The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Pre-Telecast

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March 1, 2011

Mad. Sq. Music Production Team Member Wins Grammy!

Grammy, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Photos, Press

Photo courtesy of Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com A big congratulations goes out to Mad. Sq. Music friend and colleague, Seth Abramson of Rabbit Moon Productions, on his Grammy win last week for co-producing “Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard” – named Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. What a way to… Read more

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January 7, 2011

David Wax Museum

Bluegrass, Concert, Folk, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Soul

Recently anointed as Boston’s Americana Artist of the Year, David Wax Museum has been called “one of Boston’s hottest new bands” (Boston Globe). It is no surprise that their acclaimed performance at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival was hailed as one of NPR’s All Songs Considered Highlights of the entire weekend. The Museum fuses traditional… Read more

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Mad. Sq. Music: Red Horse with Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky

Bluegrass, Concert, Folk, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Soul

Red Horse is the debut album from folk’s newest supergroup featuring Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky. Together these three veteran songwriters team up to cover each other’s songs and breathe new life into old favorites. Awash in gorgeous harmonies and simple acoustic production, this album is sure to be an instant folk classic… Read more

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Christian McBride & Inside Straight

Bluegrass, Concert, Folk, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Soul

Bassist extraordinaire, composer, and educator, Christian McBride has been one of the most important and omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years. He has played with and arranged for Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, and the one and only Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown. Named “Hot Jazz Artist” of 1992 by… Read more

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Lionel Loueke Trio, Edmar Castaneda Trio plus special guest Andrea Tierra

Bluegrass, Concert, Folk, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Soul

Originally from the West African nation of Benin, guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past several years. He was picked as top Rising Star guitarist in Down Beat magazine’s annual Critics Poll in 2008 and 2009. Loueke met bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth at Berklee College of Music. Together… Read more

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Dale Ann Bradley, The Steel Wheels

Bluegrass, Concert, Folk, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Soul

Dale Ann Bradley was the 2007, 2008, and 2009 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year. She has been hailed by Alison Krauss as one of the greatest vocalists in country and bluegrass music. Her voice is “shimmering” (The Washington Post), “angelic” (Billboard), and “exceptional” (Bluegrass Unlimited), and her performances fill every venue… Read more

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Tonight: Tift Merritt!

Bluegrass, Concert, Folk, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn, Soul

PLEASE NOTE: Tonight’s concert will take place at the southern end of the Park, on the gravel area south of the fountain. Tift Merritt, along with her longtime band, kicks off the 2011 Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series with her beautiful vocals and moving songwriting. Her first record landed on the top ten lists… Read more

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June 1, 2010

Oval Lawn Series: Mose Allison

Jazz, Mose Allison, Music, Oval Lawn

Legendary jazz pianist Mose Allison brings the sounds of his newly released album “The Way of The World” (Anti-) to the Mad. Sq. stage. Born in the Mississippi Delta and raised on the sounds of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole, Allison was primed to hit New York’s jazz scene in 1956 where… Read more

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June 1, 2009

Oval Lawn Series: The John Scofield Trio

Jazz, John Scofield, Music, Oval Lawn

Ever since joining the Miles Davis Band in 1982, Grammy-nominated guitarist and composer John Scofield has been blazing a path across genres from straight ahead jazz to funk, and gospel to R&B. His most recent release, Piety Street (EmArcy) is a collection of “old time Gospel” tunes done Scofield-style. Joining Scofield are long-time collaborators Steve… Read more

http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/oval-lawn-series-the-john-scofield-trio

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Oval Lawn Series: Don Byron Plays Junior Walker

Don Byron, Jazz, Music, Oval Lawn

Multi-instrumentalist and Pulitzer finalist Don Byron continues his role as musical historian and adventurer as he celebrates the legacy of Motown soul legend, Junior Walker. “Calling Don Byron a jazz musician is like calling the Pacific wet – it just doesn’t begin to describe it. Byron has carpentered an extraordinary career precisely by obliterating the… Read more

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