Regionally-based Artists Being Featured at Pittsfield Venues During CityJazz Festival
PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 2006 -- Music will be heard all over Pittsfield during the weekend of Oct. 13-15. Besides “headliner" appearances at the Berkshire Music School and The Colonial Theatre, several restaurants will be providing live music before (and in some cases, after) the concerts, including the following.
[all locations are in Pittsfield, Massachusetts]
Friday October 13
11:30am-1:30pm. Pittsfield Sister City Jazz Ambassadors. On A Roll Cafe, 154 North Street. 413-236-5671.
6:00-8:30pm. Andy Jaffe, piano and Erik Lawrence, saxophone. House of India, 261 North Street. 413-443-3262.
6:00-8:30pm. John Myers, jazz guitar. Trattoria Rustica, McKay Street. 413-499-1192.
6:00-8:30pm. Pittsfield Sister City Jazz Ambassadors. Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot Street. 413-997-3506.
8:00-11:00pm. Gary Miller, jazz vibraphone. Bellissimo Dolce, 444 North Street. 413-443-1792.
Saturday October 14
3:00-5:00pm. Ben Kohn Quartet, with Charlie Tokarz, Bill Chapman, and Charlie Schwartz. Berkshire Frame Works. 740 Williams St. 413-443-0106.
6:00-8:30pm. Art Niedeck Trio. Crowne Plaza, Underground Pub. 1 West Street. 413-499-2000.
6:00-8:30pm. Ron Lively, jazz wind synthesizer. O'Laughlin's Restaurant, 342 Merrill Road. 413-447-9507.
6:00-8:30pm. Joan Marks Quartet. Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot Street. 413-997-3506.
6:00-8:30pm. Ted Murray Jazz Quartet. Patrick's Pub, Park Square. 413-413-499-1994.
6:00-8:30pm. Andy Jaffe, piano and Sherri Buxton , vocals. House of India, 261 North Street. 413-443-3262.
6:30-9:30pm. Randy Kaye Trio. Asters, 1015 South Street. 413-499-2075.
8:00-11:00pm. Gary Miller, jazz vibraphone. Bellissimo Dolce, 444 North Street. 413-443-1792.
6:00-8:30pm. We B 3, Jazz Trio. The Lantern Restaurant. 445 North Street. 413-448-2717.
Sunday, October 15
6:00-9:00pm. Too Human. Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot Street. 413-997-3506.
6:30-9:00pm. Pittsfield Sister City Jazz Ambassadors. House of India, 261 North Street. 413-443-3262.
The festival features a series of headline concerts and dozens of performances in local inns and restaurants, and a full week of Jazz in Schools beginnin on Oct. 10, with lectures and performances in each of Pittsfield's 10 lower and middle schools. Pittsfield's Sister City Jazz Ambassadors will appear in two schools per day for the five days, to set the stage for the weekend events.
The Berkshire Music School hosts a recital by blind, autistic music savant Tony DeBlois on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7pm. Free admission, courtesy of the Summer White House, a popular inn in Lenox.
On Friday, Oct. 13, there will be a double bill, with Metta Quintet opening for the Billy Taylor Trio, at the Colonial Theatre. During the daytime on Oct. 13, JazzReach, an educational outreach organization, will bring its multimedia Jazz history presentation to high school classes, also at the Colonial.
Saturday is a full day of activities, starting at 2pm with the Music Inn Retrospective. At 5pm, drummer T.S. Monk holds a master class and open sound check at the Colonial (free admission). In the evening, Monk's sextet performs at an 8pm concert.
The festival concludes with a Sunday matinee, featuring alto saxophone great Phil Woods, guest soloist with the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, a 19-piece big band.
Ticket information is available at www.TheColonialTheatre.org, and 413-997-4444.
The Pittsfield CityJazz Festival is sponsored by the Legacy Banks Foundation, the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, The Red Lion Inn, Berkshire Frame Works, the Summer White House, and other underwriters. It is an activity of the Mayor's Office of Cultural Development, in partnership with The Colonial Theatre, the Berkshire Music School, and the Berkshire Museum.
PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 2006 -- Music will be heard all over Pittsfield during the weekend of Oct. 13-15. Besides “headliner" appearances at the Berkshire Music School and The Colonial Theatre, several restaurants will be providing live music before (and in some cases, after) the concerts, including the following.
[all locations are in Pittsfield, Massachusetts]
Friday October 13
11:30am-1:30pm. Pittsfield Sister City Jazz Ambassadors. On A Roll Cafe, 154 North Street. 413-236-5671.
6:00-8:30pm. Andy Jaffe, piano and Erik Lawrence, saxophone. House of India, 261 North Street. 413-443-3262.
6:00-8:30pm. John Myers, jazz guitar. Trattoria Rustica, McKay Street. 413-499-1192.
6:00-8:30pm. Pittsfield Sister City Jazz Ambassadors. Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot Street. 413-997-3506.
8:00-11:00pm. Gary Miller, jazz vibraphone. Bellissimo Dolce, 444 North Street. 413-443-1792.
Saturday October 14
3:00-5:00pm. Ben Kohn Quartet, with Charlie Tokarz, Bill Chapman, and Charlie Schwartz. Berkshire Frame Works. 740 Williams St. 413-443-0106.
6:00-8:30pm. Art Niedeck Trio. Crowne Plaza, Underground Pub. 1 West Street. 413-499-2000.
6:00-8:30pm. Ron Lively, jazz wind synthesizer. O'Laughlin's Restaurant, 342 Merrill Road. 413-447-9507.
6:00-8:30pm. Joan Marks Quartet. Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot Street. 413-997-3506.
6:00-8:30pm. Ted Murray Jazz Quartet. Patrick's Pub, Park Square. 413-413-499-1994.
6:00-8:30pm. Andy Jaffe, piano and Sherri Buxton , vocals. House of India, 261 North Street. 413-443-3262.
6:30-9:30pm. Randy Kaye Trio. Asters, 1015 South Street. 413-499-2075.
8:00-11:00pm. Gary Miller, jazz vibraphone. Bellissimo Dolce, 444 North Street. 413-443-1792.
6:00-8:30pm. We B 3, Jazz Trio. The Lantern Restaurant. 445 North Street. 413-448-2717.
Sunday, October 15
6:00-9:00pm. Too Human. Pittsfield Brew Works, 34 Depot Street. 413-997-3506.
6:30-9:00pm. Pittsfield Sister City Jazz Ambassadors. House of India, 261 North Street. 413-443-3262.
The festival features a series of headline concerts and dozens of performances in local inns and restaurants, and a full week of Jazz in Schools beginnin on Oct. 10, with lectures and performances in each of Pittsfield's 10 lower and middle schools. Pittsfield's Sister City Jazz Ambassadors will appear in two schools per day for the five days, to set the stage for the weekend events.
The Berkshire Music School hosts a recital by blind, autistic music savant Tony DeBlois on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7pm. Free admission, courtesy of the Summer White House, a popular inn in Lenox.
On Friday, Oct. 13, there will be a double bill, with Metta Quintet opening for the Billy Taylor Trio, at the Colonial Theatre. During the daytime on Oct. 13, JazzReach, an educational outreach organization, will bring its multimedia Jazz history presentation to high school classes, also at the Colonial.
Saturday is a full day of activities, starting at 2pm with the Music Inn Retrospective. At 5pm, drummer T.S. Monk holds a master class and open sound check at the Colonial (free admission). In the evening, Monk's sextet performs at an 8pm concert.
The festival concludes with a Sunday matinee, featuring alto saxophone great Phil Woods, guest soloist with the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, a 19-piece big band.
Ticket information is available at www.TheColonialTheatre.org, and 413-997-4444.
The Pittsfield CityJazz Festival is sponsored by the Legacy Banks Foundation, the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, The Red Lion Inn, Berkshire Frame Works, the Summer White House, and other underwriters. It is an activity of the Mayor's Office of Cultural Development, in partnership with The Colonial Theatre, the Berkshire Music School, and the Berkshire Museum.
For more information contact Ed Bride Associates.
