December 2022

New England Traditional Jazz Plus, 33 Birmingham Court, Milford MA 01757If you’re playing Trad Jazz in New England please email marce@nejazz.com

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BEING UPDATED….. INCOMPLETE…….


2 Fri	6-8pm	Bill’s Seafood All Stars at Bill’s Seafood, 548 Boston Post Rd, Westbrook, CT
2 Fri	7-9:30pm	Dan Gabel and The Abletones at SAC Park, 438 Lake St., Shrewsbury MA. The famed round ballroom has just been renovated, and we’re excied to part of the re-opening. Doors open at 6:30pm. Live big band dancing/ow sets from 7:00-9:30pm. Tickets $30 general admission/$25 SAC members/10 students (children/students/ college nts w/valid ID
2 Fri	7:30-9:30pm	Novel Jazz returns to Skidompha Library, 184 Main Street, Damariscotta Maine. Novel Jazz performs swinging jazz from the Great American Songbook with a special emphasis on the great works of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Admission is free of charge and a donation is not required for attendance. For more info, call 207-887-0919
3 Sat	8am-	Howard Caplan presents Saturday Swing Session and Big Band Brunch every Saturday morning 8am-noon on www.WICN.org 90.5 FM NPR followed by Pamela Hines’ Jazz Matinee 12-4pm, followed by Duke Robillard’s Mood Room 4-5pm. Heaven’s Radio, 5-7pm followed by New Orleans Grooves 7pm, Friends of the Blues 9pm, Beale St. Caravan 11pm, Jazz Overnite 12am
3 Sat	4pm	John Clark Jazz Focus www,wetf,org Repeats on Monday 2pm The great New Orleans clarinet and soprano sax player Bechet leading some small groups for RCA Victor in 1940 and 1941 – great arrangements of both standards and originals featuring Red Allen, Gus Aiken, Sidney DeParis, Henry Goodwin, Sandy Williams, J.C. Higginbotham, Vic Dickenson, Lem Johnson, Cliff Jackson, Don Donaldson, James Tolliver, Bernard Addison, Wilson Myers, Wellman Braud, Manzie Johnson, J.C Heard and Sid Catlett among others . .
3 Sat	8pm-midnight	Taryn Newborne at the Crystal Ballroom Boston Swing Central, Q ballroom, 26 New Street, Suite 3 Cambridge, MA 02138
4 Sun	9-noon	*Dixieland Jazz etc.* on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays, 9 until noon with Jane on radio station WOMR, the ‘voice’ of Cape Cod. She is heard across the Bay in the Plymouth area on 92.1 FM and in the midcape area on WRMR 91.3 FM Orleans The emphasis is and stream at www.WOMR.org. definitely on Traditional and Dixieland Jazz, melody and harmony. Alternating with Cape Cod Big Band Music with Steve Shervanian

6 Tue	7-9pm	Kenny Wenzel Tuesday Jazz at Martini’s, 50 Court St, Plymouth, MA 02360 (774) 773-9782/td>
	11:45am-Noon	Live Jazz Lunch with Pops and Sarah! Christmas
9 Fri	7-9pm	Bill’s Sea Food All Stars Fridays at Bill’s Seafood, 548 Boston Post Rd, Westbrook, CT (860) 399-7224
9 Fri	8-midnite	The Easy Winners at Boston Swing Central, Q ballroom, 26 New Street, Suite 3 Cambridge, MA 02138
10 Sat	8am-	Howard Caplan presents Saturday Swing Session and Big Band Brunch every Saturday morning 8am-noon on www.WICN.org 90.5 FM NPR followed by Pamela Hines’ Jazz Matinee 12-4pm, followed by Duke Robillard’s Mood Room 4-5pm. Heaven’s Radio, 5-7pm followed by New Orleans Grooves 7pm, Friends of the Blues 9pm, Beale St. Caravan 11pm, Jazz Overnite 12am
10 Sat	4pm	John Clark Jazz Focus <ahref=”https://wetfthejazzstation.org/”>wetf.org Repeats on Monday 2pm Maxine Sullivan and the Scott Hamilton Quintet – Great recordings done for Concord (live and in studio) in Tokyo in the twilight of the singer Maxine Sullivan’s career – superb versions of standards and not-so-standards backed by one of the great young groups of the period – Scott Hamilton, John Bunch, Chris Flory, Phil Flanagan, Chuck Riggs
	11:45am-noon	Live Jazz Lunch with Pops and Sarah – Christmas songs from WWII
11 Sun	9am-noon	Cape Cod Big Band Music with Steve Shervanian 2nd and 4th Sundays 9am-noon on community radio station WOMR, the ‘voice’ of Cape Cod. Big Band Music, Swing and vocals from the 20’s to today
11 Sun	11am-2pm	Second Sunday Smooth Jazz Brunch with Steve Hambleton (guitar), Ron Ormsby (bass), and Bart Weisman (drums) at The West End, Hyannis MA
16 Fri	7-9pm	Bill’s Sea Food All Stars Fridays at Bill’s Seafood, 548 Boston Post Rd, Westbrook, CT (860) 399-7224
16 Fri	8-midnite	Billy Novick and The Shades of Swing at at Boston Swing Central, Q ballroom, 26 New Street, Suite 3 Cambridge, MA 02138
17 Sat	8am-	Howard Caplan presents Saturday Swing Session and Big Band Brunch every Saturday morning 8am-noon on www.WICN.org 90.5 FM NPR followed by Pamela Hines’ Jazz Matinee 12-4pm, followed by Duke Robillard’s Mood Room 4-5pm. Heaven’s Radio, 5-7pm followed by New Orleans Grooves 7pm, Friends of the Blues 9pm, Beale St. Caravan 11pm, Jazz Overnite 12am
17 Sat	4pm	John Clark Jazz Focus www,wetf,org Repeats on Monday 2pm Doc Cook and His Dreamland Orchestra – Great big band resident at the Dreamland Ballroom in Chicago during the 1920’s featuring Freddie Keppard, Jimmy Noone, Joe Poston, Johnny St. Cyr, Andrew Hillaire, Fred Garland and others playing some hot but sophisticated dance music from the Jazz Age! 12/24 – Coleman Hawkins 1943-44 . . recordings for Keynote and Signature featuring Hawkins led bands including BIll Coleman, Buck Clayton and Roy Eldridge among others!
	11:45am-noon	Live Jazz Lunch with Pops and Sarah – Winter Wonderland
18 Sun	9am-noon	*Dixieland Jazz etc.* on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays, 9 until noon with Jane on radio station WOMR, the ‘voice’ of Cape Cod. She is heard across the Bay in the Plymouth area on 92.1 FM and in the midcape area on WRMR 91.3 FM Orleans The emphasis is and stream at www.WOMR.org. definitely on Traditional and Dixieland Jazz, melody and harmony. Alternating with Cape Cod Big Band Music with Steve Shervanian
Sun	11:45am-noon	Live Jazz Christmas Lunch with Pops and Sarah
18 Sun	6-8pm	Galvanized Jazz Band plays New Orleans Jazz at Aunt Chilada’s, 3931 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT with Cynthia Fabian-vocals, Jim Fryer-trombone, Russ Whitman & Noel Kaletsky-reeds, Art Hovey-bass, Charlie Freeman-piano, Fred Vigorito-cornet, Tom Palinko-drums, and Joel Schiavone-banjo! Call 203-230-4640 for reservations. http://www.auntchilada.com.
25 Sun		Cape Cod Big Band Music with Steve Shervanian 2nd and 4th Sundays 9am-noon on community radio station WOMR, the ‘voice’ of Cape Cod. Big Band Music, Swing and vocals from the 20’s to today
24 Sat		CHRISTMAS
24 Sat	8-	Howard Caplan presents Saturday Swing Session and Big Band Brunch every Saturday morning 8am-noon on www.WICN.org 90.5 FM NPR followed by Pamela Hines’ Jazz Matinee 12-4pm, followed by Duke Robillard’s Mood Room 4-5pm. Heaven’s Radio, 5-7pm followed by New Orleans Grooves 7pm, Friends of the Blues 9pm, Beale St. Caravan 11pm, Jazz Overnite 12am
24 Sat	11:45am	Christmas Jazz Lunch with Pops and Sarah!!
25 Sun	9am-noon	Cape Cod Big *Band Music with Steve Shervanian** 9am-noon on community radio station WOMR, the ‘voice’ of Cape Cod. He is are heard across the Bay in the Plymouth area on 92.1 FM and in the midcape area on WRMR 91.3 FM Orleans and stream at www.WOMR.org. Big Band Music, Swing and vocals from the 20’s to today
28 Tue	7-9pm	Kenny Wenzel Tuesday Jazz at Martini’s in Plymouth, MA
28 Tue		Last Day of Hanukkah
30 Tue	7pm	Bart Weisman Jazz Group with Fred Boyle (piano), Ron Ormsby (basMA ), and Bart Weisman ( drums) at Grand Cru Restaurant, Hyannis MA
	31 Sat	The Monomoy Seven led by Falmouth’s own Jeff Hughes at St. Christopher’s Parrish Hall 625 Main Street Chatham Mass 02633 Jeff Hughes cornet John Clark reeds Mike Persico Trombone Bob Barta Banjo Albie Bernard Tuba Ross Petot Piano And Steve Taddeo Drums Chatham Chamber of Commerce is hosting celebration

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