Thursday, May 22 2008

Come join us for some great jazz guitar!

Get down with friends at this experimental dance party for kids and parents. Learn new dances, play musical games, sing with a mike or bang the bongos. Ages up to grade 6. Hosted by DJ Paul Felopoulos.

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.

A hot, new collaboration with a sound that's been exciting audiences around New England – The Organ Trio, featuring Fred Haas on Hammond B-3, Jason Ennis on 7-string guitar, and Tim Gilmore on drums, plus special guest Michael Zsoldos on saxophone.

Fred Haas, a Dartmouth grad ('73) who teaches saxophone, jazz piano, improvisation, jazz history, and music theory at Dartmouth College, has performed throughout New England and beyond with countless artists, including Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Clark Terry, Lena Horne, Dionne Warwick, Joe Morello, Attila Zoller, and Milt Jackson, and Pat Metheny. Fred's most recent CD, Telling Stories, is a collection of twelve original compositions featuring Fred on sax and piano. 

Michael Zsoldos is a saxophonist, teacher, composer, and arranger whose stylistic influences bear strong traces of the great master saxophonists Lester Young, Don Byas, and Coleman Hawkins. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Masters in music theory and jazz studies from Michigan State University, where he studied with Branford Marsalis for three years. Michael has performed with Peter Bernstein, Matt Wilson, Rebecca Parris, and Jerry Bergonzi, and has opened for piano legend McCoy Tyner with his group The Other Three Tenors, which includes saxophonists Fred Haas and John McKenna. Michael wrote and performed a full-length score for the award-winning documentary "Birdsong and Coffee: A Wake-Up Call" (www.olddogdocumentaries.com), which has aired on PBS and Link-TV.Michael wrote and performed a full-length score for the award-winning documentary "Birdsong and Coffee: A Wake-Up Call" (www.olddogdocumentaries.com), which has aired on PBS and Link-TV.

Guitarist Jason Ennis is based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and performs jazz, Brazilian and classical music throughout the Northeast. A graduate of Middlebury College (Vermont), Jason attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has performed with Charles Neville (The Neville Brothers Band), The Sonya Kitchell Band (Velour Music), Todd Reynolds (Bang on a Can, Steve Reich), Joe Morton, Tessa Souter, Nós Daqui, The Ramón Ángel-Rey Trio, Los Mofos, Freddie Bryant, The Anna Borges Group, Fred Haas, and many others. His love of Brazilian music has led him to make several trips to Brazil, including a six-month stay in Rio de Janeiro in 2006-2007, during which he played with some of the city's top young players. For more information about Jason, visit his website at www.jasonennis.com.

Drummer Tim Gilmore is adjunct instructor at Plymouth State University for percussion. A member of Brownstone Recording Artists, the Harry Skoler Jazz Quartet and CCMS Musicians of Wall Street, Tim has performed with the Cape Ann Symphony, Symphony by the Sea, the Paul Madore Chorale and Boston Percussion Ensemble. He has also performed with Lester Bowie, Marion McPartland, Fred Hersch, Tower of Power, Tiger Okoshi and Warren Vache.

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

Blackstone River Theatre's open drum circle focuses on tribal and multi-ethnic rhythms. Beginners and novices are always welcome... the emphasis is on fun and learning! Since its inception, we have regularly had between 20-35 drummers and on many occasions, members of the bellydance community join in. Bring your own hand drum or rhythm instrument or just your dancing feet!

Featuring: Fred Woodard-Guitar, Greg Loughman-Bass, Matthew Williams-Drums

Live Jazz/Funk/Rock Featuring: Andrew Hickman - Horns, Dana Wright - Guitar, Phil Madison - Bass, Tony Dintino - Drums

FEATURING: John Baboian, guitar; Danielle Maddon, violin; Jim Repa, flute & saxophone; Grant Smith, percussion; Robert Sinicrope, bass; Sarkis Zerounian, piano.

After last fall's smashing successful sold out concert at the Regattabar, JULIA AND THE ZEROUNIAN ENSEMBLE returns for another evening of international repertoire of favorite and beloved songs. She is an amazing artist and a versatile song stylist backed by a talented musical ensemble.

The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular and sought after big band in the world today for both concert and swing dance engagements. With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world. Trombonist Larry O'Brien is the orchestra's present musical director.

Ray Mason started his first band in 1966 and has been going strong ever since! Between 1983-1990, Ray (along with his trusty 1965 Silvertone guitar) released five critically acclaimed (cassette only) albums. He followed them with a single on his own Captivating Music label and has appeared on numerous compilations from such labels as East Side Digital, Shimmy Disc, Sound Asleep ( Sweden), Signature Sounds, Dren Records and Paisley Pop.

Ray's tunes follow no trend while keeping an upward slide on the songwriting scale. It's rock with the roll!! A man and his Silvertone!!

After graduating college, Adrienne worked with many musicians, joined several bands, but eventually felt the need to be on her own to flourish. In 2005 she decided to take a more serious focus on her music and recorded her first solo CD “Wake Up” consisting of covers as well as originals.

In 2007 she recorded her second CD, "Fearless" containing all original music. Adrienne’s life stories radiate through her songs, laden with strong emotion. Adrienne’s powerful voice can grip your attention, take hold and you won’t be free until she’s done. She has a unique style and sound-a truly gifted singer and songwriter.

"The band has managed, to my ears anyway, to come up with their own arrestingly captivating sound—a sound that includes the old-time feel of the mountains, but incorporates many of the elements of hard-driving bluegrass as well. Their powerful and heartfelt vocals, beautiful harmonies and blistering picking make for the perfect backdrop to some killer originals." - Dave Higgs, Nashville Public Radio

In the mid-80’s, Kuhn co-founded the popular ‘All Star Trio’, with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster, and launched a new, and still evolving, edition of his trio with bassist David Finck. Drummers for the latter have included Joey Baron (as on the ECM recording Remembering Tomorrow), Lewis Nash, Billy Drummond, Kenny Washington, and Bill Stewart. In the 90’s up to the present time, he has recorded CDs for Venus, Reservoir, and Sunnyside.

In 2004, Kuhn recorded Promises Kept, which includes a string orchestra for ECM Records, of which he is most proud. Kuhn continues to tour widely throughout the world, with a strong following in Europe and especially Japan where his CDs frequently appear on the jazz chart

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

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He is a singular musician who is developing a highly personal and sophisticated expression, and is one of the few musicians of his generation that will help define the future course of jazz." - Frank Carlberg

Allan Holdsworth is widely regarded by fans and contemporary musicians as one of the 20 th century's most prominent guitarists. He is one of a handful of musicians who has consistently proven himself as an innovator in between and within the worlds of rock and jazz music. Many of music's best-known instrumental masters cite Holdsworth as that rare and shining voice-a legendary player who continues to push the outer limits of instrumental technique and the electric guitar's range of tonal and textural possibilities. Particularly during the 90s, Holdsworth has enjoyed the recognition so many musicians strongly feel he deserves, given that he has developed his career outside the big label mainstream and has consistently produced his own recordings with complete creative control since the mid-80s.

Despite the uncompromising nature of Holdsworth's predominantly genre-defying solo projects, he's no stranger to all-star jazz festival line-ups or large venue rock audiences. Musician Magazine placed Holdsworth near the top of their "100 greatest guitarists of all time." There's never been a shortage of media attention or acclaim for Holdsworth's accomplishments and originality. An inductee of Guitar Player Magazine's Hall of Fame, Holdsworth is a five-time winner in their readers' poll..