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Feb 22 2018

CRASHfest 2018: Music Knows No Borders

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On Saturday, Feb. 24, CRASHfest takes over the entire House of Blues for the third year with it’s eclectic indoor music festival featuring Rubblebucket, Vieux Farka Touré, Mokoomba, Zeshan B, Flor de Toloache, and more. See the full lineup here.Over 10 high energy bands of musicians and dancers from Brazil to Zimbabwe will spread across three performance spaces, including a [...]

Feb 5 2018

Berklee High School Jazz Festival celebrates its 50th

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Photo credit: Berklee College of Music 50th Berklee High School Jazz Festival to Honor Ellis Marsalis, Students on February 10 This free event is the largest high school jazz competition in the nation Berklee College of Music will present the 50th annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival, the country’s largest high school jazz [...]

Feb 5 2018

February 2018 No cost Jazz

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February 2018  no-cost jazz Clockwise: Students perform at Berklee's High School Jazz Festival, Dave Holland, Family and Children's Concert Series, Bob Brookmeyer. 50th Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival - A free day of jazz at Hynes Convention Center this Saturday, February 10. The Berklee High School Jazz Festival will celebrate [...]

Jan 15 2018

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the importance of jazz

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the importance of jazz Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival: God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create—and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope [...]

Nov 21 2017

November 2017 Newsletter

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Table of contents: Support JazzBoston on Giving Tuesday! | Boston Voyager Magazine interviews JazzBoston President Pauline Bilsky | Members' Connection: Win free tickets | No-cost jazz

Nov 20 2017

Boston Voyager Magazine interviews JazzBoston President Pauline Bilsky

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Boston Voyager asked for a “fun” personal photo. Shown here: Pauline Bilsky, left, with Elynor Walcott, matriarch of the family that owns and manages Boston’s most historic jazz venue, Wally’s Jazz Café. (Jean Hangarter photo) Today we’d like to introduce you to Pauline Bilsky. Pauline, please share your story with us. How did you [...]

Oct 11 2017

October 2017 Newsletter

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Table of contents: Blowing in the Wind with JazzBoston at Beantown | Mandorla Music expands with Dot Jazz Series | Members' Connection: Win free tickets | Discover Jazz III: Learn at your library, local clubs, jazz festivals, on the radio | No-cost jazz Mandorla Music expands with Dot Jazz Series Members' Connection: Win free tickets [...]