Scullers Jazz Club
At DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Boston
400 Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA, 02134
September 4, 2012
For immediate release:
October- December, 2012
Updated List of shows
Show times are 8pm & 10pm, Tuesday through Saturday and 4pm & 7pm on Sunday (unless otherwise indicated).
Tickets on sale now through Scullers Box Office at 617-562-4111
Online at www.scullersjazz.com
OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 2
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show Times: 8pm
BOB WOLFMAN
http://bobwolfman.com/
TRANSITION with Kenwood Dennard on drums, James Cammack on Bass and Ferdi Argenti on keys. “Simply one of the best guitarists in the U.S. today!” ~ Boston Globe
Wednesday, October 3
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA
http://www.aardvarkjazz.com/
Praised for “exuberance, imagination and sheer brio” (Jazz Review UK), The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra kicks off its historic 40th season.
The October 3rd show will celebrate the release of Aardvark’s 11th CD, “Evocations”
Thursday, October 4
Show: $25
Dinner & Show: $65
Show times: 8pm only
DAVE SAMUELS & CARIBBEAN JAZZ PROJECT
http://www.dsamuels.com/
Dave Samuels/vibes and marimba, Lincoln Goines/bass, Arturo Stable/percussion, Oscar Feldman/alto and soprano saxes, Vince Cherico/drums
Friday-Saturday, October 5-6
Show: $30
Dinner & Show: $70
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
ELIANE ELIAS
http://elianeelias.com/
New CD Release “Swept Away”
Multi-GRAMMY® Award nominee, Brazilian pianist/singer/composer/arranger Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive and immediately recognizable musical style which blends her Brazilian roots and her sensuous, alluring voice with her impressive compositional and piano skills.
Wednesday, October 10
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show time: 8pm
DONNY McCASLIN
http://www.donnymccaslin.com/
Latest release “Casting for Gravity”. “He’s a versatile player who moves easily between inside and outside musical zones . . . There’s a fluidity and grace to his playing even when he’s pushing at envelopes.” Josef Woodard for JazzTimes
Thursday, October 11
Show: $25
Dinner & Show: $65
Show time: 8pm
STEVE KUHN with Gadi Lehavi as opening act
http://stevekuhnmusic.com/
http://forward.com/articles/142234/israeli-piano-prodigy-takes-jazz-world-by-storm/
This esteemed pianist is joined by a 15 year old Israeli piano prodigy Gadi Lehavi who is already being compared to jazz great Herbie Hancock.
Friday, October 12
Show: $30
Dinner & Show: $70
Show time: 8pm & 10pm
LORETTA LAROCHE “JEST & JAZZ”
http://www.lorettalaroche.com/
Loretta LaRoche, International stress management & Humorist with Kenny Wenzel and his trio; Chris Taylor on the keyboards, Peter Kontrimas on bass and Gene Roma on drums, in her all new show combining mirth, music and mayhem!
Thursday, October 18
Show: $30
Dinner & Show: $70
Show time:8pm & 10pm
DAN HICKS
http://www.danhicks.net/
Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks is truly an American original. Since the early 1960s, Hicks has deftly blended elements of Swing, Jazz, Folk and Country music to create the appealing sound he sometimes calls “Folk Jazz”.
Friday, October 19
Show: $28
Dinner & Show: $68
Show time: 8pm & 10pm
KARRIN ALLYSON
http://www.karrin.com/
“She’s been described as a “musician’s musician,” and for once the overused term actually makes sense – a complete performance by a complete artist – one of the jazz world’s finest.” – Don Heckman, The Los Angeles Times.
Tuesday, October 23
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
ATHENE WILSON
http://www.athenewilson.com/
Three time Boston Urban Music Award winner, she is a consummate professional who performs private and public events for a variety of clients and venues including clubs, festivals, corporate and organizational events.
Wednesday, October 24
Show: $22
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
MARIA TECCE
http://www.mariatecce.com/
This Boston-born performer began her musical career not in the US but in Europe and over the last few years has steadily gained critical and public recognition for both her performing and writing.
Maria has a passion for folk songs of other countries in their original languages and has a repertoire of Spanish, Italian, French, and Polish songs.
Thursday-Friday, October 25-26
Show: $30
Dinner & Show: $70
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
KURT ELLING
http://kurtelling.com/
New CD “1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project”
With this new album, Elling celebrates a legendary legacy outside the jazz world.
1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project
honors a locale that the London Telegraph called “the most important generator of popular songs in the Western world.” Even for the ceaselessly inventive Elling it’s a hugely unexpected step, and one guaranteed to further solidify his reputation for bold innovation and superb craftsmanship.
Saturday-Sunday, October 27-28
Show: $40
Dinner & Show: $80
Show times: 8pm &10pm /Saturday
4pm & 7pm/Sunday
SPYRO GYRA
http://www.spyrogyra.com/
From the samba rhythms and Caribbean feel of their early hits to the latest album, they have made it a point to embrace the music of the places they have visited. Their new album, A Foreign Affair, is ready to take you around the world from the Caribbean to South America, and even to South Africa, India and Japan.
Tuesday, October 30
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
MOZIK PRESENTS JOBIM WITH SPECIAL GUEST REBECCA PARRIS
Lead by Brazilian pianist Gilson Schachnik and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli, the tight quintet features an international cast of highly-regarded musicians: Brazilian guitarist Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Russian flutist Yulia Musayelyan and Argentine bassist Fernando Huergo round out the group.
Wednesday, October 31
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
NEC – SINGERS & SONGWRITERS
New England Conservatory talent showcase.
NOVEMBER
Thursday-Friday, November 1-2
Show: $30
Dinner & Show: $70
Show time: 8pm & 10pm
ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY
http://www.acoustic-alchemy.net/
For nearly 25 years, Acoustic Alchemy has pushed the limits of the acoustic guitar’s potential by embracing a spectrum of musical styles ranging from straightahead jazz to folk to rock to world music and beyond. In the two and a half decades since their earliest recordings – despite a tragic setback in the late 1990s and the inherent challenges of the 21st century music industry – the group has assembled and sustained a vast and loyal following that stretches well beyond their U.K. origins.
Thursday, November 8
Show: $30
Dinner & Show: $70
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
RICHARD ELLIOT
http://www.richardelliot.com/
Richard Elliot’s new CD “In the Zone”, a grooving, funked up, horn-splashed collection that finds the energized-as-ever tenor saxophonist paying homage to the pioneering instrumental artists of his formative years (’70s-early ’80s) whose brilliance and musical innovations inspired his own.
Friday, November 9
Show: $25
Dinner & Show: $65
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
GRACE KELLY
http://www.gracekellymusic.com/
Fourth year in a row named to “Alto Saxophonist Rising Star”
list in the Annual Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll Aug 2012
Tuesday, November 13
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show time: 8pm
INTERNATIONAL STRING TRIO
http://www.internationalstringtrio.com/
The trio’s repertoire includes classical, jazz, popular and world music (Italian, French, Russian, Jewish, Spanish, Latin American, Gipsy and Irish).
Wednesday, November 14
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show time: 8pm
YOKO MIWA
http://yokomiwa.com
“Pianist Yoko Miwa displays unpretentious melodies, elegant phrasing, and the lyrical sensibility of a jazz poet.”
-Jazziz Magazine
Thursday-Friday, November 15-16
Show: $38
Dinner & Show: $78
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
NAJEE
http://www.najeemusic.com/landing-page/
A quadruple threat who is equally adept on soprano, tenor and alto saxophones and flute.
Tuesday, November 20
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
LYDIA HARRELL and LovelySinger
http://www.lovelysinger.com/
Boston vocalist and voice instructor.
In early 2012, she was selected to record a Bob Marley tribute album by Sony Music Latin, which is expected to be released in the Fall/Winter of 2012!
Friday-Saturday, November 23-24
Show: $40
Dinner & Show: $80
Show time: 8pm & 10pm
ARTURO SANDOVAL
http://www.arturosandoval.com/
Arturo Sandoval is fluent in at least four musical languages. He can burn through an Afro-Cuban groove, tear up a bebop tune, soar over a Mozart concerto and sooth you with a luscious ballad; with equal power and grace…
Tuesday, November 27
Show: $20
Dinner & Show: $60
Show times: 8pm
INTRODUCING ALBARE
The band features Albare on guitar, Hendrik Meurkens on harmonica, Phil Turcio on piano, Phil Rex on bass and Pablo Bencid on drums.
“My band is a tribute to the human spirit of adventure. There are African, Middle-Eastern and South-European flavors on the new release and in the band along with diverse sounds, melodies and rhythms. All of it is interwoven and fused with the jazz heritage,” Albare says.
Wednesday, November 28
Show: $25
Dinner & Show: $65
Show times: 8pm
BILL & BO WINIKER – PART 2
http://www.winikermusic.com/
DECEMBER
Sunday, December 2
Show: $35
Dinner & Show: $75
Show times: 4pm
MICHAEL DUTRA “STRICTLY SINATRA”
http://www.strictlysinatranow.com/
Christmas Show!!
Tuesday-Wednesday, December 4-5
Show: $40
Dinner & Show: $80
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
A PETER WHITE Christmas with Mindi Abair & Rick Braun
http://www.peterwhite.com/
Peter White leads an all star lineup featuring Rick Braun and Mindi Abair playing dazzling arrangements of your favorite holiday songs. It will be a treat for the holiday season!
Thursday, December 6
Show: $22
Dinner & Show: $62
Show time: 8pm
BOBBI CARREY & WILL MCMILLAN
http://www.bobbicarrey.com/
After five sold-out shows at Scullers, critically acclaimed vocalists, Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan, return with their newest show, “Mostly Mercer,” celebrating one of the most acclaimed and prolific composers, lyricists, singers, and businessmen.
Friday-Saturday,
December 28-29
Show: $38
Dinner & Show: $78
Show times: 8pm $ 10pm
REGINA CARTER
http://www.reginacarter.com/
NEW CD “REVERSE THREAD”
Preeminent violinist and a MacArthur Fellow — a recipient of what is commonly known as the “genius grant”
OUR NEW YEARS EVE EVENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY