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Berkshires Jazz schedules special concert featuring Elli Fordyce, with the Jazz Tuber Trio

Source: Ed Bride Associates
March 29, 2012
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PITTSFIELD, MA: As part of its year-round commitment to live jazz, BerkshiresJazz.org has scheduled a special event on May 4. The double bill features NY-based vocalist Elli Fordyce, plus the Boston-based Jazz Tuber Trio. It will take place in the intimate setting of the backroom at Baba Louie's Sourdough Pizza, where Berkshires Jazz presented

Armen Donelian

piano
b.1950

" data-original-title="" title="">Armen Donelian in October, 2011, in one of the most memorable concerts ever presented by the non-profit organization.

Elli Fordyce

vocals
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Elli Fordyce is a highly accomplished vocalist and actor. She has performed all over the New York Metro area and throughout North America, including appearances in the New York Cabaret Convention and in festivals. Fordyce's work conjures the likes of June Christy and other great jazz singers of the late 20th century. She will be backed by the Berkshires Jazz Trio, headed by pianist

Andy Jaffe

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" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Jaffe.

Founded and directed by

Eli Newberger

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" data-original-title="" title="">Eli Newberger, who was a co-founder of the

New Black Eagle Jazz Band

" data-original-title="" title="">New Black Eagle Jazz Band, The Jazz Tuber Trio comprises leader Newberger on tuba (and occasionally keyboards); vocalist/banjoist

Jimmy Mazzy

banjo

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Mazzy, and reedman

Ted Casher

" data-original-title="" title="">Ted Casher. In the best of the jazz tradition, they perform their own unique treatment of familiar American jazz standards.

The concert ($20 for all tickets, general admission) caps-off the inaugural “First Fridays Artswalks" in downtown Pittsfield, when more than two dozen venues will be featuring the paintings and other hanging art from local and regional artists.

Tickets are now on sale online at BerkshiresJazz.org. Dinner reservations should be made separately to Baba Louie's (34 Depot St., Pittsfield), at 413-499-2400.

Berkshires Jazz, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to present jazz events and encourage jazz education in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was formed in 2008, as an outgrowth of the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which remains a signature event of the Fall Foliage season in western Massachusetts.

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