Pittsburgh jazz

Cool Picks Tuesday October 23, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society launches their fall season with the award winning Jerusalem Quartet. The Quartet will be playing a program of pieces composed by Mozart, Shostakovich and Borodin. Hear great music in a beautiful setting. Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. 7:30 p.m., 4400…

Cool Picks Saturday October 20, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Popular Pittsburgh rockers, The Clarks, are playing the big stage at the Palace Theatre tonight. Enjoy Greg, Scott, Rob and Dave of “The Clarks” in a classic theatrical atmosphere. Presented by Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Laurel Region. 7 p.m., 21 W. Otterman St.,…

Cool Picks Thursday October 18, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) It’s opening night for The Producers, the latest production of Point Park University’s Playhouse. Fraudulent producers attempt to bilk investors out of their money by producing a show that’s sure to fail, only it doesn’t. Comedian Mel Bros co-wrote the story and wrote the music…

Cool Picks Wednesday October 17, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Manhattan Transfer bring their cool jazz to the Palace Theatre tonight. Multi-Grammy award winners, Manhattan Transfer are known for their rich vocal harmonies. 8 p.m., 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg. 2) Citizens Bank and Pittsburgh International Children’s Theatre present If You Give a Mouse…

Cool Picks Monday October 15, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Ease back into the work week with a performance by blues rocker Shari Richards, and special guests. 8 p.m. No cover.  Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, 103 Slade Lane, Warrendale. 2) Monday can be a good day to get hard work out of the way, or…

Cool Picks Friday October 12, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Joe Negri, who played “Handyman Negri” on “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” TV show,  is a fantastic jazz guitar player, known as one of the finest guitarists in the nation, is performing with friends Tony DePis (bass), Thomas Wendt (drums) and Maureen Budway (vocalist) at the first cafe-style…

Cool Picks Thursday October 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Warhol and WYEP-FM present “Sound Series: Zammuto (with special guest), Lymbyc Systym.” Nick Zammuto (formerly of “The Bos”) plays intricate, original compositions with a tight rhythm section, strong vocals and ethereal effects. Lymbyc Systym is an instrumental duo comprised of brothers Jared and Michael…

Cool Picks Tuesday October 9, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Neil Young and Crazy Horse ; and Los Lobos are rolling into the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center on “Alchemy 2012 Tour.” Young is touring in support of his new  Americana (released earlier this year) and Psychedelic Pill  (soon to be released) albums and an autobiography “Waging Heavy…

Cool Picks Monday October 8, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Engelbert Humperdinck, who was born Arnold George Dorsey in India, and moved to England as a child of ten, will sing his hits including After the Lovin, Release Me, The Last Waltz at The Palace Theatre tonight. 8 p.m. Greensburg. 2) Margaret Cho, American comedian (also…

Cool Picks Friday October 5, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) BLONDIE, a 1970s-1980s pop/New Wave/punk band out of NYC, is rockin’the PalaceTheatre in Greensburg tonight. Featuring former Playboy bunny, blond-haired singer Deborah Harry rode the charts with hits like Call Me, Heart of Glass, The Tide is High, One Way or Another.  Another Blondie hit, “Rapture,”…

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