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Ron Carter and Berklee World Strings Orchestra Perform in Boston on October 14
Legendary bassist Ron Carter and the Berklee World String Orchestra are joining forces to perform the music of Oscar Pettiford on Thursday, October 14, 2010, at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. The concert starts at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 and can be ordered online. Carter is one of the most widely recorded ...
Aaron Goldberg Trio Performing at the Regattabar in Cambridge on Friday, October 8
Jazz pianist and composer Aaron Goldberg and his Trio are performing two shows at the Regattabar on Friday, October 8, 2010, at 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $22 and can be ordered online or at the club. The Trio, which includes Goldberg, bassist Omer Avital and drummer Eric Harland, is celebrating the release of its ...
Hayes and Cahill Performing at Berklee in Boston on Saturday, October 9
County Clare fiddler Martin Hayes and Chicago guitarist Dennis Cahill are performing two concerts at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. The concerts take place at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay. Tickets are $30 and can be ordered ...
Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Runs October 8-21 in Western Massachusetts
The 6th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival takes place from October 8-21, 2010 in restaurants, clubs, and concert venues around the city of Pittsfield in western Massachusetts. This year's featured performers include baritone saxophone virtuoso Claire Daly; up-and-coming vibraphonist Joe Baione; a return of the American Jazz Repertory Orchestra and the Berkshires Youth Jazz Ensemble. For a ...
African Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke Performs at UMass/Amherst on October 7
Lionel Loueke, one of the most innovative new guitarists on the jazz scene today, is performing with his Trio at Bower Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Born in Benin, West Africa, Loueke was named Up and Coming Jazz Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists ...
Esperanza Spalding Performs at Sanders Theater in Harvard Square on October 2, 2010
Jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding is performing at Sanders Theater in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. 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 concert is ...
Vocalists Donna McElroy and Amanda Carr Headline Melrose Jazzfest This Sunday, October 3
The annual Melrose Jazzfest takes place this Sunday, October 3, 2010 at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts. Tickets to the festival are $15 for adults and $7 for children and seniors, and are available online or by calling 617 957-1697. The all-day event kicks off at 2:00 p.m. with Jazz4Kids, featuring percussionist ...
Wally's Stepchildren and Boston Horns Perform in Salem on Saturday, October 2
The 4th annual fundraiser to benefit the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival takes place this Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. to Midnight at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Washington Square, Salem. Headlining this year's event are two great bands: Wally's Stepchildren, the legendary house band from Wally's Jazz Cafe in Boston's South End, ...
Jazz Pianist and Composer Jason Moran Winner of 2010 Macarthur Fellowship
(Boston)—Jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran has been named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow, it was announced today. The unrestricted fellowship encourages “people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual and professional inclinations," according to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Moran is one of 23 recipients of this year's so-called genius award, ...
Tiger Okoshi Leads Benefit Concert for Boston Higashi Jazz Band on October 3 at Thayer Academy
Japanese trumpet player Tiger Okoshi is conducting a benefit concert for the Boston Higashi School jazz band on Sunday, October 3, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Center for the Arts, Thayer Academy in Braintree. Okoshi is being joined by Ryu Goto, Soichi Muraji, Pei-Shan Lee and Joinatsuru Yanai. For more details on these accomplished ...
