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Ten jazz musicians from in and around the Berkshires will debut new works Saturday in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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The 2023 Hudson Jazz Festival takes place February 16-19 and 23-26 in Hudson Hall’s historic theater on Warren Street in Hudson, New York.
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Cliff Brucker’s Full Circle Sextet featuring Leo Russo will be at The Linda on Thursday, January 26. The show celebrates a musical friendship four decades deep between Brucker, an active drummer, pianist, bandleader, and sideman; and saxophonist Leo Russo. Cliff Brucker and Leo Russo join us along with Leo’s longtime friend, guitarist Mike Novakowski.
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A documentary about pioneering American percussionist and educator Milford Graves is screening at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts Saturday.
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Berkshires Jazz presents an evening of big-band jazz, with saxophonist-vocalist Grace Kelly and the UConn Jazz Ensemble on Sunday, October 9 at The Stationery Factory in Dalton, Massachusetts.
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Jack DeJohnette is one of the greatest and most influential jazz drummers of all time and in celebration of his 80th birthday he will be doing a trio of concerts in Kingston and Woodstock to benefit the ShapeShifter Plus arts organization.
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Ted Rosenthal’s jazz opera "Dear Erich" was inspired by letters written in Germany between 1938 and 1941 by Herta Rosenthal to the composer’s father. Dear Erich depicts a family’s dual fates.
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Comprised of a mix of the Capital Region’s most seasoned veterans and up-and-coming stars, the BWC Jazz Orchestra is co-run by drummer Cliff Brucker, trumpeter Steve Weisse, and trumpeter/arranger Dylan Canterbury. Upon receiving a music donation from the son of the late Al Quaglieri, former leader of the Albany Jazz Project, Brucker reached out to Weisse and Canterbury about putting together a rehearsal band to read through the music. The response to the band’s open rehearsals was so positive that the three leaders decided to establish more formal avenues for the band to perform. The BWC Jazz Orchestra will be performing at The Linda – WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio on July 21 at 7 p.m.
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The soul and jazz singer Ledisi will perform twice this summer at The Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.This weekend she’ll take the amphitheater stage at SPAC as part of the 2022 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 26th. She’ll return on August 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra with her renowned “Ledisi Sings Nina” concert - a tribute to Nina Simone, which she’s also released as an album and a version was filmed for PBS as “Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone.”Ledisi is an acclaimed and award-winning musician and actor and she joins us to talk about her career, her music, and her philosophy.
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The Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival returns to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with two full days of programming on two stages – this Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26, the festival is celebrating its 45th year at SPAC. Wynton Marsalis - managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and a world-renowned trumpeter and composer will be headlining Sunday’s show with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Wynton Marsalis joins us.