April 28, 2016 Article by Dave Read Saturday, May 14 2016, 8:00 PM Barrington Stage Company 30 Union Street, Pittsfield, MA Order Tickets for Phil Woods Memorial Berkshires Jazz, Inc. announces a memorial concert in honor of the late alto saxophonist Phil Woods, to take place in Pittsfield, MA, on May 14, 2016. The tribute… read more
George Shearing tribute at Berkshire Gateway Jazz
George Shearing tribute at Berkshire Gateway Jazz Article by Dave Read The 3rd Annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, scheduled for various venues in Lee, MA June 5-8,2014, features The Sounds of Shearing, paying the music of former Lee resident Sir George Shearing. Sounds of Shearing is led by Charlie Shoemake on vibraphone, a member of… read more
Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo headline Jazz weekend in Lee, MA
Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo headline Jazz weekend in Lee, MA Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo headline the Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, in downtown Lee, July 25-28. Berkshires Jazz, Inc. and Berkshire Gateway Preservation, Inc. have teamed-up to bring a full weekend of marquee performers, a jazz documentary film, and appearances by local… read more
Terrence Blanchard Quintet performance Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
Terrence Blanchard Quintet performance Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood June 28, 2013 performance, by Dave Read. The Terrence Blanchard Quintet filled Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall with two sets of dense jazz before a sparse audience on June 28, 2013. It was a lovely evening in the Berkshires, but rain had been forecast, so maybe that had something to… read more
Jazz in Pittsfield May 3 & 5
Jazz in Pittsfield May 3 & 5 BerkshiresJazz.org presents two free programs in Pittsfield the first weekend of May. On May 3 by the Williams College Jazz Group, an ensemble comprising talented students and headed by Andy Jaffe. The 7:30pm concert will take place at Baba Louie’s Backroom, , 34 Depot Street, Pittsfield. The student… read more
Berkshires Jazz schedules Claire Daly & Jeff Holmes Quartets
Berkshires Jazz schedules Claire Daly & Jeff Holmes Quartets Berkshires Jazz presents concerts in Pittsfield, MA by the Claire Daly Quartet and the Jeff Holmes Quartet during the last week of March and first week of April, which is Jazz Appreciation Month. The Claire Daly Quartet pays tribute to Thelonious Monk with a Baritone Monk… read more
Berkshires Jazz presents Armen Donelian concert in Pittsfield Feb. 15, 2013
Berkshires Jazz presents Armen Donelian concert in Pittsfield Feb. 15, 2013 Berkshires Jazz, Inc. announces its participation in Pittsfield’s second annual 10×10 Upstreet Winter Arts Festival, with a special concert by the remarkable pianist and composer Armen Donelian. For the Feb. 15 concert at Baba Louie’s Backroom, the Armen Donelian Trio explores the music of… read more
Preservation Hall Jazz Band concert at The Clark Feb. 8, 2013
2/7/13 – CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Preservation Hall Jazz Band concert at The Clark Feb. 8, 2013 The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform in concert at The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA on Friday, February 8, at 8:00 pm. Named for a building located in New Orleans’s French Quarter, Preservation Hall Jazz Band… read more
Remembering Dave Brubeck
Remembering Dave Brubeck in the Berkshires We’re re-posting material in the wake of Dave Brubeck’s death Dec. 5, 2012, the day before his 92nd birthday. Dave Brubeck performed in the Berkshires throughout his legendary career, from the 1950s at the fabled Music Inn in Lenox to a 2009 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival performance at the Colonial… read more
Berkshires Jazz
Jazz in the Berkshires Article by Dave Read. The Berkshires jazz scene has had ups and downs over the decades, with the ups holding the upper hand, indeed. That is because of the fabled Lenox School of Jazz, which grew out of a casual series of events instituted by Phil and Stephanie Barber in the… read more
Wynton Marsalis Quintet Christian McBride Trio at Tanglewood
August 20, 2012 Article by Dave Read Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Christian McBride Trio performed one set each in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood and then assembled for a mashup that looked to be as much fun for the musicians to do as it was exciting for the audience to see and hear. If there were… read more
September 2011 events in the Berkshires
The annual Labor Day Tanglewood Jazz Festival is the most noteworthy event on the Berkshires performing arts schedule, which also inludes plays at Barrington Stage, Shakespeare & Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival and the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. September marks the transition to the always fabulous Berkshires Fall Foliage season, celebrated in Lenox and Lee with… read more