Saturday, March 12, 2016 8 pm “Fred Hersch is singular among the trailblazers of their art, a largely unsung innovator of this borderless, individualistic jazz – a jazz for the 21st century.”- The New York Times Multi- Grammy nominated pianist Hersch, with over 40 recordings under his own name, Hersch …
New York, November 30, 2015. Paul Williams, President of The ASCAP Foundation, and George Wein, Founder & Chairman of the Newport Jazz Festival, announced a new joint effort to benefit emerging jazz talent. The Festival, one of the world’s leading venues for jazz, has agreed to feature a performance by one of …
Jazz, naturally, has a rich and varied history but it could be argued that it misplaced a little something on its way to becoming a Respected Art Form. Not to imply that jazz shouldn’t be taken seriously, but there is such a thing as taking a thing too seriously. Louis …
Students ages 14 — 18 are invited to spend a week in the city eating and breathing jazz with some of the best musicians in the country and make friendships that will last a lifetime at New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab. It’s a one-week intensive program for students from throughout …
Fundraising for Victor Bailey, World Renown Bassist, Artist, Producer, who is dealing with Charcott Marie Tooth disease. This online fundraiser is set up to assist Victor the exorbitant medical costs associated with this incurable disease. From Victor…. To everyone who has been wondering why you haven’t seen or heard from me, …
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (Mark Harvey music director) will celebrate its 43d Annual Christmas Concert December 12, 2015, at 7:30 pm at Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street Boston. Admission $20 at the door. Proceeds to benefit Community Works. For information: 617 776 8778 or 617 452 3205 or http://www.aardvarkjazz.com The …
December 4, 2015 – 8 pm The Vermont Jazz Center’s 18 piece big band with vibraphonist Rich Greenblatt play the high-energy swinging arrangements of Terry Gibbs’ legendary Dream Band. Special guests Jill Connolly and Mark Anagnostpolus on vocals for this annual VJC Scholarship fundraiser concert. Tickets $25-40 sliding scale, $35-50 …
Legendary saxophonist Charles Neville, with local favorites Peter J. Newland and RadioXile, will perform a show of R&B, funk, jazz, blues and bebop at the Ashfield Community Hall, 521 Main Street, Ashfield, MA 01330 on Sunday November 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Joining the band as special guest will be …
Fred Hersch is sixty. Like other performers who remain inventive and artistically restless throughout their careers, Hersch has proven the irrelevancy of age. As have many of the musicians Hersch knew, including Jaki Byard or Stan Getz or Toots Thielemans. It’s a measure only of the years spent on earth. …
The much-anticipated new self-titled album from St Germain (Ludovic Navarre), which comes 15 years after the commercially and critically successful Tourist, has been met with acclaim, with NPR declaring Navarre “remains a sly master of the textural mix,” The Independent on Sunday (UK) praising the album’s “tasteful blend of dexterous musicianship and smooth syncopated beats,” and the Wall Street …
