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Congratulations to Jazz Drummer Roy Haynes on Winning Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Roy Haynes, who grew up in Roxbury and learned his music there, for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Boston Herald jazz writer Bob Young noted, “Roxbury-born Roy Haynes has kept some pretty good company in his nearly seven decades in the music business. Charlie Parker, ...
Don't Worry, Be Happy: Bobby McFerrin is Performing at Berklee in Boston on February 24
Ten-time Grammy Award winnder Bobby McFerrin, considered one of the most gifted improvisational jazz vocalists of all time, is presenting Sing Song at the Berklee Performance Center on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 8:15 p.m. For this concert, McFerrin performs an improvisational program with Berklee student vocalists in the 24-member Singing Tribe Ensemble, conducted by associate ...
Samantha Farrell Performing at Bond Restaurant and Lounge on Wednesday, February 23 in Boston
Samantha Farrell is performing at the new jazz series at BOND Restaurant and Lounge at the Boston Langham Hotel on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. “She possesses a liquor-honey voice, deft guitar work and slightly melancholic tones that meld to form an aching and elegant aural tapestry," wrote Ben Evans about Farrell ...
Jazz Bassist Buster Williams Performing at Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on Tuesday, February 22
Legendary jazz bassist Buster Williams performs with his quartet at Irish Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Tickets are $17.50 in advance and $20.00 at the door, and can be ordered online. A veteran of jazz for his whole life, Williams has played with McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, ...
Black History Month: Tribute to Lena Horne at Berklee Performance Center in Boston on February 22, Featuring Jo Thompson
Jazz musicians, dancers and professors —led by vocalist Jo Thompson—are gathering in Boston for a tribute to Lena Horne—a trailblazer in music,dance, film, human and civil rights. The event takes place on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at the Berklee Performing Center, located at 136 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston's Back Bay. For directions click here. General admission ...
James Montgomery Performing at Back Page, a New Jazz Club in Lowell, on February 18
Blues legend James Montgomery and his band officially open the new Back Page Jazz & Comedy Club in Lowell, Massachusetts on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $15 at the door, first come, first served. Considered one of the most dynamic blues performers today, Montgomery learned from the masters in his native Detroit—James ...
Bond Restaurant at Boston's Langham Hotel Launches a Wednesday Night Jazz Series Starting February 16
Silvina Moreno A cool new place to hear live jazz in Boston is starting up on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 when BOND Restaurant & Lounge kicks off The BOND Jazz Experiment with Argentinean Silvina Moreno, a singer and songwriter specializing in Tango. BOND Jazz Experiment, which runs from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. each Wednesday, highlights emerging ...
Berklee's Esperanza Spalding Wins Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Jazz singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding won the Best New Artist of the Year award at this year's 53rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Spalding is an inventive composer and performer whose latest recording, Chamber Music Society, is influenced by classical, jazz, folk and world music. The ...
Jazz Jam at the Island Merchant in Hyannis with Bart Weisman on February 20
A live jazz jam hosted by drummer Bart Weisman takes place on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at The Island Merchant at 302 Main Street in Hyannis, Cape Cod. The music goes from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and there is no cover charge. Weisman, a well known jazz musician on Cape Cod, started the annual Provincetown Jazz ...
