Monday, August 23, 2010
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Features Kurt Elling, John Pizzarelli, Bob James on September 4-5
This year's Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox Massachusetts features jazz vocalist of the year Kurt Elling, guitar master John Pizzarelli, pianist Bob James and many more great jazz artists.
The concerts take place on September 4-5 over Labor Day Weekend at Seiji Ozawa Hall on the hallowed grounds of Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a popular venue for a wide variety internationally renowned classical, jazz and popular music.
Tickets range from $18 to $77 and can be ordered online.
For a full schedule of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com
For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Blues Legend John Lee Hooker Jr. Plays at the Iron Horse in Northampton on August 24
Tickets are $12.50 in advance and can be purchased online, or $15 at the door.
As a child in the 1970s, Hooker learned the blues from Delta blues masters, including his father John Lee Hooker and blues harp legend Jimmy Reed.
His 2004 album, Blues with A Vengence received a Grammy nominiation and marked his transition as a formidable bluesman with his own unique voice and experience to sing the blues.
For a complete line-up of shows at the Iron Horse, click here.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Salem Jazz & Soul Festival this weekend, August 21-22
This year's line-up includes the Grace Kelly Quintet, the Northshore Gospel Ambassadors, the Sam Kinninger Band and many other great acts.
Salem Trolley is providing service to the Salem Willows from the Salem train station, the Salem ferry and the Bentley School.
In addition to continuous music, the festival also features arts & crafts, music education classes, a children's tent and family activities.
For a full schedule of events, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com
For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com.
Monday, August 16, 2010
James Montgomery Blues Band Playing in Lowell on Saturday, August 21
Considered one of the premier blues harmonica players over the last 30 years, Montgomery learned to play the blues first-hand from James Cotton, John Lee Hooker and Jurnior Wells. He's toured with Aerosmith, the Allman Brothers, Patti LaBelle and many others.
The concert takes place outdoors at Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, in downtown Lowell. Tickets are $18 and can be ordered online, or $25 at the gate the night of the concert.
For a complete list of concerts of the Lowell Summer Music Series through the rest of the summer, click here.
For year round jazz and blues concerts events in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Tony Bennett performing in Cohasset and Hyannis on August 14-15
Tickets are available online at the Music Circus and the Melody Tent or can be purchased at the gate the night of the concert.
A fifteen-time Grammy Award winner, Bennett's voice has helped define the American songbook since the late 1940s, when he began working with Pearl Bailey, Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra. In recent years he has recorded with a host of great singers, including Stevie Wonder, k.d. lang, James Taylor, Michael Buble and others.
Bennett is also a renaissance man whose reputation as a serious painter has grown over the years. He painted the image for the official poster of the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and regularly donates his artwork to a variety of worthwhile causes.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
For tourism information in Massachusetts, visit MassVacation.com.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Jazz Singer Patti Austin Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, August 13-14
With 17 solo albums and countless collaborations with singing stars like Paul Simon, Robert Flack and Diana Ross, Austin has enjoyed a sterling career as a singer, songwriter, and interpreter of the American songbook. She also created her own one-woman show and was co-creator of several other musical showcases.
For a full schedule of upcoming concerts at Scullers, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
For tourism information on visiting Massachusetts, visit MassVacation.com.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Provincetown Jazz Festival Takes Place August 13-14 on Cape Cod
The 6th annual Provincetown Jazz Festival features a tribute to New Orleans jazz this Friday and Saturday, August 13-14, 2010 on Cape Cod.
Jazz drummer and festival director Bart Weisman says this year's festival features the Big Easy's Paul Sanchez, one of the many jazz musicians whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina, which occurred five years ago this month. Proceeds from the Provincetown Jazz Festival are going to the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Bill Harley Performs at Regattabar Kids Summer Music Series on Sunday, August 8 in Cambridge
Tickets are available online for $12 or can be purchased at the door the day of show for $15.
The Regattabar offers a series of children's music programs each summer. The final concert, featuring Flooky and the Beans, takes place on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
For a full schedule of upcoming jazz performances, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Jazz Pianist Herbie Hancock Performing at Lowell Summer Music Series this Saturday, August 7
Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 the day of the concert, and can be ordered online or by calling 978 970-5200.
Hancock began his career playing with the Miles Davis Quintet. He is a twelve-time Grammy Award winner and won an Oscar for scoring the film, Round Midnight.
For a full schedule of concerts at the Lowell Summer Music Series, click here.
For information on visiting Massachusetts, visit Massvacation.com.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Tito Puente Latin Music Series Features Jerry Rivera at Boston City Hall Plaza
Salsa music star Jerry Rivera is performing at Boston City Hall Plaza on Saturday, July 31, at 7:00 p.m. as part of the city's Tito Puente Latin Music Series.
The Grammy-nominated singer is headining "Caliente, a celebration of Latin Music and Culture," featuring percussionist Eguie Castrillo and a hot horn section from Berklee College of Music.
The concert is sponsored by the City of Boston and is free and open to the public.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts visit MassJazz.com.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Roxbury International Film Festival features jazz film on Thelonius Monk
One of the films featured this year is In My Mind, a documentary by jazz pianist Jason Moran that pays tribute to legendary jazz artist Theolonius Monk and his historic concert at New York's town hall in 1959. Combining rare audio and photos of Monk with Moran's own live performace in the same venue 50 years later, In My Mind has been described by Slant Magazine as "a vital document of jazz as a combined cultural heritage...(that) sets a new standard for jazz on film."
In My Mind is being shown at Mass College of Art on Saturday, July 31, at 6:00 p.m.
Presented by the Color of Film Collaborative and ACT Roxbury, the four-day festival embraces "a global community of filmmakers celebrating people of color," says Lisa Simmons, co-producer of the festival.
Screenings take place in venues throughout Boston, including the Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall, Museum of Fine Arts, Mass College of Art, Wentworth College and the Haley House Bakery Cafe.
Full line-up of the RIFF film schedule.
Full list of RIFF workshops and panel discussions.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
New Black Eagle Jazz Band Performing at South Shore Conservatory on Saturday, July 17
The band has been together for nearly 40 years and has a vast repertoire of over 600 songs, ranging from Scott Joplin tunes and gospel music to Dixieland and blues.
Tickets are $15 and $25 and can be ordered online.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
For details on visiting Massachusetts, go to MassVacation.com.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Boston's Festival Betances 2010 celebrates Latino Arts and Culture, July 16-18
This year's music features Puerto Rican salsa stars Paquito Acosta and Michael Stuart, plus the US premier of Venezuelan harp virtuoso Leonard Jacome. Other performers include Sociedad Latina, Sierra Brothers, Lengua de Mi Barrio and more. For a full schedule click here.
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
85 W. Newton Street. Boston, MA 02118
(617) 927-1722 www.VillaVictoriaArts.org
For year round information on jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Paulie's New Orleans Jazz and Blues Fest kicks off in Worchester on Friday, July 16
Featured musicians this year include Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers, Henri Smith and his New Orleans Friends and Flavours, the Hurricane Horns and Anders Osborne among others.
The festival is dedicated this year to the people of Louisana who are fighting the oil spill in the Gulf, and to the great musicians of New Orleans. The festival includes Cajun inspired cuisine and other southern foods.
Proceeds benefit the National Autism Association.
For more information visit the festival website.
For year round jazz and blues activities in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com
For information on visiting Massachusetts from out of state, go to MassVacation.com
Friday, July 9, 2010
Massachusetts issues summer Jazz Guide
Some of the biggest names in jazz and blues are performing in Massachusetts this summer, including Herbie Hancock, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Ahmad Jamal, B.B. King, Esperanza Spalding, Paula Cole, Chris Botti, Kurt Elling and more.
The Guide includes a welcome greeting from Governor Deval Patrick, as well as stories on Boston jazz promoter Fred Taylor and the 25th annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert at Northeastern University.
“Jazz is part of our state’s cultural richness and vitality,” says Betsy Wall, executive director of the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, a partner in the MassJazz initiative. “We invite visitors from near and far to experience Massachusetts Jazz in one of America’s cultural capitals.”
This summer, several local festivals are celebrating New Orleans – the birthplace of jazz – to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this August, says Michael P. Quinlin, founder of MassJazz.
Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival in Worchester (July 16-17), Provincetown Jazz Festival (August 13-14) and the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival (September 15-25) are featuring New Orleans jazz masters like Charles Neville, Paul Sanchez and Terence Blanchard.
In addition to festivals and concerts, MassJazz Travel Guide lists dozens of nightclubs, hotel lounges, restaurants and coffee-houses where jazz is played nightly, two dozen colleges where jazz is taught, and dozens of radio programs, including local and syndicated shows. The Guide lists the best places to have a weekend jazz brunch, hotels with live jazz, and various jazz organizations, promoters and bloggers throughout Massachusetts.
MassJazz provides up-to-date information about jazz activities year round at its web sites, MassJazz.com and Massjazz.blogspot.com. For further information, contact MassJazz at 617 696 9880 or massjazz@comcast.net
Copies of the MassJazz Travel Guide are available free at visitor information centers on Boston Common, the Prudential Center, Berklee College of Music, Cape Cod Visitors Center, and at various jazz festivals, jazz clubs and concert venues throughout Massachusetts.
About MOTT:
Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) is the state agency dedicated to promoting Massachusetts as a leisure-travel destination. MOTT serves as a leader in the tourism industry, helping to generate state and local tax revenues, create jobs and support the growth of travel-related businesses. Tourism is an integral part of the state’s economy, generating over $887.2 million in state and local taxes and $14.2 billion in travel related expenditures. The industry supports 125,800 in-state jobs. For more information visit www.massvacation.com.
About MassJazz:
MassJazz is a concerted, statewide effort initiated in 2009 to promote a full range of live jazz performances, community events, educational courses and related cultural activities to the convention and visitors industry. Working with MOTT and other state convention and visitor agencies, MassJazz is branding Massachusetts as a jazz destination for domestic and international visitors. For more information visit www.massjazz.com.
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