Bumper Jacksons to play Hunter’s Doctorow Center
Saturday, August 26: Combining jazz, blues and a little bit of country, the Bumper Jacksons are a veritable American music history lesson.
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World-class Jazz in the Valley Festival on the Poughkeepsie waterfront
Sunday, August 20: This year’s headliners include jazz royalty in trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and the revered modern jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut.
Kingston Artists’ Soapbox Derby ready to roll
Sunday, August 20:This spirited roll down lower Broadway is more of a handmade parade-on-wheels than a race.
René Bailey & Saints of Swing launch new CD at Rosendale Theatre
Sunday, August 20: Today she is the music director for the Samsonville United Methodist Church, but over her extensive musical career René Bailey has performed with such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, B. B. King, Aretha Franklin, Dave Brubeck, Ruth Brown, Paul Anka and Sam Cooke.
Block Party and classic car show in Uptown Kingston
The fifth annual Chronogram Block Party will fill the streets of Uptown Kingston with music, food and beverage, ritual and the general essences of cool on Saturday, August 19.
Goo Goo Dolls play Bethel Woods
Saturday, August 19: lt/rock hitmakers the Goo Goo Dolls have two distinct sets of fans: those who insist, often with raised voices and a chance of fisticuffs, that the hardscrabble Buffalo-bred rockers were actually cool before they got big with radio hits that tend toward the sensitive side of ’90s rock; and those who made them get big.
Hudson launches Summerfest
Saturday, August 19: Performers at this inaugural event include NRBQ, Matchstick Architects, Black Mountain Symphony & the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. The library tent will present readings by authors and illustrators and art demonstrations by Etsy volunteers.
Armor & the man
On view until August 26: Artist Ernest Shaw explores what it means to be mortal at ASK gallery in Kingston. “All living things develop some kind of metaphorical armor – even plants and bacteria. Anxiety is an essential part of surviving.”
Jazz great Jimmy Cobb performs at Opus 40
Saturday, August 19: Any other jazz eminences have stumbled on the rocks of Harvey Fite’s spectacular sculpture park, including local residents and jazz titans like DeJohnette, Holland, Abercrombie and (one-time local resident) Metheny. Still, there is something pretty special about this one: drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue ensemble (a group that included John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley) takes to the rocks.
Bard spotlights Chopin’s influences & solo piano works
Friday, August 18: In symphonies and other large-scale orchestral works, composers stake their claims, craft their legacies and position themselves in the traditions. Chamber works and – especially – solo piano music, on the other hand, are more likely to be the composer’s secret heart-songs and experimental diaries. This is why I so much prefer them.