1353 Cambridge Street

Inman Square, Cambridge

Dan Fox’s Jazz Singers Showcase

Ryles Jazz Club
212 Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge

North of Boston

The Legendary Ladies of Song:
The Music of Doris Day, Peggy Lee and Rosemary Clooney
Rogers Centerfor the Arts
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street
North Andover
 

Western Mass

Jill Connolly
Blue Rock Restaurant & Bar
10 Bridge Street
Shelburne Falls
  

Roomful of Blues
Bull Run Restaurant
215 Great Road, Shirley
 

Central Mass

Yoron Israel with High Standards
Amazing Things Arts Center
160 Hollis Street
Framingham

Southeastern Mass

Hugh Masekela
Zeiterior Theatre
684 Purchase Street
New Bedford
 

Paula Cole
Narrows Center for the Arts
16 Anawan Street
Fall River

Cape Cod

Bart Weisman Jazz Group

Cape Codder Resort & Spa
1225 Iyannough Road
Route 132 & Bearse's Way, Hyannis

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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