Monday, September 13, 2010
Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival Celebrates 10th anniversary, September 15-25, 2010
This year's festival pays tribute to the music and culture of New Orleans, and features artists from the Crescent City like Terence Blanchard, Jon Baptiste and the Wild Magnolias.
For a full schedule of activities, click here.
Over 30 performances are spread out at some of the area's finest concert venues and jazz clubs, including the Berklee Performance Center, Scullers Jazz Club, Regattabar, Wally's Cafe, Berklee's Cafe 939 and David Friend Recital Hall.
The festival culminates on Saturday, September 25 with an all-day, free outdoor stages along Columbus Avenue in Boston's South End. For directions, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tribute to George Gershwin at ArsenalArts on September 11
Musicians include Saxophonist Larry Monroe, vocalist Donna McElroy, pianist Russell Hoffmann, trumpet player Jeff Stout, bassist John Repucci and drummer John Ramsey.
Tickets are $20 general admission, $18 for Arsenal members, and $15 for students and seniors and can be purchased online.
Other songwriters in the series include Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. For more details on The American Songbook, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
John Pizzarelli Celebrates Duke Ellington at Scullers on September 10-11
Rockin' In Rythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington is the name of the show, and also the new CD that Pizzarelli has just released. The concert will feature Pizzarelli's unique interpretations of such classic songs as Satin Doll, East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Perdido and other songs from the Ellington songbook.
Tickets are $35 and can be ordered online. Showtime is 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. each night.
For a full schedule of jazz at Scullers, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Tanglewood Jazz Festival: Pod Casts of Performing Artists
For a full schedule of performances of this year's Tanglewood Jazz Festival, click here.
For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.
For tourism information, visit MassVacation.com.
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.
Sun Broadcasting Corp Launches Sun Music Live Shows at Wally's Cafe Jazz Club this Fall
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