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JAZZ MONTH - APRIL
2012
2012
New England
Trad Jazz Plus
Calendar
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"Band 2"
DeVeber Art
"Music is a higher
revelation than all
wisdom or philosophy."
---- Beethoven
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Jazz Week ’12 International: Save the Dates, April 27 - May 6 |
Please check out the
Weekly site for ongoing performances not listed
here, and ALWAYS call the venues for confirmation.
| 1 Sun |
11am-2:30pm |
Gerry Beaudoin
at Bullfinch's Jazz Brunch,
730 Boston Post Road - Sudbury, MA (978) 443-4094 |
| 1 Sun |
1-5pm |
Lee Childs reeds and Kurt
Wenzel keyboard every Sunday at Top of the Hub, Prudential Building,
800 Boylston St. Boston, MA (617) 536-1775
www.topofthehub.net
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| 1 Sun |
8pm |
Dave Whitney Quartet
featuring Christine Fawson at Amazing Things Arts
Center, 160 Hollis St.
Dave has been leading bands since 1971 and has been influenced by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Bobby Hackett.
Amazing Things Arts Center
$16 (Stu/Sen $15, Mem $13, Child U12 $8)
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| 2 Mon |
7-9pm |
The New New Orleans Jazz Band
Every Monday at the Burlington C.O.A., 61 Center St. Burlington
MA 781.270.1950 Directions: Rt. 128-Exit 33-Rt. 3A North to Bedford
St. -Right to Center St. - Right on Center-Shortly on Left, Old
School-Entrance on right.
Note: The Center is on the Burlington School Schedule. |
| 2 Mon |
8pm |
Howard Alden Trio
Concert #211 at UNH,
Memorial Union Ticket Office,
83 Main St. Durham NH 03824-3594 (603) 862-2290. All general admission
tickets are $8.00; student/senior citizen tickets are $6.00 The
UNH Traditional Jazz Series is sponsored by the
New Hampshire Library
of Traditional Jazz and the
UNH Music Department. The
library, established in 1978 by Dorothy Prescott, comprises books,
recordings, and memorabilia and is housed in Dimond Library. Prescott’s
generous endowment funds its activities including the Traditional
Jazz Series concerts. |
| 3 Tue |
7-10pm |
Sherborn Inn, 33 No. Main St. Sherborn MA, Rts.
16 & 27, (508) 655-9521 7-9:30PM, Traditional/Dixieland Jazz & Swing
$10. |
| 4 Wed |
12-1:30pm |
Heartbeat Jazz
Band luncheons continue every Wednesday at the
Yankee Clipper Restaurant, 157 West Main Street, Niantic, CT (860-739-9634).
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| 4 Wed |
12-2pm |
Ivory
& Gold at Bill’s Seafood, Westbrook,
CT |
| 4 Wed |
7:45-10:45pm |
Jimmy Mazzy
Moishe Feldman & the Last Minute
Men Every Wednesday, the Forge Room of the historic Colonial
Inn, Concord, MA is filled with the unique singing and scatting
of world-renowned banjo player, Jimmy Mazzy, with his repository
of hundreds of gems dating back to the early 1900's.
Jimmy is supported by dynamic pianist,
Moishe Feldman and The Last Minute Men. You never know what fine
musician will drop in at the last minute! Enjoy Hot and Sweet Jazz
in an intimate atmosphere, filled with friendly folk from near and
afar.it's great fun and great food!)
at the Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square,
Concord, MA no cover (978)369-9200
www.concordscolonialinn.com |
| 5 Thu |
7-9:30pm |
Heartbeat Jazz Band
at Oliver's Tavern, 124 Westbrook Road Essex, CT, 06426
860-767-2633 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. See you! |
| 6 Fri |
7:30pm |
The Mood Swings
Orchestra at Roslindale Jazz Concert Series, Roslindale Congregational
Church, 25 Cummins Highway (just off Washington Street). Parking on Cummins
Highway, Washington St., or in the church lot (behind the church) www.jazzinthesquare.net or call Main Streets at (617) 327-4065.
https://www.facebook.com/moodswingsorchestra
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| 6 Fri |
8pm |
Eight to the Bar
at Amazing Things Arts Center, 160 Hollis St. Framingham, MA
Beer & Wine Night!!! Listening to Eight to the Bar is a lot like driving along a time-warped highway precisely halfway between Count Basie's
Kansas City and Fats Waller's Harlem $18 (Stu/Sen $17, Mem $15 Child U12 $9) |
| 8 Sun |
none |
Easter - NO Jazz
at Bullfinch's,
730 Boston Post Road - Sudbury, MA (978) 443-4094 |
| 8 Sun |
4-7pm |
Rebecca Parris,
Easter Season Finale, at JOSA, Jazz on a Sunday
Afternoon, at The Center at Eastham, Grantham, NH |
| 9 Mon |
7-8pm |
Black
Eagle Jazz Band at Bardwell Performing Arts Center, Dana Hall School, 45 Dana Street. Wellesley, MA
http://www.danahall.org/ |
| 11 Wed |
11:30am-2pm |
Bill
& Bo Winiker Easter Show at
the popular senior lunch
program at the Sherborn Inn that includes a complete 3-course lunch
and outstanding entertainment for $25 complete!! The program is
offered the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month and continues to
be a complete
success! Sherborn Inn, 33 North Main St. Sherborn,
MA Reservations please (508)
655-9521 or info@sherborninn.com
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| 12 Thu |
7-9:30pm |
The New
Black Eagle Jazz Band
monthly series on
the 2nd Thursday of the month at the Sherborn Inn, 33 North Main
St. Sherborn MA www.sherborninn.com
$10. Reservations please (508) 655-9521 The Black Eagles have
been a fixture on the international jazz scene for the last 40 years,
bringing the sounds of traditional New Orleans jazz, Armstong,
Oliver, Morton, and early Ellington to audiences all over the world. Black Eagles' 40th
Anniversary |
| 12 Thu |
8pm |
Mark Tipton's
Les Sorciers Perdus - Silent Film (TBA),
One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. Mark and Les Sorciers Perdus will premier his brand-new Silent Film Score!!! (TBA) http://www.marktiptonmusic.com/
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| 12-15 |
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French Quarter Festival,
New Orleans LA
Thursday April 12th
'Locals' Lagniappe Day' is now a FULL day of festival!
11am to 7pm in Jackson Square and on the Riverfront
Visit www.fqfi.org for more information
on French Quarter Festival. Thurs. 11th - kickoff party! |
| 13-14 |
8pm |
Amanda Carr is the guest vocalist for the Concord Band's
Spring Pop Concerts, 51 Walden, Concord MA. Tickets and more info at
www.concordband.org |
| 13-15 |
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Cabaret Fest at Provincetown, MA Cape
Cod's only Cabaret Festival featuring Krisanthi Pappas, Dane
Vannatter, Lisa Jason, Fred Boyle, Laird Boles and Bart Weisman.
Details & pricing |
| 13 Fri |
9:15pm-12:15am |
The
Swing Legacy, Swing Dance at
Boston Swing Central, 24 Roland St, Charlestown, MA (near Sullivan Sq, just off I-93)
Swing dance lesson 8:00-9:00
Easy parking (admission $15, students $13)
http://bostonswingcentral.org/
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| 14 Sat |
8-11pm |
Rico Barr Trio performing for the Wilmington Dance Club at the Wakefield Knights of Columbus,
570 North Ave., Wakefield, MA, 01880
(781) 245-9800
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| 15 Sun |
11am-2:30pm |
Paul Broadnax
and Peter Kontrimas at Bullfinch's Jazz Brunch,
730 Boston Post Road - Sudbury, MA (978) 443-4094 |
| 15 Sun |
7pm |
U.S. Air Force
Band of Liberty, FREE at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford MA 02740
508.994.2900 |
| 17 Tue |
7-9:30pm |
Stan
McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band at the
Sherborn Inn, 33 No. Main St. Sherborn MA, Rts.
16 & 27, (508) 655-9521 Traditional/Dixieland Jazz & Swing
$10. Unlike many "Dixieland" bands, the Blue Horizon
blends the unaffected spontaneity of early New Orleans jazz with a variety
of tightly arranged passages and solos spanning the classic periods of
American traditional jazz music to early swing. Stan McDonald, soprano sax
and clarinet, Jeff Stout trumpet, Gerry Gagnon trombone, Ross Petot piano, Al Ehrenfreid string bass, Peter Gerler guitar, Dave Bragdon drums
www.bluehorizonjazzband.com |
| 19-22 |
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Stone Street Strummers
Spring Fling - Thursday at 7pm: Musical Stroll Down
Memory Lane, at the Holiday Inn, Mansfield MA Ballroom
Advance ticket price $3, 508.675.4938 |
| 19 Thu |
7-9:30pm |
Heartbeat Jazz Band
at Oliver's Tavern, 124 Westbrook Road Essex, CT, 06426
860-767-2633 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Fun, fun,
fun! |
| 20 Fri |
4pm |
Dixie
Diehards Dixieland Jazz Band at the
Stone Street Strummers Spring Fling, Holiday Inn, Mansfield MA
508.675.4938. The Dixie Diehards are a 7-10 piece traditional New Orleans jazz band that plays everything from the Original Dixieland Jazz Band to Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. The brassy Diehards have played everywhere from Showcase Live at Patriot Place to summer gazebos all across southern New England.
www.dixiediehards.com. |
| 20 Fri |
8-10:15pm |
Galvanized Jazz Quartet
at Milford CT. Fine Arts. Call or email Tom Kohl for info,
tmkohl@sbcglobal.net , 203-301-9911. |
| 21 Sat |
2-5pm |
Jazzin' With The Stars
at First Church of Christ, 190 Court St. Middletown CT. Trad/Dixieland, with Sherman Kahn, John Clark, Ben Griffin, Jeff Hughes, Bill Logozo, Shari Lucas, Gim Burton, Albie Bernard, plus the “Stars” in the program so far are, Ronnie Spector, (Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer), Michelle Berting, (a famous pop singer from Canada) and Jimmie Rodgers, (a Rock n’ Roll singer from the late 50’s), and possibly more to come.
Every penny received from ticket sales will go to the Paul Newman Hole In The Wall Kid’s Camp.
Stay tuned for more information. Flyer |
| 21 Sat |
8-11:30pm |
Jimmy
Mazzy Trio at The Winsor House, 390 Washington St Duxbury,
MA 02332 (781) 934-0991. - with Fred Clifford tuba, Pete Collins
clarinet, Carrie Mazzy vocals, and other special guests,
sometimes Jeff Hughes and Stan Vincent. The Winsor
House is an old New England Inn, with a friendly atmosphere.
Please call for
reservations if you plan to come early and have dinner
781-934-0991 |
| 21 Sat |
8pm |
29th
Highland Jazz Series presents Global Warming, with
The Berklee Rainbow Jazz Band directed by Phil Wilson at Newton South
High School, 140 Brandeis Rd. Newton Center, MA
www.highlandjazz.org
email:
highlandjazz@verizon.net Tickets: $56 for
4-concert series, Individual Advance: $18 ($17 seniors)
$10 students. $20 at the door. |
| 22 Sun |
2-7pm |
First
Annual Arlington Jazz 'n Art Festival, hosted by Dan Fox
at Arlington Center for the Arts,
41 Foster St. Arlington, MA
http://www.acarts.org/. There will also be an art show in the atrium featuring work of local artists.
The featured acts will include:
'TarBone,
Claire Dickson Group,
Berklee City Music All-Stars,
Morningside Student Groups.
More info on this event coming soon!! |
| 25 Wed |
11:30am-2pm |
Lisa
Marie and "All Shook Up" at
the popular senior lunch
program at the Sherborn Inn that includes a complete 3-course lunch
and outstanding entertainment for $25 complete!! The program is
offered the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month and continues to
be a complete
success! Sherborn Inn, 33 North Main St. Sherborn,
MA Reservations please (508)
655-9521 or info@sherborninn.com
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27-May 6 |
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Jazz Week ’12 International: Save the Dates, April 27 -
May 6 |
| 28 Sat |
7:30pm |
Claflin Hill Symphony presents - Vivaldi: Gloria
- Walton: Belshazzar's Feast at Milford Town Hall, Main St.
Milford, MA. The Twelfth Season comes to a glorious climax as the New World Chorale joins forces
with the CHSO in two magnificent paeans - Vivaldi's beautiful "Gloria" and English composer William
Walton's colorful and spectacular "Belshazzar's Feast" an orchestral/chorale tone poem depicting the
Israelites flight from ancient Babylon. An absolute, not to be missed evening of monumental sound.
www.claflinhill.org 508.478.5924 |
| 28 Sat |
8pm |
Amanda Carr presents “America’s Women of Song” with the Plymouth Philharmonic, Memorial Hall,
83 Court St. Plymouth, MA For tickets visit:
www.PlymouthPhil.org |
| 29 Sun |
11am-2:30pm |
Jim Porcella
at Bullfinch's Jazz Brunch,
730 Boston Post Road - Sudbury, MA (978) 443-4094 |
| 30 Mon |
8-9:30pm |
Galvanized Jazz Band at the Bickford Theater, NJ. Call the Box Office at 973-971-3706. |
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| By Marce Updated
April 2012
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