JazzBoston at BeanTown
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Look for the black and white JazzBoston banners at the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival and come by our tent to meet some of Greater Boston's most creative musicians, make a video for our What's Your Jazz? campaign, or just hang out with other denizens of the scene. On September 24, JazzBoston makes its fifth appearance at the festival and its second as an official festival partner. The free outdoor event, which runs from noon to 6 p.m., takes place on Columbus Ave. between Mass. Ave. and Burke St.
For a look at the 2010 scene at JazzBoston's big tent, see the slideshow below.
Meet Boston's Musicians
This is your chance to make a personal connection with musicians from all over Boston's diverse jazz scene. Every hour starting at 12:30 p.m. a different pair of hometown jazz artists will take their turn answering your questions about the music and the scene. They'll have their instruments with them to demonstrate their latest projects. On hand to stir things up will be WGBH 89.7 hosts Eric Jackson and Steve Schwartz and special guest Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association.
This year's line-up includes:
- Syd Smart, percussionist, co-founder of the John Coltrane Memoroial Concert
- Stan Strickland, singer, saxophonist, flutist, actor
- Ken Field, saxophonist, leader of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
- Jerry Sabatini, trumpeter, leader of Sonic Explorers
- Pat Loomis, saxophonist
- Cercie Miller, saxophonist, co-founder of Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet
- Yoko Miwa, pianist
- Scott Goulding, drummer
- Bill Lowe, trombonist, tubist, co-leader of JazzBoston's Riffs & Raps programs for audiences of all ages
- Ayeisha Mathis, drummer, Music Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester; Geoff Killebrew, keyboards; and the Rising Stars of the BGC Dorchester Music Clubhouse.
What's Your Jazz?
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Come by the mini TV studio at the JazzBoston tent and watch our crew video-record music lovers of every persuasion as they answer the question, "What's your jazz?" Or step up to the camera yourself and receive a free What's your Jazz? bumper sticker as a thank-you for participating in our audience-building campaign.
Leroy McLauren from Memories in Motion will be behind the camera again this year, and legendary singer Mae Arnette, JazzBoston's star volunteer, will be available for advice on emoting.
Scenes from BeanTown '10
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