(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – On Saturday, June 2, 2012, Great Barrington native Galen Clark returns home with his Portland, Oregon-based electronic jazz group, Trio Subtonic, to Castle Street Café, as part of an East coast tour celebrating the release of their third recording, I’ll Meet You There Tomorrow. Trio Subtonic evolved from a long-time collaboration…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Emily King, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter whose soulful mix of blues, R&B, and light rock has made her a fixture on the New York City music scene for the past several years, comes to MASS MoCA for an Alt Cabaret performance on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 8 p.m. King’s music is…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Jazz legend Ahmad Jamal, who calls Sheffield, Mass., home, will be celebrating the release of his newest CD, Blue Moon, in concert at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 8pm. Comprised of brilliant new interpretations of songs from two of America’s most storied mediums of entertainment – classic films…
(SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.) – The Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest-running jazz events in the world, will celebrate its landmark 35th Anniversary at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), June 30 and July 1, 2012, with a dynamic lineup of more than 20 acclaimed artists and ensembles on two stages. Festival headliners…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Classical/jazz fusion ensemble Turtle Island Quartet will celebrate the music of Jimi Hendrix with their dynamic Have You Ever Been…? program on Friday, February 17, 2012, at 8 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre. Through its exploration of jazz, classical, American vernacular and world music styles, the Turtle Island Quartet has taken its…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – It was totally appropriate that Catherine Russell, who performs at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 18, at 8 pm in the Hunter Center, released her brand-new album, Strictly Romancin’ (World Village), this past Tuesday – February 14 aka Valentine’s Day – as it’s an album full of romance and heartbreak. But…
(LENOX, Mass.) – In lieu of the annual Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, which has been a fixture at Tanglewood for several decades but will not take place this summer, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced several new jazz concerts that will occur during the regular Tanglewood season, including legendary pianist Chick Corea, who will…
(NEW YORK, N.Y.) – Known for artistically adventurous writing and performances, the Anat Cohen Quartet makes its first appearance on the stage of Miller Theatre at Columbia University in upper Manhattan on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 8 p.m., with exciting new works by the Israeli woodwind virtuoso. Fluent in modern and traditional jazz, klezmer,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Pianist Armen Donelian leads his trio in performance at Castle Street Cafe on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 7:30 pm. Accompanying Donelian, who has performed and recorded since 1975 as a featured solo pianist, leader of his own quintet and trio, and with jazz legends including Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Paquito…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Jazz fusion legends Spyro Gyra bring a smooth-jazz twist to the holidays with A Night Before Christmas on Sunday, December 11, 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The eight-time Grammy Award nominated outfit, founded in Buffalo, N.Y., in the mid-1970s, is one of the longest-running and most…
