(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Pianist Armen Donelian will showcase his unique solo piano arrangements of selected songs of the 18th-century Armenian composer Sayat-Nova in advance of an upcoming CD release weaving Armenian, classical and jazz elements live in concert in The Songs of Sayat-Nova at the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at 8pm.…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – If anyone knows how to get a crowd up and dancing through the change of the calendar, it’s Glen David Andrews, a true prince of New Orleans, whose hard-rocking style of New Orleans jazz, funk, gospel, and party music will ring out the old and ring in the new at Club Helsinki…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – From the opening bars of “Assessing the Assessors,” the first track on Not Getting Behind Is The New Getting Ahead, it’s clear that renowned guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Scott Amendola have gone someplace new and different. The duo, which performs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, October 19, 2012, at 9pm,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – A night of original jazz compositions featuring composer-musicians who ordinarily play top jazz clubs and concert stages around the world takes place on Saturday, October 13, at 8pm, in the Celestial Bar at Castle Street Cafe, when Larry Chernicoff’s Beauty and the Beat Band performs, featuring a reunion of the Tokarz…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Vocalist Giacomo Gates, flutist Ali Ryerson, and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill headline the 8th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, taking place Thursday, October 4, 2012 through Saturday, October 13, 2012, at assorted locations in downtown Pittsfield. The music spans the spectrum of jazz, and includes performances by the New England Jazz Ensemble and the…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Bassist-composer Avery Sharpe leads his jazz sextet in his program, “Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I A Woman,” celebrating the life and work of African American abolitionist and woman’s rights activist, at Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College Campus on Friday, September 28, 2012, at 8 p.m. Sharpe released a recording by that…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – DownBeat award-winning baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan performs an intimate gig in the backroom at Baba Louie’s Sourdough Pizza on Friday, August 3, 2012, at 8 p.m., part of the Berkshires Jazz series attached to Pittsfield’s monthly First Fridays Artswalks. Smulyan will be accompanied by pianist Noah Baerman and the Berkshires Jazz Duo,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The so-called Great American Songbook will be the script from which Broadway musical star Barbara Cook and jazz singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli will read when they join forces for an exclusive duet concert at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 4, 2012, at 8 p.m. Cook’s silvery soprano, purity of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) –A full lineup of music at Club Helsinki kicks off tonight with innovative jazz-roots bassist Victor Wooten, best known for his experimental work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, followed by a tribute to the late drummer and vocalist of The Band, Levon Helm, featuring top regional performers, on Thursday, June 7. On…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Jazz and world-music innovator Paul Winter has chosen to mark the 50th anniversary of his first band, the Paul Winter Sextet, with two reunion concerts at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on June 6 and 7, 2012, at 7:30pm. The band will include four of the original Sextet members – pianist…
