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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2009 Update
September 4 - September 6, 2009 The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 4-September 6, 2009 at the Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Paquito d’Rivera, Regina Carter, Nnenna Freelon, Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller, John Pizzarelli, Jessica ...
Saxophonist Benny Reid at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Alto saxophonist Benny Reid made an auspicious debut as a leader on his first Concord Records CD, “Findings," last year. Born in Westfield, New Jersey on October 7, 1980, Reid grew up in a musical household where the records of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, {Stan Getz}} and Pat Metheny provided a soundtrack for daily life. “Since ...
Vocalist Steven Santoro & Ahmet Ertegun
Vocalist Steven Santoro has an impressive biography that includes a rich background in music education and performance. A native of Massachusetts, Santoro graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in African-American music and jazz. His early interests in big band charts and swing provided a solid footing in jazz, but he also enjoyed sitting ...
Nnenna Freelon & Harolyn Blackwell on "Dreaming the Duke" at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival Sept 5
Grammy nominated vocalist, Nnenna Freelon, classical singer Harolyn Blackwell, and David Bowie pianist, Mike Garson team up for the first time in a jazz-meets-classical celebration of the music of Duke Ellington on Saturday, September 5, at 8 pm at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. They will perform duets and solo pieces accompanied by a double quartet, single ...
Greg Loughman Trio Featuring Aubrey Johnson at Ryles (Boston) on August 4th
As part of its ongoing Artist Showcase series, Ryles welcomes back the Greg Loughman Trio with special guest, 2008 Downbeat Student Music Awards' “Best Jazz Vocalist" Aubrey Johnson, Tuesday August 4, 8:30pm ($7 cover). Bassist Greg Loughman once again steps into the bandleader role for another appearance at Ryles. A year ago almost to the day, ...
Massachusetts Upbeat About Jazz Tourism
(Boston) -- Massachusetts is singing the praises of its vibrant jazz scene to visitors this summer, as tourism officials introduce MassJazz, a new marketing initiative to promote the Bay States extensive jazz activities year round to the tourism industry. Organizers of the campaign have issued a 40-page MassJazz Travel Guide detailing hundreds of outdoor and indoor ...
Terri Lyne Carrington Headlines Free Outdoor Concert in Boston, August 2
Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present music outdoors in Roxbury’s historic Fort Hill neighborhood with the Terri Lyne Carrington Group and opener the Berklee City Music All-Stars. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 2, at 5:00 p.m., at the four-acre Highland Park on Fort Avenue, ...
The Either/Orchestra to Play the Lily Pad, Cambridge, July 12
The Either/Orchestra will be appearing at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 12, two sets starting at 2 pm. We love these kid-friendly early Sunday shows, playing with minimal amplification in the tiny Pad. Suggested donation will be $12. http://www.lily-pad.net Sadly, it will be Godwin's Last Stand (with the E/O, anyway, ...
Phish at Fenway Park, Boston, May 31, 2009
by Doug Collette
Phish Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts May 31, 2009 When the sun broke through the clouds just as Trey Anastasio took his first solo of the night May 31st, there seemed to be no other place to be than Fenway Park in Boston listening to Phish. In their ...
New CD from the Fully Celebrated on AUM Fidelity
AUM Fidelity is proud to announce the May 26th release of The Fully Celebrated's seventh recording, and label debut, Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones (AUM054). Led by saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and formerly known as The Fully Celebrated Orchestra, the group has been a fixture on Boston's jazz scene for more than two decades. ...
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