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JazzBoston’s Jazz Week
2008
Turns Spotlight on
Boston’s Multifaceted Scene
Mayor Thomas Menino
Officially
Proclaims April 26 – May 4 “Jazz Week”
Annual Benefit Concert Supports Jazz Outreach in City’s
Public Schools
(Boston and vicinity, MA) A rare jazz appearance by former
U. S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky in duet with
internationally renowned percussionist Rakalam Bob Moses, a
conversation about jazz, hip-hop and beyond, and
performances in every style at more than 50 venues are part
of this year’s Jazz Week,
a citywide celebration of the music once again being
coordinated and promoted by
JazzBoston (www.jazzboston.org).
For nine days from April 26 through May 4, JazzBoston will
highlight hundreds of musicians of all generations who will
appear at venues throughout the Greater Boston area — from
clubs, museums, and churches to librar ies, universities,
hotels, and community centers. For information about Jazz
Week visit
www.jazzboston.org/jazzweek or call (866) 439-9396. Stay
tuned for the full listing of Jazz Week events, to be posted
later this month.
Jazz Week Highlights
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JazzBoston’s second annual Jazz Week benefit concert, “A
Kaleidoscopic View of Jazz in Boston,” will be held at
Berklee Performance Center on Saturday, May 3. Among
those appearing will be former U.S. Poet Laureate
Robert Pinsky,
who will read from his work accompanied by legendary
drummer Rakalam Bob
Moses. Pinsky, a Boston University faculty
member, will be making only his second jazz appearance
ever, following his debut earlier this year in New York
with drummer Andrew Cyrille. Moses has worked with jazz
giants including Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus, John
Medeski, and Larry Coryell.
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Artists from Berklee College of Music, New England
Conservatory, and the John Coltrane Memorial Concert
(JCMC) Ensemble will perform at the benefit, proceeds of
which will go to three outstanding jazz outreach
programs in the Boston Public Schools: the
JCMC Educational
Outreach Program, based at Northeastern
University, the New
England Conservatory Community Performances and
Partnerships Program, and the
Berklee College of Music
City Music Program. Young talent from the
Berklee program will be front and center when the
Berklee City Music All-Stars Quintet takes the stage.
Special guests, including a quartet led by singer
Marianne Solivan with guitarist Eric Hofbauer performing
“S ongs My Teachers Taught Me,” will also be part of the
bill. Additional special guests are still to be
announced.
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JazzBoston will once again present “Jazz
Week at the Boston Public Library,” a series
of free weekday and evening seminars covering a range of
topics for audiences of all ages and backgrounds at the
Main Library in Copley Square. This year’s topics
include:
--
From
the Savoy to Storyville: Boston in the ‘40s and ‘50s
with Dick Vacca
(Monday, 4/28, 6 p.m., Mezzanine Conference Room).
-- The Worlds of
Duke Ellington held on Duke Ellington’s
birthday, with Mark
Harvey (Tuesday, 4/29, 6 p.m., Mezzanine
Conference Room).
--
From
Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond: Why Jazz Matters in the 21st
Century with
Emmett G. Price III
(Wednesday, 4/30, noon, Rabb Lecture Hall).
--
Boston Jazz’s Voices of Experience with
Eric Jackson,
Mae Arnett,
Hy Lockhart,
and Al Vega;
coordinated by
Leonard Brown (Thursday, 5/1, 6 p.m.,
Mezzanine Conference Room).
--
The
Future of Recording for Jazz and Improvised Music
with Andrew Shrock
(all-digital "ReRelease label of "Mass Jazz Underground"
artists from the 1970s),
Eric Hofbauer
(Creative Nation label), and
Russ Gershon
(Accurate Records) (Friday, 5/2, noon, Mezzanine
Conference Room).
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How Jazz Happens,
a special interactive family event featuring pianist
Pierre Hurrel
with a short film about Bill Evans, is scheduled for the
Regattabar at 6 p.m., Apr. 28.
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Other
events set so far for Jazz Week include:
-- Jason Palmer
Collective, Apr. 26, May 2, Wally’s
-- Sheryl Bailey,
Apr. 29; Eguie
Castrillo & Orchestra, May 2, Regattabar
-- Miguel Zenon,
May 1, Center for Latino Arts
-- Rachel Price,
May 1; Najee,
May 2-3, Scullers
-- Grace Kelly
Quartet, May 2, Jazz in the Square,
Roslindale.
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JazzBoston’s partnership with Borders continues this year
with another “Jazz
Week @ Borders” series of free after-work
jazz concerts at the bookstore’s Copley Square location from
April 28 to May 2. On Saturday May 3, Boston-based music
journalist and author Bob
Blumenthal will mark the release of his new book,
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind
America’s Music, with a special book-signing
event at the Copley Square store.
Jazz Week events will take place in a variety of venues,
including th e Real Deal Jazz Club and Café, Ryles, the Lily
Pad, the Colonial Inn, Wally’s, the Regattabar, Matt
Murphy’s Pub, Scullers, Wellesley College, Boston
University, Boston College, and the Lizard Lounge.
Jazz Week events are produced independently by participating
musicians, presenters, clubs, educational institutions, and
other organizations. All events are promoted by JazzBoston
under the Jazz Week umbrella through an extensive print,
broadcast, and Web marketing campaign.
JazzBoston would like to thank Jazz Week 2008 Primary
Sponsor, the
Regattabar together with the
Charles Hotel and
The Blue Note,
and Lead Sponsor,
Scullers Jazz Club and the
DoubleTree Guest Suites
Hotel, for once again supporting this
community-wide celebration of the music. More information
about becoming a Jazz Week sponsor can be obtained by
writing to
jazzweek@jazzboston.org.
For continuous updates on Jazz Week 2008, visit the
JazzBoston website at
www.jazzboston.org/jazzweek.
JazzBoston is
an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated
to building and serving audiences for jazz music, expanding
performance opportunities for jazz musicians, and raising
Boston’s profile as a jazz city — a city that is a magnet
for fans and musicians from all over the United States and
the world.
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