Milton Academy Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Jazz Program with Concert on April 4

Milton Academy, which has one of the nation's best high school jazz programs in the country, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special concert on Friday, April 4, 2014, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

The concert features performances by Horace Alexander Young, leading a group of alumni and students in a set of South African music.  Milton Academy has a long-standing exchange program with schools in South Africa.

The concert is free and open to the public.  You can also see the concert streamed live by visiting www.milton.edu/webcast/jazz.cfm

Find year round information about jazz in Massachusetts by visiting MassJazz.com.

For visitor information, go to MassVacation.com.



 

Regattabar in Harvard Square Presents Miles Davis Tribute, Featuring: Jimmy Cobb, Mike Stern, Buster Williams, and Sonny Fortune, on March 7

                                               

                                           

The Regatta Bar at the Charles Hotel presents a sans-trumpet tribute, Four Generations of Miles Davis on Friday, March 7 2014 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.  Tickets to the show range from $30 to $25 and can be bought online or at the venue.

Four Generations of Miles Davis features four musicians who performed with Davis over the decades:  Jimmy Cobb on drums, Mike Stern on guitar, Buster Williams on Bass and Sonny Fortune on saxophone.

Located at 1 Bennett Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge, the Regattabar has jazz year round. Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts at Regattabar.

Find year round jazz in Massachusetts at MassJazz.com.

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Celebrity Series of Boston Presents The Spring Quartet Jazz Group at Sanders Theatre on Thursday, March 6

 

The Celebrity Series of Boston is presenting the acclaimed jazz ensemble, The Spring Quartet, at Sanders Theatre in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Thursday, March 6 ,2014 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show range from $40-$70, and $20 for students, and can be purchased as the venue.

The Spring Quartet features three generations of jazz masters, including Jack DeJohnette on drums, Joe Lovano on saxophones, Esperanza Spalding on bass and Leo Genovese on drums.

Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts presented by Celebrity Series of Boston.

Find year round jazz in Massachusetts at MassJazz.com.

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

Atlas Soul Celebrates Mardi Gras at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on February 28

Atlas Soul is performing at the Regattabar Jazz Club at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets to the show are $20.50 and can be purchased online.

The seven-piece band preforms original music that celebrates Afro-Mediterranean melodies with a generous dose of jazz, hip-hop, rock, and funk.  The show at Regattabar helps kick off Mardi Gras season in Massachusetts and around the world.

Here is a shedule of upcoming concerts at Regattabar Jazz Club.

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

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Music Legend Herbie Hancock Lectures on the Ethics of Jazz at Harvard University on February 12

Herbie Hancock, renowned jazz artist, composer and educator, is giving a series of lectures on The Ethics of Jazz, at Sanders Theatre in Harvard Square on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.  The lecture is free and open to the public but reservations are required.

Hancock was awarded the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry by Harvard University for 2014.  The February 12 event, titled "Breaking the Rules," is the second of six lectures Hancock is giving as part of the Norton Lectures.

Here is a story by student/musican Andew Chow on meeting Herbie Hancock at Harvard.

See upcoming events promoted by the Office of Arts at Harvard.

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Experience Brazilian Choro with Luiz Simas, Saturday, February 8th at Amazing Things Art Center

Brazilian pianist and composer Luiz Simas performs at Framingham’s Amazing Things Art Center on Saturday, February 8^th, at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $18 for nonmembers and $15 for members. Tickets may also be purchased at a discounted price of $17 for students/seniors . 

Purchase tickets online here, or by calling 508-405-ARTS (2787).

The concert begins with Simas on piano and vocals where he will perform some of his original compositions, as well as Brazilian bossa standards (check out some of his song clips here).

Then, later in the show, Marilynn Mair (a.k.a. the "First Lady of the Mandolin") joins Simas on stage as a special guest, at which time the duo will play Brazilian choro together. Mair earned her title by performing from the White House all the way to Europe and Japan. She is also currently a Professor of Music at Roger Williams University. You can learn more about our talented neighbor here.

To find out more about Simas and his music, visit his page.

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

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

Jazz Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Lecturing at Harvard University on Thursday, January 30

 

 

Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is lecturing at Harvard University on Thursday, January 30, 2014, discussing his hometown of New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.

 

The lecture, presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, takes place at Sanders Theatre on Quincy Street in Harvard Square, starting at 7:00 p.m.. The event is free to the public, and organizers recommend that you reserve a ticket online here, or grab one from the Box Office at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.

 

Alternatively, you can watch the live stream at harvard.edu/livestream.

“New Orleans between 1885 and 1910 was like no other. Here, amid a diversity of people, philosophies, and possibilities, jazz was born. Conceived in a city that still has a statue of the losing Confederate general as its central landmark, jazz has proven to be the most definite artistic symbol of American democracy,” Marsalis says about his topic.

Following the lecture, Marsalis is performing a few numbers with Lucien Barbarin (trombone), Jonathan Batiste (piano), Troy Davis (drums), Vince Giordano (tuba/bass), Victor Goines (reeds), Marcus Printup (cornet), Don Vappie (6-string banjo) and Michael White (clarinet).

Currently the 52-year-old is the managing and artistic director at Lincoln Center, but the musician/composer/bandleader/educator is mostly known for his collection of nine Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize for his oratorio “Blood on the Fields.”  To find out more about Marsalis and his music, visit his page here.

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

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