Joe DiMonte

MCG JAZZ 22ND SEASON — Jazz for Everyone”
March 19, 2008 (PITTSBURGH)….The MCG Jazz 22nd season will have something for everyone, with over 16 headliners! From one-night-only performances with Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary – On Tour and Spyro Gyra and multiple weekend shows by Michel Camilo and Take 6, to five back-to-back concerts by Chuck Mangione and John Pizzarelli. The series will feature jazz vocalists Tierney Sutton and Kurt Elling; Latin Jazz artists Poncho Sanchez and Luciana Souza; contemporary musicians Yellowjackets with Mike Stern, Martin Taylor and Gerald Clayton; and the straight-ahead sounds of the Jimmy Heath Quartet, Toshiko Akiyoski and the Brubeck Brothers Quartet. There will also be a very special tribute to Pittsburgh’s own Ray Brown with Christian McBride, Benny Green and Greg Hutchinson.

New this year are dinner and show packages. MCG Jazz is partnering with Artria’s Restaurant (PNC Park – North Shore) and the Omni William Penn Terrace Room (downtown) to offer dinner packages available through the MCG Jazz box office.

Patrons have the opportunity to choose from a pre-packaged concert series, or create their own by selecting from the 16 available artists. Says Marty Ashby, Executive Producer of MCG Jazz, “Our patrons here at MCG have asked for more jazz artists, more weekend performances and more packages - and we have done just that - twice the number of performers! With our expanded jazz education initiative, having all of these legendary artists in town to work interactively with students and adult audiences will make for a very powerful and exciting year.” Subscriptions for the MCG Jazz 2008 – 2009 season are on sale now. Please call the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Box Office at 412-322-0800 for more information or visit MCG Jazz - Home .

Long-time local sponsors NOVA Chemicals, UPMC Health Plan, Bank of New York Mellon and ARAD support the 22nd season of MCG Jazz.
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Yellowjackets with Mike Stern
September 19, 2008

Chuck Mangione
October 2-5, 2008

Michel Camilo
October 11-12, 2008

Martin Taylor and Gerald Clayton
(Double bill)
October 17, 2008

Toshiko Akiyoshi
November 9, 2008

The Ray Brown Tribute Band featuring Christian McBride, Benny Green and Greg Hutchinson
December 4-7, 2008

Spyro Gyra
(Featuring music from their new Christmas album)
December 13, 2008

Take 6
(Featuring music from their upcoming jazz album)
January 31-February 1, 2009

Brubeck Brothers Quartet
February 15, 2009

Kurt Elling
February 27, 2009

Jimmy Heath Quartet
March 7, 2009

The Tierney Sutton Band
March 14, 2009

Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary – On Tour
Featuring Bill Charlap, Ravi Coltrane, Pat Martino, Lewis Nash, Nicholas Payton, Peter Washington & Steve Wilson
April 4, 2009

Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
April 16-19, 2009

Luciana Souza
April 24, 2009

John Pizzarelli
May 7-10, 2009

MCG Jazz is a social enterprise of Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, a subsidiary of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, a non-profit arts and learning center. MCG Jazz supports its mission to preserve, present, and promote jazz music every year with a full concert series dedicated to hosting the world’s finest jazz musicians, and a record label and educational outreach program that reaches thousands of music lovers and students both locally and internationally. The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Music Hall is located at 1815 Metropolitan Street, North Side. For more information, please contact the MCG Jazz box office at 412-322-0800 or visit our web site at MCG Jazz - Home. Artists and dates are subject to change.
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Click on the above home link and scroll a little down and click on "JAZZ FOR EVERYONE" and see if you can identify the young man with the horn.
Long Live Bop.

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Cladio Rodetti!!!! By the way, MCG is a great series...I attend many concerts there myself!