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A Peter White Christmas: Tickets remain for 7 p.m.
show The annual Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest holiday show is a red-hot ticket."A Peter White Christmas featuring Rick Braun and Mindi Abair" will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Miller Center for the Arts located on the campus of Reading Area Community College. There are two shows -- 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available for the 7 p.m. show. Limited tickets remain for the 3 p.m. show (call CD Exchange at 610-777-2310 for availability). If you are planning to attend this holiday tradition, get your tickets now! Complete details on the show and how to get tickets at www.berksjazzfest.com |
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headliner Sandoval winsBest Latin Jazz Album Grammy The Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest is proud to present legendary Cuban trumpeter and composer Arturo Sandoval during the 23rd annual event. Sandoval and his band will perform Sunday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., at the Miller Center for the Arts located on the Reading Area Community College Campus. The concert will include music from Sandoval's latest CD project -- Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) -- which won the Best Latin Jazz Album category at the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held last weekend in Las Vegas. Dear Diz also won the Grammy for Best Engineered Album. The Dear Diz project is Sandoval’s tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, with whom Sandoval was touring when he defected from his native Cuba in 1990. Arturo also won a Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album -- Tango Como Yo Te Siento -- last weekend, raising his career Grammy total to 12. The complete lineup/schedule for the 23rd annual Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 25, at www.berksjazzfest.com; in the Reading Eagle; and on Facebook. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. |
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Festival artists: Fourplay
featuring Lalah Hathaway, Rick Braun, David Benoit, Incognito featuring Maysa  The
lineup and schedule for the 23rd annual Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest has been
finalized.The star-studded lineup means it is going to be another 10 days of great music starting Friday, April 5. One of the major headliners will be the jazz super group Fourplay (photo right).  Joining Bob James, Nathan East, Harvey Mason and Chuck Loeb for the Berks Jazz
Fest performance will be special guest vocalist Lalah Hathaway (photo left).In addition to Fourplay and Hathaway, other confirmed headliners are Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves, who will be performing with the Reading Symphony Orchestra; Keiko Matsui; Will Downing; Najee with special guest Alex Bugnon, and Lee Ritenour with special guest Michael Lington. The Dave Stahl Big Band featuring Bobby Caldwell and Andrew Neu; Kurt Elling; Gerald Veasley's Sounds of Philly featuring Phil Perry, Nick Colionne, Carol Riddick and Kindred The Family Soul. Incognito featuring Maysa; Gerald Albright & Norman Brown; Brian Culbertson; Jazz Attack featuring Rick Braun, Richard Elliot, Peter White and Jeff Lorber; John Scofield's Hollowbody Band; Steve Smith & Vital Information/NYC Edition; Brecker Brothers Band Reunion; Kirk Whalum and Kevin Whalum; Jonathan Butler; Maysa & Her Jazz Soul Funk Symphony; Marcus Johnson. Élan Trotman & Friends; Marc Antoine; David Benoit, Brian Bromberg, Chuck Loeb and Eric Marienthal with the Reading Pops Orchestra; Dave Samuels & The Caribbean Jazz Project featuring the Catonsville High (Md.) Steel Drum Band; and many more. Let us know your thoughts on the lineup. CLICK HERE to comment! |
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