Berkshires arts reviews

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 31-September 2 at the Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Tickets for the 2007  Tanglewood Jazz Festival are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at www.tanglewood.org. and in person at the Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox.  All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood Grounds Maintenance Fee.  For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492.

2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Ticket Prices: All-day lawn pass Saturday and Sunday @ $33 per day

Friday, August 31, 6:30 pm
Aruan Ortiz, Cuban jazz pianist
Jazz Café
Admission free with ticket to main stage event

Friday, August 31, 8 pm
Hugh Masekela
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
Tickets:  $40-57/lawn $17

Saturday, September 1, 1:30 pm
Mina Agossi, French jazz vocalist
Jazz Cafe
Admission free with ticket to main stage event

Saturday, September 1, 3 pm
Live taping of Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz” for NPR
Special guest Renee Rosnes
Tickets: $30-47/lawn $18

Saturday, September 1, 6:30 pm
Grace Kelly, saxophone
Jazz Cafe
Admission free with ticket to main stage event

Saturday, September 1, 8 pm
Kurt Elling with very special friends
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Tickets:  $43-68/lawn $20

Sunday, September 2, 12 noon
Sachal Vasandani, jazz vocalist
Jazz Cafe
Admission free with ticket to main stage event

Sunday, September 2, 1:30 pm

1)  Kevin Mahogany’s Kansas City Revue Featuring the music of Big Joe Turner
Starring Cyrus Chestnut & Red Holloway
Featuring Kathy Kosins & the Chuck Bergeron Trio

2)  BossaBrasil Featuring the Cesar Camargo Mariano-Romero Lubambo Duo and special guest from Brazil, vocalist Leny Andrade

3)  The Maria Schneider Orchestra

Tickets:  $30-47/lawn $18

Sunday, September 2, 5 pm
The Edmar Castaneda Trio, harp
Jazz Cafe Admission free with ticket to main stage event

Sunday, September 2, 6:30 pm
Chiara Civello, Italian jazz vocalist
Jazz Cafe
Admission free with ticket to main stage event

Sunday, September 2, 8 pm
Hank Jones & Roberta Gambarini
Ahmad Jamal & Jimmy Heath
Tickets:  $40-57/lawn $17

Tickets:  BSO Symphony Charge at 888-266-1200 Website:
www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.org