(TROY, N.Y.) – Hudson Valley jazz percussion icon Tani Tabbal appears with his trio, featuring Michael Bisio on bass and Adam Seigel on sax, in an adventurous program of modern jazz at the Sanctuary for Independent Media on Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 7pm. Tabbal has recorded, performed and toured with a wide range of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The phenomenal 12-year-old Bali-born jazz pianist Joey Alexander brings his trio to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, August 16, at 8pm. Alexander’s virtuosity has garnered the attention and support of Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis, among others. His Helsinki show comes just weeks after his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival and…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Jazz legend Don Byron will perform a tribute to R&B legend Junior Walker – best known for hits like “(I’m a) Roadrunner” and “Shotgun” – and more with an all-star band of rock and jazz talent at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, August 6, at 8pm. Joining Byron will be musicians who…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The night after the newly formed Charlie Hunter Trio debuts its new album, “Let the Bells Ring On,” at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan, Hunter brings his new lineup and music to Club Helsinki Hudson, the new home base for the trio’s drummer, music visionary Bobby Previte, on Thursday, June 11, at 8pm,…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The Aaron Diehl Trio, featuring Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, will perform a centenary tribute to jazz legend Billie Holiday in the Fisher Center at Bard College on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 8pm, in the acoustically superb Sosnoff Theater. The event is a co-presentation of the Catskill Jazz Factory. Known…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Sex Mob, trumpeter Steven Bernstein’s wild and wooly avant-jazz party band, performs its brand-new original score to a live screening of “Maciste in Hell,” a seminal film of the Italian silent era, in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at 8pm. The movie stars Bartolomeo Pagano as…
(GHENT, N.Y.) – Jewish world-beat jazz quartet Sha’ar performs a Candlelight Concert at ?Omi International Arts Center on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at 6:30pm. ?The quartet features acclaimed musician (and 2007 Music Omi alumni) drummer/percussionist David Freeman, along with guitarist Oren Neiman, Iván Barenboim on clarinet and bass clarinet, and bassist Doug Drewes. Sha’ar is…
(PHILADELPHIA, Pa.) – Composer Bobby Previte, a part-time resident of Hudson, N.Y., has been award the prestigious Greenfield Prize for 2015. The annual award includes a $30,000 cash prize as a commission for a new work of art to be realized within two years. In addition, the winner is given residency time at the invitation-only…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Musicians who teach jazz at Williams College will offer a Jazz Faculty Concert, featuring all original compositions, in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Thursday, February 19, at 8pm. The concert is free and open to the public. The ensemble includes jazz director Kris Allen, saxophonist Mike Kolodny, trombonist…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – New York City-based pianist Bill Mays will offer a program called “Ten Decades of Jazz Piano” as part of the Pittsfield 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 8pm, at Baba Louie’s Backroom. The program, a presentation of Berkshires Jazz, takes familiar works by 10 different composers – one…
