Grammy winners…local artists…jazz greats. We’ve got them all!
Pick up your FREE Cambridge Jazz Festival Button for free admission at any of these locations. (You can get buttons at the Festival too.)
12:00-12:45 Fernando Brandão and the Berklee Brazilian All-Stars
Fernando Brandão, a jazz flutist, and the Berklee Brazilian All-Stars play diverse styles of Brazilian jazz from bossa nova to afoxé and choro. (more)
1:00-1:45 George W. Russell, Jr. Trio
Inspirational jazz from a local great who has shared the stage with George Duke, Bob Moses, Billy Pierce, Stan Strickland, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Semenya McCord, and Andy McGhee. (more)
2:00-3:00 Dominique Eade
Dominique Eade is a jazz vocalist and winner of several Boston Music Awards whose extraordinary voice has been compared to Sarah Vaughn’s. (more)
3:15-4:15 Ron Savage Trio featuring Jetro DaSilva and Ron Mahdi
The Ron Savage Trio, featuring the percussionist Ron Savage, combines elements of BeBop, Swing, Gospel, African, R&B and Brazilian styles into a fresh new sound. (more)
4:45-6:00 Terri Lyne Carrington with Valerie Simpson
Terri Lyne Carrington is a two-time Grammy winner, the first female artist to win a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, a dazzling jazz percussionist—and a Medford native. She’ll be joined by Motown legend Valerie Simpson. (more)