(LENOX, Mass.) – “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue,” an evening of music and food at The Mount – the historic home of writer Edith Wharton – takes place on Thursday, July 11, 2013, from 5 to 8pm, in conjunction with Lift Ev’ry Voice, the biennial festival celebrating African-American culture and heritage in the Berkshires. The evening…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Lake Street Dive brings its unique fusion of jazz, classical, pop, swing and soul to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, July 6, at 9pm. Lake Street Dive is a unique quartet with an approach like no other group you’ve ever heard. Four jazz- and classical-trained musicians who met at Boston’s New England…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Acclaimed singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter and Marc Cohn will share the Mahaiwe stage for a double-bill concert on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at 8pm, and husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey will share the stage with Pizzarelli’s guitar-playing father, Bucky Pizzarelli, on Saturday, December 28, 2013, at 8pm. Mary Chapin…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas will perform a duo concert to benefit the Hudson Jazzworks Scholarship Fund at Hudson Jazzworks Studio (338 Kipp Road, Hudson) on Sunday, April 21, 2013, at 3pm. Now in its seventh season, the world-class Hudson Jazz Workshop offers a supportive context where musicians may focus…
BRAD MEHLDAUD and CHRIS THILE MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Saturday, April 13, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – There was one perfect moment in the unusual duo concert featuring pianist Brad Mehldau and mandolinist-singer Chris Thile at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday night. It occurred right at the beginning of…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Two of the greatest innovators in contemporary American music – jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and bluegrass mandolinist and vocalist Chris Thile – have joined forces to create an inexplicable fusion of composed and improvised music. The two bring their duo tour, promising an evening of classical transcriptions, pop covers, and original…
(LENOX, Mass.) – The Terence Blanchard Group, featuring New Orleans’ jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, joins the 2013 Tanglewood season line-up with a performance in Ozawa Hall on Friday, June 28, 2013, at 8 p.m. Tanglewood no longer hosts a Labor Day weekend jazz festival; instead it intersperses jazz programs throughout the summer. Blanchard…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – “Jazz Appreciation Month” will be marked by Berkshires Jazz with CD release concerts by baritone saxophonist Claire Daly and Jeff Holmes, along with several other jazz-related events, including concerts, workshops, open rehearsals, and a jazz-themed Student Art Contest. The two CD release concerts are on consecutive Fridays: on March 29, 2013, baritone…
CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON Martin Sexton Friday, February 1, 2013 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Talk about your one-man band! As Martin Sexton demonstrated in his first set at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday night, sometimes less is more – as in, one musician who can do it all. No matter how…
(HUDSON, N.Y. and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Trombonist-vocalist Emily Asher brings her traditional-style jazz outfit, Garden Party, to the region this weekend for two shows – Friday, January 11, 2013, at Club Helsinki Hudson, for a dance party from 9pm to 11pm, preceded by two dance workshops; and Saturday, January 12, at Castle Street Cafe…
