“It was ‘The Mills Brothers’ Greatest Hits.’”
Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and the Laurence Hobgood Trio headline the Saturday night concert of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox. Showtime is 8pm, and ticket prices ranges from $19-$77.
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Kurt Elling, What Was the First Album You Ever Bought?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Live: Herbie Hancock @ Tanglewood, 8/9/10
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Herbie Hancock
Not what I was hoping for.
Herbie Hancock brought his “The Imagine Project” tour to Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood on Monday night and the show veered far afield of “jazz concert” and deep into the realm of “rock show” with lots of flashing swirling lights, keyboardist Greg Pillinganes’ repeated exhortations for the audience to clap along and vocalist Kristina Train’s big, soulful voice often overpowering the rest of the music onstage.
Yes, the 70-year-old Hancock did play a bit of jazz, but mostly it was as dense as a thicket with meandering, randomly interwoven solos.
Idina Menzel, What Was the First Album You Ever Bought?
Monday, June 28th, 2010
“It’s so corny. I wish it could be Led Zeppelin or something cool like that. But it was actually ‘A Star Is Born,’ the soundtrack with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. I mean, how hokey is that?
My grandmother took me to see the movie, and it was a great movie. So then it was the first album that I got. And I remember sitting on the floor and listening to it. The album had a really cool picture book inside, too.”
Tony Award-winning singer-actress (and “Glee” cast member) Idina Menzel steps into the spotlight as the featured vocalist with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra at Tanglewood in Lenox at 8:30pm on Friday. Other special guests include trumpeter Doc Severinsen and pianist Michael Chertock. Tix are $21-$115.
Simon & Garfunkel Cancelled
Friday, June 18th, 2010If you’re hoping to catch a couple of old friends reuniting at Tanglewood this this summer, it looks like its gonna have to be James Taylor and Carole King.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel – who were scheduled to reunite for a performance at Tanglewood in Lenox on Tuesday, July 27 – have cancelled their entire July tour (most of which was already postponed from the original April dates) due to the continued recovery of Garfunkel from vocal problems.
James Taylor and Carole King: Third Tanglewood Show Added
Monday, February 8th, 2010Via The Berkshire Eagle, James Taylor and Carole King have added a third show to their “Troubadour Reunion” tour stop at Tanglewood this summer. The first two shows sold out within hours. Only lawn tickets are still available for the newly added show on Monday, July 5, and you can bet they won’t last long.
Tanglewood’s 2010 Schedule
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Yup, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but we’re already thinking about the summer concert schedule that’s coming up some seven months down the road.
Over in Lenox, Mass., Tanglewood‘s schedule focuses squarely on its classical music season, and you can check out the complete schedule here. But they always manage to sneak in a few tasty pop concerts during the summer, too.
Here are some of the pop highlights:
Parade of Shoes: Kat Edmonson
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Kat Edmonson at Tanglewood, 9/6/09 (Photo by Andrzej Pilarczyk)
LIVE: Kat Edmonson @ Tanglewood, 9/6/09
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Kat Edmonson and John Ellis
We love a good surprise.
And we found a real doozy at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Sunday afternoon in the form of the Kat Edmonson Sextet. Not only did we not know anything about the stunning jazz vocalist and her band – she was a last-minute substitute booking at the fest – but we’d never even heard the name before we found her at the microphone in the Jazz Cafe tent.
LIVE: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra @ Tanglewood, 9/6/09
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Swing, swang, swung…
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra conjugated it pretty much every old way you could possibly want on the final day of the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox, Mass.
The towering 80-minute performance was primarily crafted from the sturdy building blocks of the vast Thad Jones catalog, which was certainly no surprise since the 16-piece VJO is devoted to carrying on the music and legacy of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
Be Here Now: Tanglewood Jazz Festival, 9/4-6/09
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Labor Day weekend means only one thing to Nippertown jazz fans – Tanglewood.
The annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival lands at Ozawa Hall this weekend, presenting a wealth of musical talent at Ozawa Hall, as well as a series of up-and-coming musicians at the Jazz Cafe (free with a ticket to the Ozawa Hall show).
Here’s the complete line-up:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
6:30pm Jazz Cafe: The Benny Reid Quartet
8pm Ozawa Hall: An Evening with Paquito d’Rivera
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
12:30pm Jazz Cafe: Michael Kaeshammer
2pm Ozawa Hall: Live taping of national radio show “Radio Deluxe” with John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molskey featuring Bucky Pizzarelli, Aaron Weinstein and Harry Allen
6:30pm Jazz Cafe: The Evgeney Lebedev Trio
8pm Ozawa Hall: “Reverse Thread” with the Regina Carter Quartet and “Dreaming the Duke” with Nnenna Freelon, Harolyn Blackwell and Mike Garson
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
12:30pm Jazz Cafe: The Kat Edmonson Quintet
2pm Ozawa Hall: “Piano Duet” with Kenny Barron and Mulgrew Miller, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
6:30pm Jazz Cafe: The Ben Powell Quartet
8pm Ozawa Hall: The Jon Faddis Quartet‘s “A Triumph of Trumpets” with Wallace Roney and Sean Jones, and the Dave Holland Octet featuring Chris Potter, Robin Eubanks, Antonio Hart, Alex Sipiagian, Gary Smulyan, Nate Smith and Steve Nelson
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