Thursday, May 1 2008

The trio performs jazz standard arrangements from the 1930's to the 1990's … (don't be surprised to hear a re-arranged Beatles song or Stevie Wonder tune as well!!) The Shane Wood Trio features vocals, piano, saxophone and upright bass. Please Google Asiawood music on the internet or shanewoodjazz.com to hear the mellow sounds.

Featuring Gwenn Vivian/ vocals, Molly Flannery/ piano, David Gold/ bass and special guest drummers weekly.

BH5 is a Hot variation of Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band

Ellen Schmidt is the Queen of the Open Mikes! Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes excellent care of the performers and listeners alike. Piano available. Let's builds a community!

FEATURING: Sam Holmstock, Trombone/Percussion; Jeff Clark- Lead Vocal/Guit/Keys; Lenny Bradford- Bass; Philip Young- Sax/Keys/Percussion; Johnny Trama- Guitar; Tom Major - Drums

Epic in sound and kaleidoscopic in vision, the eclectic Martha's Vineyard-based six piece Entrain has been thrilling critics and fans alike since it's inception.

Over the last few years, Carlin has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Annual American Comedy Awards and was voted #2 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 greatest standups of all time, just behind Richard Pryor. Carlin still manages to perform 90 concerts each year around the country, selling nearly a quarter of a million tickets.

Carlin’s latest HBO stand up special, It’s Bad for Ya, aired live on March 1, 2008 in Santa Rosa, CA at the Wells Fargo Center For The Arts. Some of the themes that appeared in this HBO special included “Death,” “Old Age,” and “Child Rearing.” Carlin had been working the new material for this HBO special for several months prior in performances all over the country.

"Like a fresh set of fingerprints in the archives of bluegrass, country, and folk history, the conjugal synchronicity of Sam and Jill's voices carve a new niche in the music genre, as if they dashed a sprinkle of special Eastern Tennessee seasoning to make a brand new recipe."- Carole Perkins, Yes! Weekly

CONCERT HALL

REPERTOIRE: A medley of Lennon/McCartney hits from the "Fab Four;" Jeff Holmes' Midnite Snacks; Ray Wright's Sackbut City (featuring the trombone section); Oliver Nelson's Black, Brown & Beautiful featuring Tobias Thomas (G'09), alto sax; a suite of pieces for trumpet & chamber orchestra composed by Andrew Smicker (G'08), Paul Lieberman (G'08) & Adam Bosse (G'09); two Spyro Gyra tunes arranged by Frank Newton (G'09) and Andrew Smicker; Joe Henderson's Inner Urge (arr. Adam Bosse), Thad Jones' Tip Toe & Bill Murphy's First Circle.

A special CD Release Concert by Puerto Rican, internationally acclaimed saxophonist, composer, arranger and Marsalis Music recording artist MIGUEL ZENON, as part of IBA's celebrated CAFÉ TEATRO Latino performance series, Spring 2008. This concert celebrates the release of his latest CD "Awake."

What's a 20-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee doing singing jazz? It's a good question, but one that Rachael Price finds easy to answer. “I appreciate all kinds of music, but jazz hit an inner chord with me at the age of five. I heard Ella Fitzgerald's rendition of The Lady is a Tramp. I didn't understand the lyrics, but I liked the feeling it gave me.”

Hosted by guitarist/vocalist B.J. Magoon, guitarist Tom Yates, drummer Mike Avery, and friends. A lively night! -- an Acton institution of blues-fed leisure time

Greg will be "smokin" with his all-star band..Won't be a better gig in town!

A professor at The Berklee College of Music, Greg Hopkins has toured nationally and internationally, appearing at the Newport, Monterey, and other major jazz festivals. Hopkins has also performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, the Supremes, Burt Bacharach, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls, Mitzi Gaynor, Michel Legrand, Johnny Mathis, Shirley Maclaine, Marvin Hamlisch, and Lena Horn, as well as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Boston Brass Ensemble.