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“A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.” - Benny Green
This
is it: FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest 2006 Month!
This month, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest celebrates 16 years of live music and more! It will be a grand celebration, showcasing return engagements by a marquee cast of artists to the March 17-26, 2006 Festival.
On the cusp of the beginning of Spring; what a way to welcome the rights of passage into the new season. If you plan to be anywhere, be there and join FirstEnergy and the Berks Arts Council, for this star-studded celebration.
Tickets for the 16th annual FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest are on sale now and can be purchased online through the festival’s website, www.berksjazzfest.com, by phoning (610) 898.7298, through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) or in person at the following box offices:
The Sovereign Center Box Office, 7th & Penn streets, Reading, PA, 19602.
The Sovereign Performing Arts Center Box Office, 136 N. 6th St., Reading PA, 19601.
Check out the lineup of scheduled artists: (from 2004 lineup***)
George Benson, Roberta Flack, Rick Braun, Richard Elliot, Marian McPartland, Brian Culbertson, Patti Austin, Gerald Veasley John Mayall, Jim Brickman, Diane Schuur, Lee Ritenour, Chris Botti and the show-stopping world premiere of the East Coast All-Stars in the event’s signature finale, featuring: Chuck Loeb, Randy Brecker, Kim Waters, Alex Bugnon, Will Lee, Omar Hakim, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Evans and Patti Austin, and will take place on Sunday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in West Reading, PA.
For tickets and more event information, including lodging and directions, logon to www.berksjazzfest.com.
FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest: It’s all about the music!
Concerts,
Tours & Festivals
March 17, 7:30pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest - Opening Night Concert featuring Dianne Reeves and Joe Sample, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 136 N. 6th Street, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 17, 8:00pm, The Inn of Blues – Mose Allison plus Guy Davis, The Inn at Reading Ballroom, 1040 N. Park Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 17, 10:30pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Heads Up CD Release Concert for Pieces of a Dream, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 18, 2:00pm & 10:30pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Gerald Albright & Kirk Whalum, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 18, 7:00pm, The Inn of Blues – Marcia Ball plus Clarence Spady Band and the Deb Callahan Band, The Inn at Reading Ballroom, 1040 N. Park Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 18, 7:00pm & 10:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents An Evening of Strings Concert – Michael Manring, Tracy Silverman and David Cullen, Gerald Veasley’s Jazz Base at Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 18, 7:30pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Skip Norcott Memorial Concert featuring Ramsey Lewis & David Benoit with the Reading Pops Orchestra, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 136 N. 6th Street, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 19, 2:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Jazz Goes to Church featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Mahogany and Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 19, 3:00pm, Jazz Worship Service, Kirk Whalum and Tehillah Jazz, Grace Fellowship Church, 622 Old Lancaster Pike, Shillington, PA. For tickets and more information, please phone (610) 775.0151.
March 19, 3:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Free Community Concert: Robbi K & Friends featuring Robbie and Bakithi Kumalo, PAL Center for the Arts, 328 Walnut St., Reading, PA. (Tickets available at Reading Eagle Company (circulation department) and PAL Center for the Arts.) (610) 373.8910 www.berksjazzfest.com
March 19, 4:00pm, Jazz Bassist Kyle Eastwood, Goggleworks Center for the Arts Theater, 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 374.4600.
March
19, 7:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents 16th Anniversary Concert -
The Music of Marvin Gaye & Motown featuring Jason Miles, Bobby Caldwell,
Peter White, Kevin Mahogany, Guida De Palma, Mike Mattison, Nick Colionne,
Jay Beckenstein, Sharrod Barnes, Gene Lake, Jonathan Maron, Dominick Farinacci,
DJ Logic, Cesar Camargo Mariano,
Bashiri Johnson plus special guest Candy Dulfer, Sovereign Performing Arts Center,
136 N. 6th Street, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone
(610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 19, 7:00pm – 10:00pm, One Miracle Celebration of Life Foundation presents its’ 4th Annual Evening of Jazz with Paul Jackson, Jr. and Friends – Greg Adams, Eric Darius, Retha Jones and Deniece Williams, The Vault 350 Concert Hall, 350 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA. For tickets and more information please phone (888) 309.2107 or logon to www.onemiracle911.com
March
20, 7:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Albright College Jazz Series:
Free Community Concert -U.S. Air Force Rhythm In Blues Jazz Ensemble with special
guest Tom Coster plus Berks High School All-Star Jazz Band
with special guest conductor Pat Dorian, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 310 S. 7 th
Avenue, West Reading, PA. (Tickets available at Boscov's North, East and Berkshire
Mall.) www.berksjazzfest.com
March 20, 7:30pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents “The Young Faces of Jazz” – Taylor Eigsti and Julian Lage plus Liz Longley, Albright College, Wachovia Theatre, 13th and Exeter Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 20, 8:00pm, Earth, Wind & Fire, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL. Tickets $55, $60, $65, available at Van Wezel box office, by phone at (941) 953-3368 or (800) 826-9303, or on-line at www.vanwezel.org
March
21, 7:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Albright College Jazz Series:
Free Community Concert -U.S. Air Force Rhythm In Blues Jazz Ensemble with special
guest Tom Coster plus Berks High School All-Star Jazz Band
with special guest conductor Pat Dorian, Boyertown Senior High School, Fourth
and Monroe Streets, Boyertown, PA. This event is FREE. Ticket required. www.berksjazzfest.com
March 21, 7:30pm, Traditional Jazz Pianist Mulgrew Miller Trio, Albright College, Wachovia Theatre, 13th & Exeter Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 21, 7:30pm, The Music of Frank Sinatra & Friends, City Rhythm Orchestra featuring vocalist Steve Ritrovato, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 22, 7:30pm, Berks Jazz Fest Fantasy Camp Faculty Concert with Mulgrew Miller, Kurt Elling, Christian McBride, Jimmy Bruno, Bob Mintzer, John Swana and Steve Smith, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 22, 7:30m, Big Band Community Concert, Jump City Jazz Orchestra, St. John’s UCC/Kutztown, 257 W. Walnut Street, Kutztown, PA. For tickets please phone (610) 683.8531.
March 22, 9:00pm, Texas Hold ’Em Night with Joe McBride & The Texas Rhythm Club, the Peanut Bar Restaurant, 332 Penn Street, Reading, PA. For ticket information and reservations please phone (610) 376.8500.
March 22, 7:30pm, Arturo Sandoval, The Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA. For tickets and more information please phone (703) 549.7500. www.birchmere.com
March 22-23, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Earl Klugh, Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. For tickets and more information please phone (202) 337.4141 or logon to www.bluesalley.com
March 23, 5:00pm, Dinner at L'Arte della Vita with Joe McBride, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For reservations and more information please phone (610) 372.3700 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 23, 7:00pm, Pittsburgh B-3 Master Gene Ludwig Trio featuring Dave Stryker and Vince Ector, Gerald Veasley’s Jazz Base at Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets (open seating) and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 23, 7:30pm, Meet the Artists Night Concert - Chieli Minucci & Special EFX featuring Ken Navarro with the Berks Jazz Fest Horns Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For reservations and more information please phone (610) 372.3700 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 23, 10:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Berks All-Star Jazz Jam featuring Rick Braun, Richard Elliot, Chuck Loeb, Gerald Veasley, Eric Darius, Chieli Minucci, Ken Navarro, Joe McBride, Kenny Blake, Steve Smith, Tom Coster & more, Sheraton Reading Hotel Ballroom, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
**Special Package for Both Special EFX & Berks All-Star Jazz Jam - $50.00 (Reserved Seating)**
March 23, 8:00pm, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N. McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, FL. For tickets and more information please phone the box office at (727) 791.7400 or (800) 875.8682 (outside Pinellas & Hillsborough) or logon to www.rutheckerdhall.com
March 24, 5:00pm, Dinner at L'Arte della Vita with Joe McBride and Kenny Blake, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For reservations and more information please phone (610) 372.3700 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 24, 7:00pm & 10:00pm, An Evening with Gerald Veasley and special guest Kurt Elling, Gerald Veasley’s Jazz Base at Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets (open seating) and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 24, 7:30pm, A Salute to Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps with Chuck Mangione, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 310 S. 7 th Avenue, West Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 24, 7:30pm, Artizan Records presents Rick Braun & Richard Elliot, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 136 N. 6th Street, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 24, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Earl Klugh, Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. For tickets and more information please phone (202) 337.4141 or logon to www.bluesalley.com
March 24, 8:00pm, "The Jazzy Spring Breeze" Show starring Brian Culbertson, Kim Waters, & Paul Taylor, Warner Theatre, 13th & E Streets NW, Washington D.C. Comes to DC! For tickets and more information please phone (202) 397.7328 or (202) 783.4000.
March 24, 9:00pm, Jimi Hendrix Tribute with The Carl Filipiak Group, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For reservations and more information please phone (610) 372.3700 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 24, 10:30pm, Contemporary Jazz Saxophonist Najee, Sheraton Reading Hotel Ballroom, Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 1:00pm, WJJZ 106.1 Smooth Jazz Saturday featuring Larry Carlton & The Blue Sapphire Band plus Richard Smith & Freddie Ravel Power Quartet featuring special guest Kim Waters, Sheraton Reading Hotel Ballroom, Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 2:00pm, WEEU presents "The One and Only" Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For reservations and more information please phone (610) 372.3700 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 5:00pm, Dinner at L'Arte della Vita with Joe McBride and Kenny Blake, Wyndham Reading Hotel Ballroom, 5th & Washington Streets, Reading, PA. For reservations and more information please phone (610) 372.3700 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 6:00pm & 10:00pm, Exciting New Jazz Ensemble Triad featuring Steve Oliver, Michael Paulo, Gerald Veasley, Gerald Veasley’s Jazz Base at Sheraton Reading Hotel, Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets (open seating) and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 7:00pm, World Premiere Concert - Ivan Lins & Friends featuring Ivan Lins, Candy Dulfer, Jason Miles, Jane Monheit, Brenda Russell, Eliane Elias, Leonardo Amuedo, Romero Lubambo, Cafe, Will Lee, Josh Dion, Tom Harrell, Chuck Loeb and more, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 136 N. 6th Street, Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 7:30pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents Grammy Award-Winning Blues Guitarist The Robert Cray Band, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 310 South 7th Avenue, West Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 25, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Earl Klugh, Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. For tickets and more information please phone (202) 337.4141 or logon to www.bluesalley.com
March 25, 10:30pm, Smooth Jazz Keyboardist Brian Culbertson with special guest, saxophonist Eric Darius, Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 26, 10:00am & 1:00pm, WJJZ Smooth Jazz Sunday Brunch featuring Paul Jackson, Jr., Sheraton Reading Hotel Ballroom, Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 26, 3:00pm, An Afternoon of Chill Jazz with Bona Fide featuring Slim Man, Gerald Veasley’s Jazz Base at Sheraton Reading Hotel, Sheraton Reading Hotel, 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 26, 4:00pm, The Music of “Be Still My Soul” – Michelle & Brian Culbertson, Atonement Lutheran Church, 5 Wyomissing Boulevard, Wyomissing, PA. Free-will offering at the door.
March 26, 7:30pm, Chris Botti and David Sanborn, Spreckels Theatre, 121 Broadway, San Diego, CA. For tickets and more information please phone (619) 220.8497.
March 26, 7:00pm, FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest presents The Festival Grand Finale: Tribute to Wes Montgomery featuring guitarists Chuck Loeb, Pat Martino, Paul Jackson Jr., Larry Carlton, Russell Malone, Earl Klugh, Jimmy Bruno, plus Larry Goldings, keyboards, Wolfgang Haffner, drums, Will Lee, bass, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 310 South 7th Avenue, West Reading, PA. For tickets and more information please phone (610) 898.7298 or logon to www.berksjazzfest.com
March 27-28, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Larry Carlton, Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. For tickets and more information please phone (202) 337.4141 or logon to www.bluesalley.com
March 28, 8:00pm, Patti Austin & Najee: “Jazz It Up For Lupus”, Omni Shoreham Hotel Regency Ballroom, 2500 Calvert Street, NW Washington, DC. For tickets and more information please (202) 379.7328
March 29, 8:00pm, Chris Botti, Fitz’ Jazz Café, McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA. For tickets and more information please phone (760) 340-2787 or logon to www.mccallumtheatre.com, www.kjjz.com
March 30, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Down To The Bone, Scullers Jazz Club, Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA. For tickets and more information please phone (617) 562.4111 or logon to www.scullersjazz.com
March 30-31, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Gato Barbieri, Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. For tickets and more information please phone (202) 337.4141 or logon to www.bluesalley.com
March
31, 8:00pm, Chuck Loeb & Kim Waters, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center ,
1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place
Tampa, FL. For tickets and more information please phone TBPAC box office at
(813) 229-STAR (7827) or (800) 955-1045, or purchase online at www.tbpac.org.
April 1-2, 8:00pm & 10:00pm, Gato Barbieri, Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. For tickets and more information please phone (202) 337.4141 or logon to www.bluesalley.com
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