Memorial Day Weekend: Gabriel Ayala Quintet plays JazzMenco
Sunday, May 26 at 7:00 PM
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort & Spa, Grand Ballroom
7000 N Resort Dr. Tucson, AZ 85750

Students
Concert Seating:$15

Students: $15
In Advance: $25 Members, $30 Non-members
At the Door: $30 Members, $35 Non-members

Stay at the resort – call 800-235-6397 to make hotel and package reservations!
Rates start at $139.

Amilcar Guevara on keyboards, Eric Hines and Danny Brito on percussion, and Troy Gray on bass.

Memorial Day Weekend: Gabriel Ayala Quintet plays JazzMenco
Sunday, May 26 at 7:00 PM
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort & Spa, Grand Ballroom
7000 N Resort Dr. Tucson, AZ 85750

Students
Concert Seating:$15

Students: $15
In Advance: $25 Members, $30 Non-members
At the Door: $30 Members, $35 Non-members

Special Resort Packages Available

A limited number of VIP Tables for two are available with purchase of Resort Packages.

Jazz Getaway includes

• Room
• 2 Regular tickets
• Rates start at $139 for Superior view room.
• Higher category rooms available at higher rate.

VIP Jazz Night includes

• Room
• 2 tickets for a VIP table for two
• Rates start at $199 for Luxury view room.
• Higher category room available at higher rate.

Call 800-235-6397 to make reservations.

Join us on July 5 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort for “The West Coast Cool Show!”

platinum award winning jazz vocalist/lyricist, Mark Winkler meets Cheryl  Bentyne, member of The Manhattan Transfer, and sparks fly. This duo is intent on proving how cool the West Coast Cool Jazz scene of the 50s still is. Together and separately they perform songs by Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Julie London and Bobby Troup (to name a few); all the while, weaving never-before heard stories of the original cast of “West Coast Cool”  throughout the evening.  Prepare yourself for an audience full of swinging their stir sticks out of a dry martini or two, and plenty of great entertainment. This show is definitely a hit!

The duo recently came off of a sold out tour throughout the country, hitting such cities as Toronto, LA, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Indianapolis where they were greeted with sold out Houses and
standing ovations.

Cheryl Bentyne has been a member of the 9 time Grammy winning group The Manhattan Transfer since 1979. Bentyne’s beautiful voice, wide range, versatility, and impressive stage presence made her a major asset for the popular vocal group from the start. Her recently released album, Let’s Misbehave: The Cole Porter Songbook, has been recognized by many as the jazz album of the year. Recently Ms. Bentyne performed the music of Cole Porter at the Broward Performing Arts Center (Fort Lauderdale) to a nearly sold out House. Bentyne not only delivered the music of Cole Porter as no one else can, sprinkled throughout the show were love letters written by Cole Porter himself. The audience was delighted and Bentyne received two standing ovations.

Mark Winkler has released 11 CDs in the US and is currently in the studio working on two more CDs (including a studio take on West Coast Cool) that will be released in 2013. His 11th CD, released in August 2011 was named as one of the top five
jazz CDs of the year by Jazz Tmes magazine. It went high on the Jazz Week charts and got great reviews from over 26 critics including The Seattle Times, Don Heckman and All About Jazz. It featured a duet between him and Vocalist supreme Barbara Morrison, as well as such A list musicians as Billy Childs, Anthony Wilson, Bob Sheppard and Grant Geissman.

Join us at 7PM on July 5 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Kiva Ballroom for “The West Coast Cool Show!”

platinum award winning jazz vocalist/lyricist, Mark Winkler meets Cheryl  Bentyne, member of The Manhattan Transfer, and sparks fly. This duo is intent on proving how cool the West Coast Cool Jazz scene of the 50s still is. Together and separately they perform songs by Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Julie London and Bobby Troup (to name a few); all the while, weaving never-before heard stories of the original cast of “West Coast Cool”  throughout the evening.  Prepare yourself for an audience full of swinging their stir sticks out of a dry martini or two, and plenty of great entertainment. This show is definitely a hit!

The duo recently came off of a sold out tour throughout the country, hitting such cities as Toronto, LA, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Indianapolis where they were greeted with sold out Houses and
standing ovations.

Cheryl Bentyne has been a member of the 9 time Grammy winning group The Manhattan Transfer since 1979. Bentyne’s beautiful voice, wide range, versatility, and impressive stage presence made her a major asset for the popular vocal group from the start. Her recently released album, Let’s Misbehave: The Cole Porter Songbook, has been recognized by many as the jazz album of the year. Recently Ms. Bentyne performed the music of Cole Porter at the Broward Performing Arts Center (Fort Lauderdale) to a nearly sold out House. Bentyne not only delivered the music of Cole Porter as no one else can, sprinkled throughout the show were love letters written by Cole Porter himself. The audience was delighted and Bentyne received two standing ovations.

Mark Winkler has released 11 CDs in the US and is currently in the studio working on two more CDs (including a studio take on West Coast Cool) that will be released in 2013. His 11th CD, released in August 2011 was named as one of the top five
jazz CDs of the year by Jazz Tmes magazine. It went high on the Jazz Week charts and got great reviews from over 26 critics including The Seattle Times, Don Heckman and All About Jazz. It featured a duet between him and Vocalist supreme Barbara Morrison, as well as such A list musicians as Billy Childs, Anthony Wilson, Bob Sheppard and Grant Geissman.

Join us Sunday, April 21, 2013 the the Berger Performing Arts Center as we celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with sax legend Charles McPherson.

Combining “passionate feeling with intricate patterns of improvisation”, Charles McPherson claims an all-star cast of “who’s who” on his career playlist. During a career spanning four decades, twelve years were spent performing with the legendary Charles Mingus. McPherson has toured the US, Europe, Japan, Africa and South America and has recorded as guest artist with numerous jazz greats including Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.Charles was also the featured alto saxophonist in the Clint Eastwood film “Bird,” a biography about Charlie Parker.

“Stanley Crouch says in his New York Times article on Charles, ‘He is a singular voice who has never sacrificed the fluidity of his melody making, and is held in high esteem by musicians both long seasoned and young.”

Joining Charles will be local favorites, Jeff Haskell, piano; Scott Black, bass and Pete Swan, drums.

Please join the Tucson Jazz Society and the Jazz Journalists Association in honoring Jeff Haskell as a “Jazz Hero” by joining the VIP Circle with special seating at the concert and a reception immediately following. The reception location will be announced shortly.

VIP Tickets are $60 each, $30 of which is a tax-deductible contribution to the Tucson Jazz Society.

VIP (includes special seating and reception following the concert) – $60.00
Adult General Admission Advance Purchase – $30.00
Adult General Admission at the Door – $35.00
TJS Members- $25.00
Military with ID- $25.00
Students- $20.00

Please join the Tucson Jazz Society and the Jazz Journalists Association in honoring Jeff Haskell as a “Jazz Hero” at the McPherson Plays Mingus Concert on April 21, at 2 p.m. at the Berger Performing Arts Center.

Haskell, a legendary figure on the Tucson Jazz scene, will be honored for more than 30 years of composing and conducting for groups from the Tucson Jazz Orchestra to the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and for educating and coaching hundreds of successful musicians who are performing across the country and around the world.

Please help us honor Jeff by joining the VIP Circle with special seating at the concert and a reception immediately following. The reception location will be announced shortly.

Tickets are $60 each, $30 of which is a tax-deductible contribution to the Tucson Jazz Society.

Noon Mariachi Apache
1:00 Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Band with guest artist, saxophonist Charles McPherson
2:00 Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta
3:30 Heather “Lil Mama” Hardy Blues Band
4:45 Los Mestizos

Learn more

April 21 – McPherson Plays Mingus in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month 2 PM Berger Center
May 25, July 5 and August 31 – Summer Series at Ventana Canyon. Times and artists to be announced
Weekends in October – Jazz Under the Stars, times and artists to be announced
December 31 – 8th Annual New Years Eve Gala