Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa & Trio Perform at Les Zygomates Wine Bar in Boston on Saturday, May 25

Yoko Miwa, jazz pianist from Japan, is performing with her trio at Les Zygomates Wine Bar at 129 South Street in Boston on Saturday, May 25, 2012, starting at  8:00 p.m..  The music is free but reservations are suggested.

Born in Kobe, Japan, Yoko studied classical and jazz piano, then won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music.  She has toured with numerous performers like Kevin Mahogany and played with Arturo Sandoval, Jon Faddis and many others.

Click here for a schedule of Ms. Miwa's spring performance schedule.

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Jazz Drummer Roy Haynes Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Friday, May 24

Jazz drummer Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band perform at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased online or at the door. 

A native of Roxbury in Boston, Haynes has been a professional drummer since 1945, and has played with the jazz pantheon, including Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Chick Corea and others.

Here are some upcoming concerts at Scullers.

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Singer Miranda Russell Live at Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on May 24-25

Singer Miranda Russell is in concert with her five piece band at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25, 2013.

Tickets are $19, $29 and $39 and can be purchased online or at the venue.

Russell, a Massachusetts native, has performed extensively in the New England area, singing everything from Cole Porter to Joni Mitchell. 

Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts at the Shalin Liu Performance Center.

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Duke Ellington Tribute at the Beehive in Boston on Wednesday, May 22

Trumpet player, composer and arranger Greg Hopkins is leading a Duke Ellington tribute at the Beehive Jazz Club in Boston's South End on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. 

The music runs from 8:00 p.m. to midnight.  Dinner is served from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Hopkins is professor of jazz composition at Berklee College of Music.

Here is a schedule of upcoming jazz at Beehive.

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Jazz Guitarist Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope Performing at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on May 21

Freddie Bryant, master jazz guitarist, is bringing his New York band, Kaleidoscope to perform at the Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square, Cambridge on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.  Here is more information on the show.

Bryant is an associate professor of guitar at Berklee College of Music.  His band Kaleidoscope includes Paul Lieberman on saxes and flutes, Patrice Blanchard on Bass, and Willard Dyson on drums.

The Regattabar Jazz Club is located at the Charles Hotel at One Bennett Street in Harvard Square.  Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts at Regattabar.

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Boston Pops presents Music from the Mad Men Era at Boston Symphony Hall on May 21, 22, 31 and June 1

The Boston Pops, led by conductor Keith Lockhart invoke the sophistication and style of the 1960s with Music from the Mad Men Era, on Tuesday, May 21 and Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Boston Symphony Hall.

Tickets to the show are $22-$92 and can be purchased online.  Music From the Mad Men Era will also run again on May 31 and June 1, 2013.

 The concerts feature stylist Steve Lippia, whom Keith Lockhart has called, "the absolute vocal reincarnation of the Sinatra sound."   Among the songs on the program are Sinatra standards that embody the 1950s and 1960s, including, "Fly Me to the Moon," "Mack the Knife," and "The Best is Yet to Come." 

Here is a complete schedule of this year's Boston Pops season, which runs through June 15, 2013. 

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Israeli Jazz Pianist Tamir Hendelman Performing in Rockport on May 11

Internationally renowned jazz pianist and composer Tamir Hendelman and his trio are playing at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.

MassJazz is raffling off a pair of free tickets to the concert.  Here's how to enter.

An Israeli native now based in Los Angeles, Hendelman has performed with Barbara Streisand, Natalie Cole and John Pizzarelli.  His latest album, Destinations, hit number one on the JazzWeek charts.

Here is a schedule of upcoming concerts presented by Rockport Music at the Shalin Liu Performance Center.

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