Wednesday, February 24 2010

Three time Grammy Award winner and world renowned jazz drummer, Antonio Sanchez will take the stage at The Beehive tonight for a rare Boston performance with the Antonio Sanchez Trio. Joined by pianist Alain Mallet and bassist John Lockwood, don’t miss this unique opportunity to be up close and personal with these amazing musicians (usually only seen on a concert stage). http://www.antoniosanchez.net/

Music & trivia at Wicked Smaht! Somerville Trivia Night

A classic piano & bass duo with a vast repertoire of tunes from the American songbook. Paul's great baritone vocals are touching, sometimes humorous, always tasteful! An intimate and romantic evening. Join us!

Penny, a transplanted New Yorker, is a musical entertainer and performer. Featured roles include Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL (Pentucket Players), Miss Hannigan in ANNIE (TNT Productions), and Mrs. Peacock in CLUE: The Musical (ACTING OUT) .

Pianist and composer Bert Seager has been a leading player on the jazz scene in Boston Massachusetts since 1981. His thirteen CDs have won him unanimous critical acclaim from the New York Times, Keyboard Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, and many other publications. Bert’s compositions, improvisations and teaching reflect both an inward and outward-looking view of life and music. His trio plays a varied program of original music. This is a CD release party for his latest compositions, Lima Beans, Invisible Music Records.

Bruce Marshall, a celebrated singer songwriter from Concord, will host acoustic open mike every Wednesday night. Musicians are invited to perform with Bruce or solo. .

Quickly growing impatient of being told that “yes, all the notes” were required in the Mozart pieces, and that changing them was not, indeed, making the music better, Kenny White gently pushes teachers off the bench. Kenny decided then that he was going to play the piano....his way. Kenny has worked with Linda Ronstadt, Dwight Yoakam, Gladys Knight, Aaron Neville, Ricky Skaggs, Al Jarreau, Kim Carnes, and many others while leaving an indelible mark on the ad business. http://www.kennywhite.net/yesflash.htm

Former Journey Drummer Steve Smith returns with yet another incredible ensemble. This time featuring Vinny Valentino/guitar, Mark Soskin/piano, Baron Browne/bass & Andy Fusco/alto sax.

Steve Smith reveals, "Part of our mission will is to perform music honoring great drummers of jazz history. We have charts dedicated to Philly Joe Jones and Art Blakey and we're developing new material for each tour. We also intend to carry on the tradition of many of the drummer-led jazz bands, which is to communicate with music lovers of all generations, strive for excellence and play non-compromising, burning, straight-ahead jazz."

This is a regular weekly event on Wednesday nights with:

Jerry Bergonzi/ saxophone www.jerrybergonzi.com

Bruce Gertz/ bass www.brucegertz.com

Bob Kaufman/ drums www.theartofdrumming.com

Phil Grenadier/ trumpet www.myspace.com/philgrenadier

Occasionally one or more of the guys are on the road on a given week, so there may be wonderful subs--please call and ask if you're looking for a particular instrumentalist.