Oct 28, 2025 10:47 AM
In Memoriam: Jack DeJohnette, 1942–2025
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
From Aug. 30-Sept. 1, Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass., will host the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. The lineup for the mainstream fest has been set, and tickets go on sale Sunday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available through the Boston Symphony’s SymphonyCharge at (888) 266-1200 or online at the BSO’s website, www.bso.org. Tickets are also available at the Bostix kiosks at Faneuil Hall and in Copley Square, at all Ticketmaster outlets, at the
Ticketmaster website, www.ticketmaster.com.
The lineup is as follows:
Aug. 30: Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres
Aug. 31, 1:30 p.m.: Organ Summit with the Jimmy McGriff Quartet and the Joey DeFrancesco Trio, with special guest David “Fathead” Newman
Aug. 31, 3 p.m.: Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz” with guest Sir Roland Hanna (Special taping of “Piano Jazz” for National Public Radio)
Aug. 31, 8 p.m.: Diana Krall; Roy Haynes “Birds Of a Feather” tribute to Charlie Parker
Sept. 1, 2 p.m.: Roy Hargrove Quintet; Roberya Gamborini
Sept. 1, 8 p.m.: Dave Brubeck Quartet
For more information, go to www.bso.org.
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