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SALEM JAZZ AND SOUL FESTIVAL SPRING GALA

The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival’s fourth-annual Spring Gala concert will be held on Saturday evening, April 17, in the Peabody Essex Museum’s atrium. “ALL KEYED UP” will feature the area’s marty-rowen-indoor-performance1 hottest pianists, organists and keyboard players performing a full evening of jazz, soul, boogie woogie and blues.

Artists for the evening include Grammy Award-winner David Maxwell, Marty Rowen and Ken Clark of Fats Hammond, Jen Kearney of Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion and Benjamin Zecker of the Boston Horns.

The evening’s excusive sponsor is Tache Real Estate. The concert benefits the fourth-annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, scheduled for Aug. 21-22 at the Salem Willows, as well as four performances in Salem’s Derby Square throughout the summer. As in previous years, plans call for a week-long Festival of events and performances in clubs and restaurants in the city in mid-August.

Proceeds from the night will support the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival’s mission to support music education programs and provide free concerts for the public.

Tickets for the Spring Fundraiser are $50 per person or $45 for PEM members.

For more information, please contact the PEM box office at East India Square, Salem or call (978) 745-9500 or visit http://pem.org/events/ or www.salemjazzsoul.org

The New Black Eagle Jazz Band

Title: The New Black Eagle Jazz Band
Location: Maudslay Arts Center – Newburyport

Description: The New Black Eagle Jazz Band is comprised of a family and friend band playing traditional jazz and covering a wide-range of bands from Chicago, to Joplin, and even early New Orleans styled numbers.

For tickets or more information, please visit: maudslayartscenter.org
For more about the band, please visit: www.blackeagles.com

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-08-15
End Time: 21:00

An Evening of Choral Music at Salem State

Title: An Evening of Choral Music at Salem State
Location: Recital Hall – Central Campus – Salem, MA
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Description: Come and hear the Salem State College Chorus, Woman’s Chorale, and Chamber Singers all in one dynamic performance.

Music styles range from that of the second-half of the twentieth century, including works by Pinkham and Dello Joio, to songs from the jazz genre and much more.

Tickets are: $10 general public, $5 seniors and non-SSC students, (free with SSC student ID).

For more information, please call: (978) 542-7890, or visit: www.salemstate.edu/arts

Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2009-04-29

Salem Jazz & Soul Festival

Title: Salem Jazz & Soul Festival
Location: The Willows – Salem, MA
Description: Join Salem Jazz & Soul for the Salem Jazz & Soul Festival August 15th-16th at The Willows in Salem.

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The Salem Jazz & Soul Festival is a federally recognized non-profit organization. All proceeds will benefit the festival’s mission to support music education programs and provide free concerts for the public.

For more information, please visit: www.salemjazzsoul.org
Start Date: 2009-08-15
End Date: 2009-08-16

The Music Hall presents: Chris Botti

Title: The Music Hall presents: Chris Botti
Location: the landmark Victorian Theater – Downtown Portsmouth NH
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Description: The Music Hall announced trumpeter Chris Botti for the next Intimately Yours performance at the landmark Victorian theater in historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 7:30pm.

Chris Botti, a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter with the golden sound has worked with an unparalleled group of pop, jazz and classical superstars ranging from Sting to Paul Simon and Aretha Franklin to Natalie Merchant. A veteran of both the contemporary jazz world and the mainstream pop studio scene, Botti is ranked as one of the world’s top selling instrumentalists with ten solo albums.

Tickets are: $50-$65 and can be purchased at The Music Hall box office at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH, by phone at: (603) 436-2400

For more information, please visit: www.themusichall.org

Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2009-06-02

Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Joel LaRue Smith Ensemble

Title: Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Joel LaRue Smith Ensemble
Location: Salem State College, Recital Hall – Salem, MA
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Description: The Joel LaRue Smith Ensemble performs an evening of Afro-Cuban
Jazz – a mixture of infectious Afro-Cuban dance rhythms and luxurious jazz
harmonies. Smith is an award-winning composer and his ensemble tours
extensively all over the world. $10 general; $5 non-SSC students and
seniors.

For tickets and information, please call: (978) 542-7890, or visit: http://salemstate.edu/arts
Date: 2009-03-09

John Scofield Trio

Title: John Scofield Trio
Location: Salem State College. Recital Hall. Loring Avenue.
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Description: John Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop, funk edged jazz, and R & B. He will be joined by sidemen Bill Stewart, drums and Matt Penman, bass.

Scofield is considered one of the “big three” of current jazz guitarists — along with Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell. His influence began in the late 70’s and is going strong today. He is a possessor of a very distinctive sound and stylistic diversity.

For tickets or additional information, please call: (978) 542-7890.
Start Time: 07:30
Date: 2009-02-02

Rockport Music Series presents: Rebecca Parris

Title: Rockport Music Series presents: Rebecca Parris
Location: Rockport Art Association
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Description: Rebecca Parris, famed jazz vocalist, performs with her trio, Saturday, March 14th, 2009.

For tickets or more information, please call: (978) 546-7391, or visit: www.rcmf.org

Date: 2009-03-14