March 2010

Jazz Week '10: A Celebration of Boston's Place on the World Stage


JazzBoston Presents Free Jazz Week '10 Programs at the Boston Public Library

Jazz Week '10 Also Features...


Help Make Jazz Week a Big Success! Volunteer Now!

Members Connection I: Write to Enter a Drawing for Free Tix to Dave Holland, Shelley Neill, the Yellowjackets, Oleta Adams, More
Members Connection II: Write to Win Free Tix to Lyric Stage Company of Boston's "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Musicians: Apply by Mar. 30 to Be Part of Joe's Jazz and Blues Festival
Thanks to Our Jazz Week Sponsors
Write Us, Join Us, Please Pass This On...

Jazz Week '10: A Celebration of Boston's Place on the World Stage


Riffing on the theme "Made in Boston, Played in Boston," Jazz Week '10 will celebrate the special role the Boston jazz scene plays as incubator and stage for some of the most creative musicians in the world. From Apr. 23 to May 2, more than 230 events at over 80 venues, many of them inspired by this year's theme, will offer a look to the music's future and a nod to its past with performances by artists of every generation and style.

For the full schedule of events, updated daily, click on JazzBoston's special Jazz Week '10 calendar.

Among the highlights, many of which are free or low cost and produced specifically for Jazz Week:

  • "Free Friday" (Apr. 23), featuring daytime concerts by NEC student ensembles in public spaces around the city and an evening concert at Jordan Hall with the NEC Jazz Orchestra and special guest Ran Blake.
  • Concert tributes to Boston jazz legends Charlie Banacos (May 1) and Lennie Sogoloff of Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike fame (May 2)
  • "Jazz On Film at the Regent," five not-to-be-missed documentaries of jazz greats and great performances at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, including films about Miles Davis and rarely seen videos from the private collection of jazz historian Hal Miller (Apr. 30)
  • Jazz tap at the Institute for Contemporary Art (Apr. 30-May 2); Church of Our Savior, Brookline (Apr. 30); Wayland High School (April 30); and the Gallery at the Piano Factory (May 2).

JazzBoston Presents Free Jazz Week '10 Programs at the Boston Public Library

"Jazz Week @ the Boston Public Library," presented by JazzBoston, returns for the 4th year to the Main Library in Copley Square with seven days and nights of free seminars and performances for all ages, presented by JazzBoston.

The programs include:

  • "Riffs & Raps - Jazzin' the Generations" (Apr. 25), for seniors and their juniors, music to move mind and body performed by master teachers/performers Arni Cheatham and Bill Lowe
  • "Band in Boston: New Directions" (Apr. 26), with Russ Gershon (Either/Orchestra), Darrell Katz (Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra), John Kordalewski (Makanda Project), and Mark Harvey (Aardvark Jazz Orchestra)
  • The exclusive U.S. preview of "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" (Apr. 27), starring Boston-based trumpeter Jason Palmer (photo above), who will introduce the film
  • "Band in Boston: Traditions & Continuities" (Apr. 28), with Amanda Carr, vocalist and founder of the American Big Band Preservation Society, and others
  • "Ellington, Boston & Beyond" (Apr. 29), a celebration of the Duke on his 111th birthday, with composer and jazz historian Gunther Schuller and Boston jazz historian Richard Vacca
  • "Riffs & Raps - Jazz for the Very Young" (April 30), an introduction to the sounds and fun of jazz, with Cheatham and Lowe
  • "A Tribute to Charlie Banacos" (May 1), featuring remembrances and performances by the teacher/pianist's former students Bruce Gertz, Bill Pierce, George Garzone, Rebecca Cline, and others.

Jazz Week '10 Also Features...


..."Jazz Week in East Boston" including performances at Zumix Sumner Street Firehouse and 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange.
..."Jazz @ Your Neighborhood Library," including concerts by Gifrants (Apr. 24), and the Makanda Project with Oliver Lake (photo left) (May 1).

..."Jazz in the Galleries," live performances at art galleries and studios in Somerville, Lower Roxbury, Dorchester, and Brookline, including the Leonard/Raberg/Tronzo Trio at the GASP Gallery (May 1).

..."Chefs Jam for Jazz Week," with specially priced menus and jazz-inspired dishes at some of Greater Boston's most popular restaurants.

..."Jazz Week @ Fenway Park," where vocalist and New England Conservatory faculty member Dominique Eade performs the national anthem before the Apr. 23 Sox-Orioles game.
Help Make Jazz Week a Big Success! Volunteer Now!

If you want to help grow the Greater Boston jazz scene and have some fun doing it, JazzBoston has a number of volunteer opportunities that will put you right in the middle of the action. For Jazz Week '10, April 23 - May 2, we need volunteers to help out at several events. We also need help distributing Jazz Week brochures and posters to venues and other locations where jazz fans hang out. Beyond Jazz Week, we always need volunteers for tabling at jazz events in various venues and assisting with programs and development activities. We'd love to have you join us. Write to dcarlson@jazzboston.org. And please pass this along to other jazz fans you know.
Members Connection I: Write to Enter a Drawing for Free Tix to Dave Holland, Shelley Neill, the Yellowjackets, Oleta Adams, More
The Regattabar is offering JazzBoston members one pair of free tickets to each of these three upcoming shows: Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Mar. 31 at 7:30 p.m.; Oleta Adams, Apr. 8 at 10 p.m.; and the Dave Holland Quintet, Apr. 16 at 10 p.m.

The Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center is offering two free tickets to hear vocalist Shelley Neill (photo left) with Laszlo Gardony, Yoron Israel, and Ron Mahdi at the CD release party for Neill's new album, "Irish Eyes Gypsy Soul," on Apr. 2 at 8 p.m.

Scullers is offering JazzBoston members five pairs of tickets to each of the following shows: the Sean Lyons Quintet, Mar. 31, 8 p.m.; the Yellowjackets, Apr. 2, 8 p.m.; the Berklee Artist Series with Donna McElroy, Apr. 6, 8 p.m.; the John Jorgenson Quintet, Apr. 8, 10 p.m.; and Christopher Cross, Apr. 16, 10 p.m.

If you're a JazzBoston member, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to enter a drawing to win free tickets to any of the events listed above, and please note which shows and dates you're interested in. You must be a JazzBoston member to be eligible to win.

JazzBoston members also receive discounts at the Regattabar, Scullers, The Beehive, Ryles, the Regent Theatre, the Amazing Things Art Center, Chianti Tuscan Restaurant & Jazz Lounge, The Redline, The Stork Club, the Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center, the Vernissage Restaurant's "Jazz Thursdays at Vernissage," 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.

Click here to become a JazzBoston member now.

Members Connection II: Write to Win Free Tix to Lyric Stage Company of Boston's "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is offering JazzBoston members five pairs of free tickets (value $100/per pair) to the Off-Broadway hit musical "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," the story of Billie Holiday featuring Jacqui Parker (photo left) as the legendary singer. The tickets can be used for any performance from Mar. 31 to April 18. The musical runs through Apr. 24 at the Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., in Copley Square. In addition, JazzBoston members will receive a discount of $10 off each ticket when they mention JazzBoston when purchasing tickets. Click here for more information about "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill."

If you're a JazzBoston member, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to enter a drawing to win free tickets to the "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" performances offered, and please note which dates you're interested in. You must be a JazzBoston member to be eligible to win.

Musicians: Apply by Mar. 30 to Be Part of Joe's Jazz and Blues Festival
The Somerville Arts Council is putting together the second annual Joe's Jazz and Blues Festival and seeking musicians to participate in its kickoff concert on Saturday, June 19, at Powderhouse Park, Somerville. The festival runs from June 19 to 27. Applications are due Mar. 30. Click here for details.
Thanks to Our Jazz Week Sponsors
The New England Conservatory of Music is Jazz Week's Primary Sponsor once again this year. NEC's participation in Jazz Week '10 caps the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the school's Jazz Studies Program during the 2009 - 2010 academic year. Other Jazz Week Sponsors include Scullers Jazz Club, Lead Sponsor for the fourth consecutive year, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Live Nation, Berklee College of Music, and John Hancock, all Major Sponsors. The Phoenix Media/Communications Group is the official print media sponsor of Jazz Week '10, WGBH 89.7 is the official radio sponsor, and JazzTimes is the official jazz magazine of Jazz Week.
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