(HUDSON, N.Y.) — Brooklyn-based jazz pianist David Caldwell-Mason will bring his trio to Hudson Opera House on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at 8pm, for a program of jazz standards, Bulgarian folk music, and original compositions. Joining him will be two Chilean jazz phenoms – bassist Pablo Menares and drummer Felix Lecaros. After a decade on…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The Brubeck Brothers Quartet, featuring Chris and Dan Brubeck, will perform a tribute to their father, the late jazz legend Dave Brubeck, at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at 8pm, as part of the 2013 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, kicking off Friday, October 11, 2013, and running through Sunday, October…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Bobby Previte’s Voodoo Orchestra North made its debut on Monday night at Club Helsinki Hudson with a scintillating musical journey based on Miles Davis’s landmark jazz-funk recording “Bitches Brew.” The group is due back at Helsinki next Monday night, August 26, 2013, and hopefully this series will become a regular gig, bringing…
(SALISBURY, Conn.) – “Earth jazz” pioneer Paul Winter headlines a benefit concert, taking place in the converted boathouse of Salisbury resident Anne MacDonald, for the Great Barrington-based environmental magazine Orion, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. The intimate event will include drinks and hors d’oeuvres catered by Old Inn on the Green. Winter will play some…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The streets, alleys, parks, galleries, nightclubs and restaurants of Hudson will be pouring forth with music this weekend when the third annual Hudson Music Festival, featuring free performances throughout the city, takes place from Friday, August 9, through Sunday, August 11, 2013. The festival will showcase artists from around the region and…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Legendary jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan headlines the Hudson Jazzworks’ 7th annual Hudson Jazz Workshop Performance featuring Armen Donelian, Marc Mommaas, and participants in the workshop, on Sunday, August 11, 2013, at 3:30pm, at the Hudson Opera House. There will also be a free “Meet the Artists” symposium before the performance. Special guest artist/clinician…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte – a recent transplant to Hudson – and featuring many great upstate New York musicians, will kick off a regular series of performances devoted to exploring the music of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew,” at…
(LEE, Mass.) – Freddie Bryant & Kaleidoscope and the Greg Caputo Big Band with special guest Phil Woods headline the weekend-long Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, in downtown Lee, from Friday, July 25, through Sunday, July 28, 2013. The festival, which includes jazz films, a jazz brunch, an art exhibit, and performances by local jazz musicians,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Jazz greats Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso will lead the Omi Improvisers Orchestra, featuring a baker’s dozen musicians from around the globe, in a unique concert of “guerrilla jazz” at Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, July 21, at 8pm. Ensemble members hail from South Korea, Sweden, Russia, China and Italy, and are…
BRIAN BROOKS MOVING COMPANY at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – The dynamic contemporary dance ensemble Brian Brooks Moving Company presents a daring program featuring larger-than-life stage design, bold costuming, and full-out movement in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance from Wednesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 14, 2013. Led by choreographer and…
