AS220 115 Empire St Providence RI 401-831-9327 www.as220.org
10pm UM: Jazz with Hal Crook, Bob Gullotti, Dave Zinno and Leo Genovese
JAZZ NIGHT AT AS220 - THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH! "Trombonist Hal Crook is a marvel. He has evolved a singular musical voice echoing past masters... impressing as a modernist with chops." (Jazz Times) http://halcrook.com/ $7

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
10 pm Musee Mechanique, (Portland, Or), Alec K. Redfearn, Hannes Buder (Germany)
*****Hannes Buder is Experimental Jazz from Germany- a young german guitarist, composer and improviser. Influenced by rock, jazz, minimal music and contemporary classical music, he extended the borders of the instrument by using different tunings, effects, tools and a virtouse two hand tapping technique. Always focusing the expression, content and emotional quality of a composition, he developed a unique and highly authentic style. Since 1998 he is playing solo guitar concerts at different national and international locations and festivals, and he recorded three solo guitar CDs. Hannes Buder studied guitar in Dresden and lives in Berlin now. He plays with the band 'schulbus' and with different international projects.

BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER 136 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, MA 02115 (617) 747-2261 www.berkleebpc.com
Thursday, April 17, 8:15 p.m., Singers Showcase
Berklee's finest emerging vocalists take center stage for a night of pop, r&b, jazz, Latin, folk, blues, and more. The spring 2008 Singers Showcase features student vocalists Jonathan Carr, Amy Heidemann, Denise Hudson, Tara Keith, Patricia Lewis, Ryan Pinkston, and Ashley Rodriguez. They will be performing the music of Yolanda Adams, Ciara, Heart, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, LeAnn Rimes, and many others

Chan’s 267 Main St. Woonsocket RI 401-765-1900 www.chanseggrollsandjazz.com
Wed April 16 JIMMY BURNS 8:00 $12.00
Thurs April 17 EDDIE "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER 7:00 $12.00
Fri April 18 EDDIE "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER 8:00 $15 10pm $10 Both $18
Sat April 19 ERIK NARWHAL 8:00 $10.00

NEWPORT BLUES CAFE 286 Thames St, Newport 401.841.5510 blues@newportblues.com

Providence Black Reperatory - Xxodus Cafe 276 Westminster St Prov, RI 401-351-0353 elephant@blackrep.org
WEDNESDAY 5PM DOORS 9PM LATIN JAZZ & SALSA FEATURING CARLOS DE LEON | $5 AND 18+
THURSDAY Sodade 9:00 PM Cover/ID: $5 - $10/18+ the classic sounds of Cape Verde and Brazil.
FRIDAY 10:30PM ECLECTION | $7.00 AND 18+ Funk, Old Skool, R'n'B, Soul and more
SATURDAY 10:30PM THE NEON SOUL COLLECTIVE | $5 BEFORE 12PM AND $10 AFTER 21+

REGATTA BAR at the Charles Hotel One Bennett St , Cambridge MA 617-661-5000 www.regattabarjazz.com
BERKLEE PRESENTS JAZZ REVELATIONS CD RELEASE CONCERT
Tuesday, April 15, 7:30pm - $7

KEVIN HARRIS PROJECT
Wednesday, April 16, 7:30pm - $18adv/ $20dos

OTTMAR LIEBERT SOLO GUITAR
Friday, April 18, 7:30pm - SOLD OUT & 10:00pm - $30

KENNY WERNER TRIO
Saturday, April 19, 7:30pm - $25 & 10:00pm - $22



RYLES Jazz Club 212 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA (617) 876-9330 www.rylesjazz.com
Tuesday April 15 : Murray Hill Talent Showcase
| show 8:30 pm | genre uptown hip | venue mainstage | tix available | cost $7pp

Wednesday April 16 : Anita Coelho Brazilian Ensemble
Anita Coelho is an avid interpreter of some of the classic Brazilian composers, including such notables as Tom Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso. She brings a new project to Ryles by incorporating some classic traditional Sambas from Paulinho da Viola and Clara Nunes among others. show 9:00 pm | genre brazilian | venue mainstage | tix available | cost $10pp

Thursday April 17 : Lola Danza
Exquisite, unique, extraordinary, honest and passionate are ways to describe Lola Danza as a vocalist and composer. Ms. Danza's music is innovative and the result is the creation of a new idiom in music. She merges difficult improvised lines with beautiful flowing melodies and it all seems effortless. show 8:30 pm | genre Vocals/Jazz | venue mainstage | | cost $12pp

Friday April 18 : Benny Sharoni Quartet with special guest Jerry Bergonzi
The Benjamin Sharoni Quartet has established themselves as one of the Northeast's top ensemble in the modern and hard bop jazz genres. The repertoire features standards, Latin, and original compositions. A must-see event for any serious jazz enthusiast!
show 9:00 pm | genre jazz | venue mainstage | tix available | cost $10pp

Saturday April 19 : Soul City
Soul City has become a dynamic force in the music scene. Soul City features a superb rhythm section made up of four award-winning musicians, four-part vocals and the renowned Soul City Horns.| show 9:00 pm | genre soul | venue mainstage | tix available | cost $10pp

SCULLERS DoubleTree Guest Suites 400 Soldiers Field Rd Boston
SOMI
Tuesday April 15, 2008 Show: $16 Dinner & Show: $61 Show: 8pm
She is a daughter of the New African world. Born in Illinois to East African parents, Somi and her six siblings began to shuffle through the life of a diplomat scientist-come-university professor’s family. Thus exposing Somi to stories and music from all over the world. Throughout Somi’s songwriting, her voice soars over, through, and in between nuances of an incomparable musicianship that organically fuses jazz, classic soul, African folk, and rare urban grooves.

CARLA BLEY, STEVE SWALLOW, ANDY SHEPARD-SONGS WITH LEGS
Wednesday April 16, 2008 Show: $22 Dinner & Show: $67 Shows: 8pm

KARRIN ALLYSON
Thursday April 17, 2008m Show: $25 Dinner & Show: $70 Show: 8pm & 10pm
It’s not just critics who love Karrin Allyson. It’s the rest of the world, too—musicians, concertgoers and connoisseurs of quality music. The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer has been gathering fans everywhere jazz can be heard or seen since 1992.

CHUCK LOEB PRESENTS: “BLAME IT ON THE BOSSA NOVA – ATRIBUTE TO STAN GETZ” featuring CHUCK LOEB, CARMEN CUESTA, ERIC MARIENTHAL, WILL LEE, ROB MOUNSEY, CLIFF ALMOND, CAFÉ and introducing SPECIAL GUEST LIZZY LOEB.
Friday-Saturday April 18-19, 2008 Show: $28 Dinner & Show: $73 Shows: 8pm & 10pm
More than just a jazz guitar player, Chuck Loeb is the consummate musician. In a career that spans four decades, he has proven himself to be a versatile composer, arranger and producer in a wide range of musical styles and contexts.




John Allmark Big Band Mondays @ Bovi’s, 287 Taunton Avenue, E. Prov, 434-9670

Coast Line Swing Band 1st Thursday of month (starting May 4) @ General Stanton Inn 7:30 to 9:30 PM Contact the General Stanton Inn, 4115B Old Post Road in Charlestown, RI, 401-364-8888, reservations recommended.

*****3rd Thursday of month @ The Wilcox Tavern, 5153 Old Post Road, Charlestown, RI 401-322-1829 Music from 7:30 - 9:30 PM, reservations recommended.
The Coastline Swing Band is a 17-piece big band with a vocalist with a repertory that ranges from the big band classics of the '30s and '40s, to some very up-to-date funk.

Jazz Candy Mondays @ POP 162 Broadway, Newport, RI 8-11pm
Fridays @ The Trattoria Simpatico in Jamestown, RI Call 401-423-3731 for information. Art Manchester – woodwinds, John
Monllos – guitar, 7-10pm

Georgette LeBreche Fridays @ Spain's of Narragansett in the lounge from 7 - 10. (1144 Ocean Road, Narragansett, R.I.)
Saturdays @ The Wilcox Tavern, 5153 Old Post Rd, Charlestown , 7-10pm

Minor Swing Fridays in @ Chez Ben - Fahrenheit,345 South Water St Prov. 401-521-7722 , 7-10pm (gypsy jazz), follwed by R&B and Hip-Hop

Philip Mullen and Diamond (jazz & swing) Thursdays and Fridays @ Shamrocks Rt 108, Wakefield, 5-9pm, 782-6700

Mike Tanaka Trio & friends jazz jam Tuesdays @ BLACKSTONE CLUB 1005 Main Street (Hope Village) Pawtucket, RI (401) 726-2181 8-12pm free




Tues APRIL 15
The Afro-Cuban Ensemble directed by Eric Platz and URI Jazz Prototype, Version 2.0 directed by Jared Sims, jazz, University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd. (off Route 138), Kingston. 874-2431. 7:30 pm. $8; $2 students.

The Hi-Hat Trio with Brenda Padula, jazz, The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. 453-6500, www.thehihat.com. 7-11 pm.


Wed APRIL 16
Steve Burke, jazz, Trattoria Del Corso, 223 Main St., East Greenwich. 398-2905. 6-9 pm.

Loaded Dice and DJ Swing Daddy, swing, The C.V. Club, 329 Grosvenor Ave., East Providence. 434-9612. 7-11 pm. Dance lesson, 7:15 pm. $7 (special events $8-$10).

Dick Lupino, Kirk Feather and Yvonne Monnett, jazz, Sardella's Restaurant, 30 Memorial Blvd., Newport. 849-6312. 7-9:30 pm.

Paul Williams, blues, L'Attitude Modern Eatery, 2190 Broad St., Cranston. 780-8700. 8:30 pm-midnight.

John Worsley, jazz, Capriccio, 2 Pine St., Providence. 421-1320. 7-11 pm.


Thurs APRIL 17
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 8 PM - $12/general public; $7/stud FRANK LONDON & HAZONOS
Bezanson Recital Hall - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Trumpeter Frank London has been recording jazz and modern Jewish music since the mid-80s. He has performed with a wide variety of musicians including John Zorn, Mel Torme, LaMonte Young, Gal Costa, LL Cool J, David Byrne, They Might Be Giants and Palestinian violinist Simon Shaheen, and is featured on over 100 recordings. London has been a member of Les Miserables Brass Band and the Klezmatics, and leads his own group Hasidic New Wave, in addition to his other collaborations, including his work with vocalist Lorin Sklamberg. In 2000 he collaborated with a number of great New York musicians, including Anthony Coleman, Gina Leishman and Myra Melford to release Invocations for Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture series. London has also produced CD's for Gypsy legend Esma Redzepova, and Algerian pianist Maurice el Medioni. Hazonos features trumpeter Frank London along with Anthony Coleman, piano; David Chevan, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums and cantor Jacob Mendelson.
800-999-UMAS and http://www.umass.edu/fac/magictriangle/

Marcia Ball, blues, Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. (508) 324-1926, www.ncfta.org. 8 pm. $30 advance; $35 day of show.

Amanda Carr and Ben Cook, jazz, Ruth's Chris Steak House, GTECH Center, 10 Memorial Blvd., Providence. 272-2271. 5:30-8:30 pm.

Lou Donaldson, jazz, Bryant University, Janikies Theatre, 1150 Douglas Pike (Route 7), Smithfield. 232-6595. 7:30 pm. $10; $5 Bryant alumni advance.

The East Side Horns and Mac Odom and Chill, rhythm and blues and Motown, The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. 453-6500, www.thehihat.com. 8 pm-midnight.

George Masso, jazz, Capriccio, 2 Pine St., Providence. 421-1320. 7-11 pm.


Fri APRIL 18
The Bandstand Revue, oldies and swing, Tri-City Elks Lodge #14, 1915 West Shore Rd., Warwick. 737-9510. 8:30 pm-12:30 am. $5.

Steve Burke, jazz, Li'l Bear Lounge, 983 Main Rd., Tiverton. 624-9164. 5-9 pm.

The East Side Horns and Mac Odom and Chill, rhythm and blues and Motown, The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. 453-6500, www.thehihat.com. 9 pm-1 am.

The Charlie Hunter Trio, jazz, Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. (508) 324-1926, www.ncfta.org. 8 pm. $20 advance; $23 day of show.

Mike Renzi, Bob Mainelli, Dave Zinno and Artie Cabral, jazz, Capriccio, 2 Pine St., Providence. 421-1320. 9 pm-1 am.

URI's Traditional Jazz Band directed by Gary Buttery and The B101 Big Band directed by Joe Parillo and Steve Johnson, jazz, University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd. (off Route 138), Kingston. 874-2431. 8 pm. $8; $2 students.


Sat APRIL 19
Brass Attack, pop, The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. 453-6500, www.thehihat.com. 9 pm-1 am.

The Charlie Harris Trio, jazz, Capriccio, 2 Pine St., Providence. 421-1320. 8:30 pm-12:30 am.

Duke Robillard's Swing Guitar Extravaganza with Chris Flory, swing and jazz, Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., Cumberland. 725-9272, www.riverfolk.org. 8 pm. $15.


Sun APRIL 20
Steve Burke, jazz, Li'l Bear Lounge, 983 Main Rd., Tiverton. 624-9164. 5-9 pm.

Steve Burke, jazz, Lake Pearl Luciano's, 299 Creek St., Wrentham, Mass. (508) 384-3003. 10 am-2 pm.

Dick Lupino and Jordan Nunes, jazz, Castle Hill Inn and Resort, 590 Ocean Drive, Newport. 849-3800. 12:30-3:30 pm.

Mike Renzi, Mac Chrupcala, Al Bernstein and Artie Cabral, jazz, Atlantic Beach Club, 53 Purgatory Rd., Middletown. 847-2750. 3-7 pm.


Mon APRIL 21
The John Allmark 16 Piece Jazz Orchestra, Bovi's Town Tavern, 287 Taunton Ave., East Providence. 434-9670. 9 pm.

C.C. Old School, funk, The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. 453-6500, www.thehihat.com. 7-11 pm.

Lloyd Kaplan and the Aristocrats, jazz, Epoch Senior Living on Blackstone Boulevard, 353 Blackstone Blvd., Providence. 273-6565. 3 pm. Free.

Mike Lyons and the Blue Moon Orchestra, swing and jazz, Lonsdale Elementary School, 270 River Rd., Lincoln. 728-1551. 7:30-9 pm. Donations accepted for the school's art and music fund; not required.