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Members Connection I: Enter Drawing To Win Free Tickets to Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival
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Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival is offering JazzBoston members 10 pairs of free tickets to the lawn area (value $88/pair) on each festival day, June 26 and 27.
If you're a JazzBoston member, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to enter a drawing to win a pair of free tickets to the festival, and please note which day you're interested in. You must be a JazzBoston member to be eligible to win.
This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 33rd annual, features more than 20 concerts on two stages. Among the performers: Al DiMeola, Ahmad Jamal (photo left), Taj Mahal, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Gladys Knight, Stefon Harris, Ramsey Lewis, Kirk Whalum and Gerald Albright, Rachel Z, Kendrick Scott, and Tomasz Stanko. The festival, held on the grounds of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, has an inside seating capacity of 5,200 and lawn seating of 20,000.
Click here for more information about the festival. To order tickets call (518)584-9330, ext. 135.
Click here to become a JazzBoston member now. Annual memberships begin as low as $20.
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Members Connection II: Enter Drawing To Win Free Tickets to CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival; Discounted Tickets Also Available
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The CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival is offering JazzBoston members two pairs of free tickets (value $138/pair) for Saturday, Aug. 7. The festival kicks off on Aug. 6 with Jamie Cullen and Grace Kelly at the International Tennis Hall of Fame and continues on Aug. 7 and 8 at Fort Adams State Park.
If you're a JazzBoston member, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to enter a drawing to win a pair of free tickets to the festival. You must be a JazzBoston member to be eligible to win. Click here to become a JazzBoston member now.
Tickets for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, produced by George Wein, are on sale now, and JazzBoston members are also invited to participate in a special discounted offer of $20 off the regular price for Adult Single Day General Admission Seating. Tickets are regularly $69, but will be $49 with this offer. This discount is available online only for a limited time with the special promo code JAZZBOS. There is a (4) four ticket limit per order. The offer expires July 5, 2010. Not valid on previously purchased tickets, at the gate, or after July 5, 2010.
Among the artists scheduled to perform on three stages during the festival: Chick Corea (photo left, above), Ahmad Jamal, Maria Schneider's Orchestra, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Fly, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Herbie Hancock, Dave Douglas, Jason Moran, Ken Vandermark, and Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
To see the full line-up and take advantage of the special $20 discount, visit www.newportjazzfest.net. Follow any one of the links to buy tickets online, select the day of the performance you wish to attend (Saturday or Sunday), and enter the special discount code JAZZBOS when prompted. Note: You must choose General Admission Adult tickets to get the discount. Not valid on reserved seats or for the Friday night event.
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Members Connection III: Enter Drawing To Win Free Tickets to Taylor Eigsti, George Coleman, Lucy Woodward, more
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Scullers is offering JazzBoston members five pairs of tickets to each of these shows: pianist Taylor Eigsti, June 23, 8 p.m; and saxophonists Noah Preminger, June 24, 8 p.m.; Paul "Shilts" Weimar, July 22, 8 p.m.; George Coleman, July 23, 10 p.m.
The Regattabar is offering JazzBoston members one pair of tickets to each of these shows: "Summertime Soul" with Dwight & Nicole, July 10, 7:30 p.m.; vocalist Lucy Woodward (photo left), July 15, 7:30 p.m.; guitarist Albert Cummings, Aug. 6, 7:30 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 Scullers, the Regattabar, The Beehive, Ryles, The Regent Theatre, the Amazing Things Art Center, Chianti Tuscan Restaurant & Jazz Lounge, The Redline, the Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center, the Vernissage Restaurant's "Jazz Thursdays at Vernissage," the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Thursday evening jazz series, "Jazz at the Gardner," and Boston Pops jazz concerts at Symphony Hall. 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.
The Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston offers JazzBoston members a 25% discount on a wide range of seminars, workshops and webinars geared to artists and arts organizations. To get information about a particular program or register online, email Sheri Mason, Director of Legal Services, and give her your membership number.
Click here to become a JazzBoston member now. Annual memberships begin as low as $20.
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| JazzBoston Partners with the Boston Public Library To Bring Jazz to the Courtyard Again This Summer |
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JazzBoston is once again teaming up with the Boston Public Library to present three not-to-be-missed jazz performances at the Main Library in Copley Square as part of this summer's Concerts in the Courtyard series. The performances all take place on Friday afternoons from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Library's beautiful courtyard, and they are all free.
The lineup for this summer's jointly presented concerts features saxophonist Marco Pignataro and his Jazzet on July 9 and reedman Elan Trotman and his band on July 30. The extraordinary ensemble of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, drummer Rakalam Bob Moses, and reedman Stan Strickland (r to l in the photo) closes the series on Aug. 27.
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Somerville kicks off the summer season in high style this weekend when Joe's Jazz and Blues Festival takes over Powderhouse Park with a free concert on Saturday, June 19, from noon to 8 p.m. The lineup includes the Somerville High School Jazz Ensemble, Professor Harp, Brendan Hogan & Band, the Evan Marien trio, the Ben Powell quartet, Eric Hofbauer and the Infrared Band, the Peter Parcek 3 and the Camelia Latin Jazz Sextet. The festival continues through June 27 with shows at Bloc 11, PJ Ryans, Precinct, Johnny D's, Sally O'Brien's and the Nave Gallery. Click here for details.
Berklee College of Music has a busy slate of free performances around town in its summer concert series, including alto saxophonist Hailey Niswanger at Kendall Square on June 24 at noon; vocalist Alicia Lemke at the Prudential Center on July 6 at noon; percussionist Paulo Stagnaro on the Harvard Longwood campus on July 7 at 12:30 p.m.; the gypsy jazz band the Chicken Thieves on Spectacle Island on July 11 at noon; pianist Enrico de Trizio at the Regattabar on July 12 at 5 p.m.; Son de Madre at O'Day Park in the South End on July 15 at 7 p.m.; and guitarist Italo Cunha on Spectacle Island on July 18 at noon. Click here for the full schedule of Berklee events.
"Jazz in July" will be happening all over the Downtown Crossing area, with performances during lunch and after work. Locations include Norman B. Leventhal Park in Post Office Square, Reader's Park outside Borders, Max & Dylans, Mantra, and spots outside Macy's, inside South Station, and on the Hyatt Terrace. Among the performers to look for: Code 51, July 7, Macy's; Yoko Miwa, July 7, Max & Dylans; John Funkhouser, July 20, South Station; and the McWilliams Dixieland Band, July 20 and 27, Norman B. Leventhal Park. View the full schedule.
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| Thanks to Our Jazz Week Sponsors |
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JazzBoston would like to thank its distinguished roster of Jazz Week '10 sponsors, beginning with New England Conservatory, which was Jazz Week's Primary Sponsor once again this year. NEC's participation in Jazz Week '10 capped the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the school's Jazz Studies Program during the 2009 - 2010 academic year. Other Jazz Week Sponsors included Scullers Jazz Club, Lead Sponsor for the fourth consecutive year, and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Live Nation, Berklee College of Music, and John Hancock, all Major Sponsors. The Phoenix Media/Communications Group was the official print media sponsor of Jazz Week '10; WGBH 89.7, the official radio sponsor; and JazzTimes, the official jazz magazine of Jazz Week.
We also want to thank these Friends of Jazz for their generous support of Jazz Week '10: Boston Center for Community and Justice; Boston Musicians Association; Pat Braxton; Dayla Arabella Communications & Event Consulting; Toddi Norum and Go the Distance! Sports, Fundraising and Event Management; Oscar Malcolm and Sandra Stratford; Shelley Neill and The Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center; Jeff Turton and JT Media: Audio and Event Services for New England; and Stephen Hartin and Video Security Experts.
Click here for more information about Jazz Week '10 sponsors and partners.
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