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JazzBoston Online Store Opens - With Holiday Discounts
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Just in time for your holiday shopping, the new JazzBoston online store is throwing open its virtual doors at www.jazzboston.org with discounts of 20% on all merchandise. You'll find t-shirts, hats, and tote bags with low holiday prices ranging from $12 to $16. Among the changing cast of models is Wayne Wyles (photo left), sporting his adult-sized JazzBoston hat. You'll look good whether you're treating yourself or jazzing up someone else's holiday ... and your purchases will help us support Boston's jazz scene. Check out the sale at http://www.jazzboston.org/about/store.asp.
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| Members Connection: Join or Renew by Dec. 31 To Win Bose Wave Music System; Free Tix to Hiromi's Sonicbloom on New Year's Eve, Marta Gomez at Jazz Club |
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Did you join JazzBoston before December 1, 2007? Would you like to become a JazzBoston member or give a membership as a gift to a music lover you know? If you renew or join by Dec. 31, you will be eligible to win a Bose Wave Music System ($500 value), donated by Bose Corporation. The acclaimed Wave Music System, with CD player and AM/FM radio, is considered by many the standard for quality audio and ease of use among one-piece, table top radios and bookshelf stereos. This is a one-time offer, so act now to be entered in the membership lottery. The winner will be announced Jan. 2.
JazzBoston members are eligible for two special offers in December. Berklee College of Music is providing a pair of seats in the VIP seating area for the New Year's Eve performance of pianist Hiromi's Sonicbloom (photo left, above) and their high octane jazz pop fusion at Berklee Performance Center. The 8 p.m. concert, a highlight of Boston's First Night celebration, will be heard live on NPR's "Toast of the Nation" program. Included with the Hiromi's Sonicbloom tickets are a pair of First Night buttons (value $18 each). The seats will go to to the first JazzBoston member who writes to newsletter@jazzboston.org.
The Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center is offering JazzBoston members two free tickets to Colombian-born vocalist Marta Gomez's Dec. 12, 9:30 p.m. show. Write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to win these tickets.
JazzBoston members also receive discounts at the Regattabar, Scullers, The Beehive, Ryles, The Redline Restaurant, the Vernissage Restaurant's "JazzThursdays at Vernissage," Restaurant Laura's "Thursday Night Jazz To Dine By", and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Thursday evening jazz series, "Jazz at the Gardner." For discounts at all these venues, just show your JazzBoston card at the door, or when calling for reservations, give your name and member number.
Current JazzBoston members please note: check the expiration date on your membership card and sign up to renew. Click here to renew now.
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| Radio Waves: Turton's WFNX-FM "Jazz Brunch" Turns 25 |
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Jeff Turton, host of "Jazz Brunch" on WFNX-FM (101.7), this year celebrates 25 years programming one of the most eclectic jazz shows on radio. The show, which airs on Sundays from 6 a.m. to noon, offers a variety of jazz styles, plus a funky mix of world music sounds from Africa to Latin America. Playlists of past shows are accessible online. Read Clea Simon's interview with Turton in last week's Boston Globe.
WGBH-FM (89.7) has several special programs planned for December, including host Steve Schwartz's "Jazz from Studio Four" show on the Gershwin brothers on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m., host Eric Jackson's interviews on "Eric in the Evening" with drummer Brooke Sofferman on Dec. 4 at 9 p.m., and pianists Laszlo Gardony and Armen Donelian on Dec. 14 at 9 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 12, at 9 p.m. Schwartz will host a live performance with pianist Steve Kuhn from WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio.
Listen for the Christmas Day "Whiteman Special" on WHRB-FM (95.3) Dec. 25 at noon, which will showcase Paul Whiteman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert featuring Artie Shaw, Louis Armstrong, and others.
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Pianist/composer Steve Kuhn (photo left) takes part in a conversation with Harvard Jazz Bands director Tom Everett on Friday, Dec. 12, at 4 p.m. at Harvard's New College Theater Rehearsal Studio, 10-12 Holyoke St., Cambridge. The event is free and open to the public. Kuhn performs with the Harvard Jazz Bands on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. at Harvard's Lowell Lecture Hall. Call (617)495-8676 for information.
The colleges offer a number of free concerts this month, including the Tufts Jazz Orchestra at Tufts Goddard Chapel, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m.; the Brandeis University Jazz Ensemble at Brandeis's Slosberg Recital Hall on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m.; the Berklee String Orchestra with guest soloist Eugene Friesen on Dec. 15 at 8:15 p.m. at Berklee Performance Center; and the Ken Schaphorst-directed New England Conservatory Youth Jazz Orchestra at NEC's Brown Hall on Dec. 18 at 8 p.m.
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| Make a Year-End Tax-Deductible Contribution to JazzBoston |
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JazzBoston's efforts to support, promote, and grow the jazz scene throughout the Greater Boston area produced substantial results during the past year - from the much increased participation in Jazz Week '08 to the introduction of "Riffs & Raps," an innovative community-based after-school jazz program for at-risk youth, and the enhanced services for fans and musicians provided free by the JazzBoston website. Please help us support Boston's jazz community by making a contribution to our all-volunteer organization before Dec. 31. JazzBoston is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, and your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
To make your tax-deductible contribution, send a check to JazzBoston Inc., 393 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02115. You can also contribute online. Thank you!
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| Write Us, Join Us, Please Pass This On... |
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Please tell us what you think of this e-newsletter and what kinds of information you'd like to see included in future issues. Email us at newsletter@jazzboston.org. If you'd like to know more about JazzBoston and consider becoming a member, go to www.jazzboston.org. And pass this e-newsletter along to all the jazz fans and music lovers you know!
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