2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival schedule

The 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival takes place Friday through Sunday September 2 – 4, with concerts, interviews, radio broadcasts, and a film scheduled for Ozawa Hall, Highwood, and Serenak on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood campus in Lenox, Mass. This year’s festival will be augmented by performances and interviews with Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller, thanks to the award by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) of a Jazz Masters Live grant. Cobb and Schuller were named NEA Jazz Masters in 2009 and 2008.

Musicians and groups scheduled to perform during the 2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival are Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, Lizz Wright, NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb, Mary Stallings, the Mingus Orchestra, Edmar Castaneda, NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller, John Santos, Federico Britos, Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Rumero Lubambo, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson, Judy Carmichael, Michael Kaeshammer, Robin McKelle, Ulysses Owens, Sarah Manning, Rebecca Martin, Larry Grenadier, Bill McHenry, Cedric Hanriot.

2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival – Ticket Prices and Schedule At-a-glance

Friday, September 2

• Friday, September 2, 6:30 pm
• Ulysses Owens Quintet
• Free with ticket to main stage concert

• Friday, September 2, 8 pm
• Robin McKelle Quartet
• Michael Kaeshammer Sextet
• $42-62/lawn $18

Saturday, September 3

• Saturday, September 3, 11:30 am
• Interview: Bob Blumenthal and John Santos
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Saturday, September 3, 12:30 pm
• Sarah Manning Quartet
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Saturday, September 3, 2 pm
• Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired with special guest Blythe Danner
• $33-56/lawn $19

• Saturday, September 3, 4:15 pm
• Interview: Bob Blumenthal and NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Saturday, September 3, 6:30 pm
• Cedric Hanriot Trio
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Saturday, September 3, 8 pm
• A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao
• John Santos Sextet
• Federico Britos Sextet
• $45-77/lawn $19

Sunday, September 4

• Sunday, September 4, 12:30 pm
• Master class with NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb and the rhythm section of the Coast to Coast Septet
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Screening of Charles Mingus’ “Epitaph” conducted by Gunther Schuller at Lincoln Center in 1989
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Sunday, September 4, 2 pm
• Coast to Coast Septet featuring NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb with special guest Mary Stallings
• The Mingus Orchestra with guest conductor NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller
• $33-56/lawn $19

• Sunday, September 4, 4 pm
• “Listen Here” discussion with Bob Blumenthal on a recording by a legendary jazz vocalist to be announced
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Sunday, September 4, 6:30 pm
• The Rebecca Martin Trio with Larry Grenadier and Bill McHenry
• Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34

• Sunday, September 4, 8 pm
• Sing the Truth: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright
• With all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson and Romero Lubambo
• $42-62/lawn$18

Tanglewood contact info.

• 297 West Street (Rt. 183)
• Lenox, MA 01240
• Box Office: 617-266-1200; 888-266-1200
• Website: tanglewood.org

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