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Tanglewood Season Closes with Annual Jazz Festival
With the end of August and the upcoming Labor Day holiday, a week of relative repose makes for a natural demarcation point between the musically hyperactive summer festival season and several imminent regional fall chamber and college series, which start up after Labor Day. I'll focus on several of those next week. Though Tanglewood, that colossus ...
Legend, Rising Star Highlight Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Some critics use chronological age as a crucial standard for measuring talent, just as powerful publicity machines fixate on youth as a prime marketing point for peddling jazz products. But in the real world of the musicians themselves, there isn't any generation gap, no cultural chasm between Old Masters residing atop Mount Olympus and rising New ...
After All These Years, Jazz Giant Plans Hometown Gig
Unless you're a musician or jazz geek, you've probably never heard of Ran Blake. But the 73-year-old pianist has more than 30 albums to his name and has played countless concerts from New York to Greece. Tomorrow he's playing in a place that's completely new and completely familiar to him: Blake's performance at the Vernissage restaurant ...
Berklee Announces 2008-2009 Sovereign Bank Music Series
The 2008-2009 Sovereign Bank Music Series at Berklee presents eight concerts featuring Melissa Ferrick, Eva Ayllon, Daniel Lanois, Wayne Shorter, and much more. Many of these artists will perform with Berklee students, faculty, or alumni, showcasing Berklee's own heavy-hitters alongside the best of contemporary folk, jazz, Latin, pop, and r&b. Berklee is pleased to welcome Borders ...
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette 25th Anniversary Concert at Boston Symphony Hall October 26
Absolutely Live Entertainment, LLC will present the 25th Anniversary Concert of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnnette on Sunday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m. at Boston Symphony Hall, located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue. Tickets at $75.00, $65.00, $55.00 and $35.00 are on sale now at bso.org or by calling 888-266-1200. Symphony Hall box office at 300 ...
Roy Haynes and The Fountain of Youth Band at Scullers, Boston
by Michael Epstein
Roy Haynes and The Fountain of Youth Band Scullers Boston, Massachussetts July 25, 2008 On Friday, July 25th Roy Haynes and The Fountain of Youth Band played to an enthusiastic crowed at Boston's own Scullers Jazz Club. It was hard to believe that Haynes, who recently won Down Beat's ...
First Sundays, First Edition Released at Ryles Jazz Club
There's a little something extra when you go to Ryles Jazz Club's Sunday brunch August 3rd. There'll be the usual fabulous food and friendly service. There will also be available for sale for the first time, live anywhere the new CD release of the band, Patricia Adams [vocals], Ray Santisi [music director and piano], Greg Loughman ...
Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina and Vida Vibrante Band Appearing at Ryles Jazz Club
Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina Chacin performs at Ryles Jazz Club with her Jazz Band Vida Vibrante on Tuesday July 29, 2008 This will be Carolina's second appearance at Ryle's Jazz Club with her band Vida Vibrante. Carolina is a dynamic, up and coming vocalist that has been taking the local mainstream latin Jazz scene by storm. ...
Bassist Greg Loughman Leads a New Trio with "Sinistral"
When journeyman bassist Greg Loughman decided to form his own trio and record a CD as a bandleader, it spawned a bit of an existential crisis. As a sideman, Loughman has garnered praise for his “deeply resonant soloing" (Paul Donnely, ejazz news), his “warm and woody tone" and “virtuosic playing in service to the fundamental groove" ...
