Mar 4, 2025 1:29 PM
Changing of the Guard at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
On October 23, Ted Nash – having toured the world playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass…
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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