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The 2018 Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival

The 2018 Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2018, on Columbus Avenue, west of Massachusetts Avenue, for six blocks to Burke Street.

The Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival is Boston’s biggest block party—a free, annual, outdoor public concert that has delighted hundreds of thousands of music lovers over the years with its host of jazz, Latin, blues, funk, and groove performances, along with KidsJam, an instrument petting zoo, and an array of food vendors.

In addition to the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, Berklee hosts many events and concerts that are free and open to the public throughout the year. Information about these events may be found at berklee.edu/events.

Below is a selected set of resources featuring artists at this year's festival.

 

Almas antiguas by Marco Pignataro

Call Number: CD 44221

Publication Date: 2018

On his ZOHO debut “Almas Antiguas” (“Old Souls”), Boston based saxophonist Marco Pignataro presents his all-star quintet in six original compositions and five arrangements, paying respects to his Italian and Puerto Rican bloodlines.

 

 

Diamond Cut by Tia Fuller

Call Number: CD 44328

Publication Date: 2018

Powerhouse saxophonist Tia Fuller has always been about jazz. Even when she visited Philly as a touring member of Beyoncé’s all-female band, she would take jazz gigs in town, or hit a jam session. She’s worked with the cream of the crop in the jazz world as well, and the talent that appears on her new album, Diamond Cut, proves just that.

 

 

Harlem On My Mind by Catherine Russell 

Call Number: CD 44240

Publication Date: 2016

With her sixth album, Catherine Russell journeys to the blue heart of the great African American songbook. Swinging forth with soulful interpretations, Catherine channels the golden age of Harlem, as befits this vibrant daughter of jazz. Vocalists Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington provide inspiration where tunesmiths like Benny Carter, Irving Berlin, Andy Razaf and Fats Waller once ruled the roost of a renaissance that continues to reverberate.

 

 

Love You Too Much by Darcel Wilson

Call Number: CD 44163

Publication Date: 2011

Darcel Wilson has worked with Branford Marsalis, Paul Simon, Mark (Marky Mark) Wahlberg, Walter Beasley, Fatwall Jack, Brad Delp (lead singer of Boston,) Armsted Christian, Keith Robinson (with Metropolis,) and with Producer Dan Serafini.

 

 

 

 

 

Mikrojazz! Neue Expressionistiche Musik by Philipp Gerschlauer, David Fiuczynski

Call Number: CD 44332

Publication Date: 2017

On Mikrojazz, their cutting-edge joint project for RareNoise Records, German saxophonist Philipp Gerschlauer and guitarist David Fiuczynski explore the world of music that falls between the cracks of the tempered scale.

 

 

 

Bring it Back by Catherine Russell

Call Number: CD 44327

Publication Date: 2014

With Bring It Back, vocalist Catherine Russell digs deeper into a rich vein of musical treasures. Mining legendary collaborations between her father, Luis Russell and the great Louis Armstrong, Russell brings along her team from two previous chart-topping albums, the latest of which won the Prix du Jazz Vocal from L'academie du Jazz and Grand Prix du Hot Club de France.