Apr 29, 2025 11:53 AM
Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85
Singer Andy Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with a four-octave range that encompassed a bellowing…
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the lineup for its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival, running from Sept. 2-4 in Lenox, Mass. Tickets are on sale now through SymphonyCharge at (888) 266-1200 or on-line at www.bso.org.
The lineup includes:
Sept. 2: Dianne Schuur with the Caribbean Jazz Project; Toots Thielemans, Kenny Werner, Oscar Castro-Neves, and Airto.
Sept. 3:, The Legends Trio Featuring Skitch Henderson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Marian McPartland with special guest Madeleine Peyroux, Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra.
Sept. 4: Sonny Rollins, Yellowjackets; Chris Botti.
For more information, go to www.bso.org.
“It kind of slows down, but it’s still kind of productive in a way, because you have something that you can be inspired by,” Andy Bey said on a 2019 episode of NPR Jazz Night in America, when he was 80. “The music is always inspiring.”
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