Lance Houston Jazz Quartet Performing at Tamo Bar on Boston Waterfront Tonight!

Flugelhorn player Lance Houston and his jazz quartet are performing outdoors at the Tamo Bar at the Seaport Boston Hotel in the Seaport District on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

The Berklee-graduate and his talented group play a wide range of cool jazz songs perfect for the warm summer breezes.  Houston's sound has been compared to jazz great Freddie Hubbard.

Tamo Bar is one of Boston's finest new gathering spots, thanks to the culinary genius of Chef Rachel Klein, the terrific staff at Tamo, and the scenic beauty of Boston Harbor.

For year round jazz concerts, night clubs, campus events and festivals in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.

Greg Abate and Yoko Miwa Performing at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, June 1

Jazz saxophonist, composer and teacher Greg Abate is performing with pianist Yoko Miwa at Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Guest Suites by Hilton Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets to the show are $22 ($60 for dinner and show) and can be ordered online.

Located at 400 Soldiers Field Road in Boston's Allston neighborhood, Scullers is regarded as one of the country's best jazz venues.

For a schedule of upcoming events at Scullers click here.

For year round jazz concerts, night clubs, campus events and festivals in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.

Boston Pops and Michael Feinstein Pay Tribute to Frank Sinatra at Symphony Hall on Monday, May 31 and Tuesday, June 1

The Boston Pops, led by conductor Keith Lockhart, is welcoming Michael Feinstein to Boston Symphony Hall for a tribute to Frank Sinatra on Monday, May 31 and Tuesday, June 1, 2011.

Feinstein, known as the Ambassador of the American Songbook,  performs over 150 shows a year and in 2009 released The Sinatra Project and was the subject of a PBS special on the American Songbook.

For a full schedule of this season's Boston Pops performances, click here.

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Great Live Jazz and Blues in Boston Area Today, Friday, May 27

There's a lot of great live jazz and blues happening in the Boston area on Friday, May 27, 2011.

See some suggestions here:

Akashic Record

Beehive Jazz Club

541 Tremont Street, Boston

Valerie Stephens

Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen

604 Columbus Avenue, South End

 Terminals: performed by SO Percussion and Bobby Previte
ICA/Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston Seaport District

Roomful of Blues
CD Release Party for Hook, Line and Sinker
Regattabar Jazz Club at Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street, Cambridge

No Static and Latin Caribbean Night

Ryles Jazz Club

212 Hampshire Street Cambridge

Rebecca Paris with Mike Turk
Scullers Jazz Club
Doubletree Hotel
400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston

Bob Nieske Band / Marty Ballou

Top of the Hub

Prudential Tower

Back Back, Boston 

For year round jazz concerts, night clubs, campus events, and festivals in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com. 

Conductor John Williams Leads the Boston Pops in Hooray for Holywood on Thursday, May 26

John Williams, laureate conductor of the world-famous Boston Pops, is returning to Boston Symphony Hall on Thursday, May 26, 2011 to conduct an evening of music entitled Hooray for Holywood.

Among the songs featured: Imperial March from The Emperor Strikes Back, Suite from Casablanca, and Suite from Far & Away.

Guest musicians include Keisuke Wakao on oboe and  Tamara Smirnova on violin.

Tickets to the show are $51 - $101 and can be purchased online.

For a full schedule of the Boston Pops season, click here.

For year round jazz concerts and other musical events in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.





 

Jazz Concert on Henri Matisse at Boston's Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Thursday, May 26

The Chris Bakriges Trio is giving a recital entitled Reflections on Henri Matisse's Jazz at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown Boston on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at noon.

The recital is a musical reflection on French painter Henri Matisse's important art book, Jazz, published in 1947 and part of his innovative "painting with scissors" phase.

Cathedral Church of St. Paul is located at 138 Tremont Street, directly across the the Park Street Station on Boston Common.

For year round jazz concerts, nightclubs, campus events, brunches and festivals in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For tourist information, visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.

NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra Performing Monk, Mingus at Jordan Hall in Boston on May 25

The highly acclaimed NEC Youth Orchestra of the New England Conservatory is giving a final spring concert at Jordan Hall in Boston on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.  The concert is free and open to the public.

The NEC Youth Orchestra is led by Ken Schaphorst, chair of the Jazz Studies Department at NEC and founding member of the Boston Jazz Composers Alliance.

Schaphorst created the Orchestra in 2008 as a way to instruct talented high school musicians on the art of jazz.  It is open to pre-college-age trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, and percussion players.

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

For tourist information visit MassVacation.com and BostonUSA.com.