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Your Jazz Newsletter for Southeastern Mass and R.I.

They say June is Bustin Out All Over. But not before we take care of some unfinished jazz business in May!
The coming month will be spiced by a visit to Twin River in Lincoln, R.I. by blues guitarist extraordinaire Duke Robillard, and there’ll be plenty of tasty traditional and contemporary performances from Leah Souza, Jimmy Mazzy and the Marcus Monteiro Quartet, to name a few!
The Dixie Diehards Jazz Band plans to kick up its heels with old time New Orleans Jazz music at a jazz brunch 11:30-1:30 p.m. Mother’s Day, May 11 at the Taunton Holiday Inn, plus a more intimate show the following week on May 15 at Ma Glockner’s Restaurant, 151 Maple St., Bellingham, from 7-10 p.m. Bring your dancin’ shoes!
Sunday Night Jazz at Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, Ma will be featuring shows with Third Shift on May 11, Elm Street Jazz, May 18, and Tema Jazz on May 25. Those shows are 7-9 p.m. Admissions range from $6-10. Call 508-824-3436 or visit http://www.stevesbackstagepass.com/.

Your Personal Jazz Calendar for May, 2008!

The Hi-Hat, Davol Square, Providence, features nightly jazz ranging from groups like the East Side Horns to solo piano and CD release events. For their almost-too-numerous-to-list attractions, please visit http://www.thehihat.com/. And for jazz news and listings throughout New England, visit http://www.nejazz.com/.

DATE
1 Thu.
7-10pm Blue Horizon Five Ma Glockner's, 155 Maple St. Bellingham MA (508) 966-1085
5 Mon
6-9pm Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band at the Dolphin Restaurant ~Dinner & Jazz~ Reservations: 508-655-0669. 12 Washington St. Natick Center.
5 Mon.
7-9:30pm Dave Whitney Big Band with special Guest Sophia Stevens at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10.
9 p.m. (every Tuesday) Jeff Maher, Billy Goode’s Tavern, Marlboro St., Newport

6 Tues.
10 p.m., Marcus Monteiro Quartet, Bridge St. Station, 122 Main St., Fairhaven (Also May 8, 13, 20).

7 Wed
8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men - Traditional Jazz Band at the Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200.

8 Thu.
7 p.m. Jeff Maher, Hero’s Pub, 150 Slade’s Ferry Road, Somerset, Ma.

9 Fri.
TBA Jeff Maher, Harbor Hotel, Newport, R.I.

11 Sun.
11:13 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch with the Dixie Diehards Jazz Band, Taunton Holiday Inn, Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, Ma.
7 p.m., Third Shift Jazz, Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, Ma. $6.

13 Tue
7-9:30pm The Jazz Jesters Novelty Orchestra at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10

9 Fri
8:30pm-12:30am Leah Souza Trio at Tosca, 14 North Street Hingham, MA
14 Wed
8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200

15 Thu.
7-10pm Dixie Diehards Jazz Band at Ma Glockner's, 151 Maple St. Bellingham, MA 02019 (508) 966-1085 $10 cover.
16 Fri.
7pm Leah Souza Trio, HAT'S OFF TO THE ARTS! GALA, Plymouth Guild Center for the Arts Garden, 11 North Street Plymouth, MA.
TBA Jeff Maher, Harbor Hotel, Newport, R.I.
17 Sat.
10 p.m., blues guitarist Duke Robillard, Lighthouse Bar at Twin River Casino, Lincoln, R.I. 10 p.m.
9:30 p.m., Marcus Monteiro Quartet, The Bullpen, 1825 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford.
18 Sun
3pm Wolverine Jazz Band appearing for the Cape Cod Jazz Society 31st year of spring concerts at Cape Cod Community College Tilden Arts Center, 2240 Ivanough Rd. (Rt. 132) West Barnstable, $25, Members $20. 508-394-5277 .
7-9PM Elm Street at Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, MA
20 Tue
7-9:30pm Blue Horizon Jazz Band at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10
21 Wed.
8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men - Traditional Jazz Band at the Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200.
25 Sun.
4-7pm This Side of Dixie at The Half Moon Restaurant, 1650 Nooseneck Hill Rd. (Rt. 3) Coventry, RI 02816.
27 Tue
7-9:30pm Neville Dickie at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 .
30 Fri.
5 p.m. Marcus Monteiro Quartet, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Ma.

Thanks to: www.nejazz.com!

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Your SEMass jazz newsletter for April, 2008!
From Tin Pan Alley to the Rat Pack, there’s plenty to croon about at SEMass and Rhode Island jazz venues during the month of April.

The month kicks off with the 16th annual Early Spring Banjo Fling April 3-6 at the Mansfield Holiday Inn sponsored by the Stone Street Strummers Banjo Band.

Offerings include free nightly concerts plus workshops and virtually endless jam sessions throughout the weekend. This year’s headliner is Dave Marty, Frisco-based entertainer, recording artist and cruise line entertainer for more than 40 years. And last year's smash Cynthia Sayer, popular banjo-vocalist and veteran of Woody Allen's Dixieland jazz band, will be back for another appearance Friday evening, April 4.

SSS Prez Paul Poirier says this looks like the biggest year ever for the traditional, Dixieland and swing jazz event with record hotel room bookings, bus tour reservations and all around interest. Details: www.stonestreetstrummers.org.

In Taunton, Steve’s Backstage Pass—the Attleboro-Taunton area’s only weekly jazz showcase—is offering Sunday Night Jazz featuring saxman Adam Go on April 6, Andy Solberg April 13, Steve Caddick and Avalon April 20 and Swing 39 on April 27. All shows are 7 p.m. at the 15 School St., Taunton, cabaret with the exception of April 20 which will feature a come-one, come-all Great American Banjo Jam featuring tradjazz prior to headliners Avalon beginning at 6. Details: http://www.stevesbackstagepass.com/.

The Dixie Diehards Jazz Band will be appearing 2 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the Mansfield Holiday Inn as part of the aforementioned Early Spring Banjo Fling, as well as 7 p.m. April 26 at the Marion Art Center in –where else?—Marion Center. Consult: http://www.marionartcenter.com/.

We're also at the New England Folk Festival, the nation's oldet continuous folk festival, on April 27 at Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Ma.

Your personal SEMASS Jazz Calendar for April!

DATE
1 Tue 7-9:30pm Steve Taddeo's Swing Senders at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA $10.
2 Wed 8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men - Traditional Jazz Band at the Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200

3-6 -- Stone Street Strummers' 16th Annual Early Spring Banjo Fling moves into Mansfield, MA at the Mansfield (MA) Holiday Inn with four days of free concerts, workshops, vendors and wall-to-wall jams. Tin Pan Alley to Dixieland and Swing with an international star cast plus regional bands. Festival headliner Dave Marty of San Francisco kicks off the first in a series of free public concerts along with sponsors The Stone Street Strummers 7 p.m. April 3. Details:www.stonestreetstrummers.org.

3 Thu 7-10:30pm Blue Horizon Five at Ma Glockner's 155 Maple St. Bellingham, MA 508.966.1085
4 Fri. 2-3 p.m. Dixie Diehards Jazz Band, Garden Court, Mansfield Holiday Inn. Part of the Early Spring Banjo Fling sponsored by the Stone Street Strummers. FREE
9:30pm-12:30am Dan Fox Quartet at Tosca, 14 North Street Hingham, MA 781-740-0080

5 Sat 7:30-11pm Leah Souza Trio at Stoneforge, 140 Warren Avenue, Plymouth.
TBA Jeff Maher, St. John’s Club, Rodman St., Fall River, Ma.
6 Sun. 7-9pm Adam Go, Quartetat Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton MA. Cover is $7
7 Mon 6-9pm Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band at the Dolphin Restaurant ~Dinner & Jazz2 Washington St. Natick Center.
12 Sat 6pm Ruth Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters at Milford Regional Medical Center Black Tie Fund Raiser, Melange: The Golden Age of Hollywood at The Grand Ballroom at Milford Town Hall • 52 Main Street • Milford, MA. Tickets $175pp at 508-422-2034.
12 Sat 6-11pm White Heat Swing Orchestra at The grand ballroom of the Four Points Sheraton, Route 6, Easton, MA. Benefit. Tickets are $50 per person and are available by contacting
13 Sun 2-4pm Fred Fried, Jazz Guitar Performance and Reception at Heritage Museums & Gardens, 67 Grove Street, at the junction of Pine and Grove Streets, Sandwich, MA 02563. Fees: $25 Members, $30 Non-Members.
13 Sun. 7-9 p.m. Andy Solberg and his quartet. Jazz standards with flair. Part of Sunday Night Jazz, Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, Ma. 508-824-3436. $10.

15 Tue 7-9:30pm Blue Horizon Jazz Band at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 admission.
17 Thu Bay State Stompers at Ma Glockner's, 151 Maple St. Bellingham .
18 Fri 8:30pm-12:30am Leah Souza Trio at Radisson Plymouth Harbor hotel, 180 Water Street Plymouth, MA .
TBA Andy Solberg and Marshall Wood, Wetherlaine’s, 350 River St., Woonsocket, R.I.
19 Sat 8pm Ron Della Chiesa to Host Strictly Sinatra Music America Rat Pack Dance Parties at Raffael’s Banquet /Conference Facility, Route 1A, Walpole, MA 8 P.M
8:30pm-12:30am Leah Souza Trio at Radisson Plymouth Harbor hotel, 180 Water Street Plymouth, MA 19 Sat 9:30pm-12:30am Dan Fox Quartet at Tosca, 14 North Street Hingham, MA 781-740-0080
TBA Jeff Maher, Pottersville Pub, Somerset, Ma.
20 Sun. 6-9 p.m. Avalon trio with banjoist Steve Caddick. Traditional and Tin Pan Alley jazz. Preceded by the Great American Banjo Jam. Traditional jazz and pop music open jam (come one, come all!) 6-7:30; Avalon at 7:30. Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, Ma. 508-824-3436. $6.
22 Tue 7-9:30pm Black Eagle Jazz Band at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 admission .
26 Sat. 7 p.m Dixie Diehards Jazz Band, Marion Art Center, Main and Pleasant Streets, Marion, Ma. http://www.marionartcenter.com/.
TBA Jeff Maher, Mickey Doyle’s Pub, Fall River.

27 Sun 7-9 p.m. Swing 39, Louisville, Ky.-based swing trio, renders the jazz style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli. With special guests No Strings Attached. Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, Ma. 508-824-3436. $8.
29 Tue 7-9:30pm Swing Times Five at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 admission.

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Banjo Jazzer Dave Marty is 'Mr. Smooth'

Whether entertaining on luxury cruise liners or appearing before convention audiences, California banjoman extraordinaire Dave Marty's nickname is "Mr. Smooth."

Marty, whose virtuosity as a performer and recording artist spans nearly a half century, will be the main headliner for this year’s Early Spring Banjo Fling April 3-6 at the Mansfield Holiday Inn. The event, which includes dozens of bands and solo performers playing everything from early 20th Century popular music to traditional and Dixieland jazz, is staged annually by the Stone Street Strummers Banjo Band.
Music captured the young Marty’s imagination almost from the start. From the age of 12, he had already begun teaching himself ukulele before eventually asking his father for something a little bigger. Marty actually had a guitar in mind, but for his 16th birthday, his dad surprised him with – of all things—a banjo.
He had trouble at first adjusting to the banjo’s long neck, and put the instrument aside for the next three years until he happened to hear a banjo player in a trio in a local pizza parlor.
“After hearing a couple of tunes, I decided I was as good as or better than the banjo player, and he was making money doing that,” said Marty. “Then and there I knew what I wanted to do with my life.”
Before long, Marty had resurrected the banjo, joined the musician’s union and got his first professional job – also in a pizza parlor. He’s been playing ever since: 48 years in all.
Marty’s career began in beer halls and restaurants, but he soon branched out to night clubs in San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans and New York City, not to mention Florence, Italy and the New York World’s Fair.
Together with David Sturdevant on guitar and Abe van der Meulen on side banjo, Marty formed the San Francisco Medicine Ball Band in 1970, recording an LP “On a Slow Boat to China” in 1976. Marty went on to record several other albums and spent 17 years as a featured performer on major cruise lines.
Marty revels in a wide variety of musical forms, from classical to Dixieland and traditional jazz along with music from the big band era. But the uniqueness of the banjo lays the strongest claim to his heart.
“Musically, the banjo tugs at the American heart because of the sound derived from the instrument; it is unlike any other American musical instrument and can be a happy one,” said Marty. “Culturally, the banjo is a big part of very early American popular music and dixieland jazz and country & western music. Furthermore, music played on the banjo stirs up many memories, particularly for senior citizens.”
Marty will perform several times throughout this year’s Spring Fling beginning with a guest appearance with the Stone Street Strummers Banjo Band 7: p.m. Thursday, April 3, in a celebration of the Tin Pan Alley era of American Music, and the annual Headliner concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5 at the hotel.
For more information on the Early Spring Banjo Fling, visit www.stonestreetstrummers.org.

HOT NEWS

A Jazz Age 'Banjo Fling' April 3-6 in Mansfield

Ninety years ago, the Hit Parade was still in the future and Rock n’ Roll was the preferred method for removing a Model T from a pothole. But America’s preoccupation with jazz and popular music was already in full spin in a place called Tin Pan Alley –- where songwriters worked day and night to produce the latest hits.
Those days and the music they inspired will come to life again April 3-6 when the Early Spring Banjo Fling beckons hundreds of musicians and vintage music fans to the Mansfield Holiday Innin Mansfield, Ma.
From Irving Berlin to W.C. Handy, the songs of the early 20th Century “Jazz Age” will be revived by traditional jazz, Dixieland and early popular music ensembles and solo artists from across the U.S. Last year, the annual music festival hosted by Foxboro’s Stone Street Strummers Banjo Band attracted in excess of 2,000 musicians and music fans for four days of concerts, jam sessions and seminars.
This year’s 16th annual edition promises to be the biggest ever, says Strummers President Paul Poirier, with a cavalcade of international jazz professionals and hot amateur bands from across the Northeast. San Francisco touring banjoist, recording artist and cruise line entertainer Dave Marty heads a lineup of that includes Cynthia Sayer, a veteran of Woody Allen’s Dixieland band, and Holland’s Tom Stuip.
Featured artists also include Paul Doerner, Mike Hashem, Kurt and Dave, Jeff Grosser and Seekonk’s Steve Caddick.
The annual festival kicks off with a concert by the Stone Street Strummers with Marty as their special guest 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the hotel’s Buckingham Ballroom, based on the music of the 1920s and 30s.
Friday, April 4 begins with a series of afternoon small band concerts in the Garden Court followed by a concert at 7 p.m. in the ballroom that will include music by Stuip, Dorner, Sayer, Doerner, Caddick and the Kurt and Dave duo.
Saturday afternoon will feature performances by amateur and professional bands prior to Marty’s featured concert 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom with opener Michael Nix. A Sunday morning gospel jam hosted by banjoist Tom Fee rounds out the weekend.
The weekend will also feature demonstrations of early music recording technology with a chance for musicians to make their own wax cylinder recordings.
All performances at the Early Spring Banjo Fling are free and open to the public. For additional information, visit the Stone Street Strummers web site at http://www.stonestreetstrummers.org/ or call 508-226-2986.

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New Black Eagles Set

Standard for Quality

The New Black Eagle Jazz Band, considered by many to be among the world’s premier traditional New Orleans Jazz ensembles, still sets the standard in traditional jazz long after their beginnings 37 years ago at their longtime haunt the Sticky Wicket Pub in Hopkinton.

The seven-piece band showed it hadn't lost a beat recently at a cozy engagement at Ma Glockner's Restraurant in Bellingham, Ma. with Michael Peipman a last-minute addition sitting in for cornetist Tony Pringle.

In long history of the “Black Eagles” as their fans affectionately call them, the band has played to jazz audiences all over the world earning them the title of keepers of the flame for New Orleans jazz purists. Having played its first gig on board the Peter Stuyvesant, a boat moored in Boston Harbor, the band has evolved through the decades and personnel changes. In the early days, the Eagles were well-known features of Passim’s in Cambridge and the former Sticky Wicket.

In recent years, the band’s travels have included appearances with the Boston and Baltimore symphonies and the Scottish National Orchestra, as well as concert and club dates throughout Europe Canada and the U.S. The present band includes C.H. "Pam" Pameijer on drums, Barry Bockus on bass, Bob Pilsbury on piano and vocals, Peter Bullis on banjo, Stan Vincent on trombone, Tony Pringle on cornet and Billy Novick on alto sax, clarinet and soprano.

Visit: www.blackeagle.com.

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Your SEMass Jazz Newsletter for March, 2008

That was a close one! But somehow we’ve survived another New England Winter, or most of it, despite the flu, skyrocketing heating oil prices and a funky economy.

So now it’s time to pick up the beat.

March 23 is Easter and that means only one thing: The Dixie Diehards Jazz Band strutting along with the Easter Bunny at the Taunton Holiday Inn Easter Brunch. It was a gas last year which saw, among other things, trumpeter-cutup Rick Foster dancing with Ms. Hoppy herself. We expect no repeat of those hijinks—unless the rabbit learns how to do the Charleston!

The greenclad New Orleans-style jazz band will be playing in the foyer from 11:30-1:30 p.m., with a delicious brunch to be served by our accommodating hoteliers under the direction of our good friend Mr. Angelo Diniz. Reservations are recommended. Visit hitaunton.com. The Holiday Inn is at 700 Myles Standish Boulevard, Taunton just off I-495.

The Diehards will also be playing at the Attleboro Council on Aging Center, South Main St., at 10 March 17 in honor of St. Pat’s. Anyone for “Danny Boy?”

Rick Foster’s Sunday Night Jazz at Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, kicks off the month with Jeremy Quick and Low Profile 7 p.m. March 2 and welcomes the incomparable Amanda Carr on March 16. (See Monthly Schedule, below.)

Got Amanda’s delicious new album, “Soon?” Rick’s verdict is if you’re a jazz lover you want it, you need it, so get it SOON! Pick it up online at CD baby or ‘Manda’s web site!

Your personal SEMass jazz calendar for March!
DATE

1 Sat Mike Erickson Band, 9 p.m., Copperfield’s Downunder Pub, 90 Brookline Ave., Boston.
2 Sun 7PM Low Profile, led by guitarist Jeremy Quick, struts its eclectic jazz into southeastern Massachusetts with a debut performance at Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton.
3 Mon 6-9pm Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band at the Dolphin Restaurant ~Dinner & Jazz. 12 Washington St. Natick Center.
4 Tue 7-9:30pm Wolverine Jazz Band at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 admission.

5 Wed 8-11pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200 6 Thu 7-10pm
6 Blue Horizon Five, Ma Glockner's, 155 Maple St. Bellingham MA (508) 966-1085
6 Thu 8pm Grace Kelly Quintet at Sculler's Jazz Club $18 show, $63 dinner & show. then she's off to Moscow, Idaho and the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival the next week
7 Fri 8:30pm-midnight The Love Dogs at Swing City, The Bishop MacKenzie Center, 1337 Centre Street, Newton Centre, MA 02459.
7 Fri 9:30pm Dan Fox Quartet at Tosca, 14 North Street Hingham, MA 781-740-0080 .
8 Sat 8-11am Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band at the Organic Farm Pancake Breakfast in South Natick at the Memorial School, 107 Eliot St. South Natick MA.
9 Sun 7pm Bay State Stompers at Steve's Backstage Pass, 15 School St. Taunton $10 cover.
11 Tue 7-9:30pm La Crème Featuring Molly Malone at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 admission.
12 Wed 8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200
14 Marcus Monteiro Quartet, The Blackstone, Cumberland, R.I., 8 p.m.
14 Fri 8-12pm The White Heat Swing Orchestra at Swing City The Bishop MacKenzie Center, 1337 Centre Street, Newton Centre, MA
15 Sat 2pm Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman at Provincetown Art Association and Museum , 460 Commercial St. Provincetown MA 508.487.1750
15 Sat 7:30pm Wolverine Jazz Trio Goff Memorial Hall, 125 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA . Tickets are $25 per person and $150 for tables for six. Light refreshments. 508-252-5781
15 Sat 8pm $12 Swing n' Strings CD release Chan's Egg Rolls and Jazz, 267 Main St., Woonsocket RI
16 Sun 7pm The Amanda Carr Quintet at Steve’s Backstage Pass, 15 School Street Taunton, MA
17 Dixie Diehards Jazz Band, Attleboro Council on Aging, South Main St., Attleboro, 10 a.m.
18 Tue 7-9:30pm Blue Horizon Jazz Band at the Sherborn Inn, 33 N. Main St. Sherborn MA (508) 655-9521 $10 admission.
19 Wed 8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200

20 Thu 7-10pm New Black Eagle Jazz Band at Ma Glockner's, 155 Maple St. Bellingham MA (508) 966-1085
21 Marcus Monteiro Quartet, New Wave Café, New Bedford, 8 p.m.
21 Andy Solberg and Marshall Wood, Wetherlaine’s. 350 River St., Woonsocket.
22 Sat 8:30pm-12:30pm Leah Souza Trio at TOSCA, 14 North Street Hingham.

23 Sun. Little Mahrud Jazz Orchestra, Steve's Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton, 7 p.m. $5.
23 Sun. Dixie Diehards Jazz Band, Easter Brunch at Taunton Holiday Inn, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, Ma. 11:30-1:30 p.m. Reservations recommended www.hitaunton.com
26 Wed 8pm Jimmy Mazzy & The Last Minute Men , Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA (978) 369-9200
29 Sat 9:30pm Dan Fox Quartet at Tosca, 14 North Street Hingham, MA 781-740-0080.
30 Sun 2pm Wolverine Jazz Band with the Mood Elevators at Amazing Things Arts Center, hopefully in the new Hollis Street Fire Station.

DIEHARDS A SMASH!



The Dixie Diehards and featured vocalist Maria Ventura packed the house Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland, R.I.
The crowd was hungry for traditional and Jazz Age tunes like "Basin Street Blues" and "Everybody Loves My Baby."
Many thanks to all of you who joined us for a fun-filled afternoon--and demanded two encores!