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Jazz Events

  • GBH Music and JazzBoston are co-hosting a new series to showcase the breadth of incredible jazz talent in the Greater Boston area. The event is held on the second Thursday of every month through February.

    This month, Fabiola Mendez and her quartet will be performing original selections from their newest album "Flora Campesina," a fusion of Puerto Rican folk melodies with Afro-Caribbean and Jazz influences.

    Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.
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    Fabiola Mendez
    Ally Schmalling Photography
     About Fabiola Mendez:

    Fabiola Méndez is a Puerto Rican cuatro player, singer, educator, and Emmy-nominated composer focused on the exploration of culture and identity through story-telling. Her music is a blend of Folk, Afro-Caribbean & Jazz, with the cuatro, a ten-string traditional guitar of Puerto Rico, as the lead melody. Recognized as the Latin Artist of the Year by the Boston Music Awards, Fabiola and her band have performed on national and international stages, including: NPR Tiny Desk, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston, the Harris Theater in Chicago, Santurce Fine Arts Center, among many others. She has received numerous awards, such as the Quincy Jones Award, the Brother Thomas Fellowship, ASCAP Lucille and Jack Yellen Award 2022 and a Children's and Family Emmy nomination for Outstanding Interactive Media in 2023. Fabiola holds a Bachelor's in Music from Berklee College of Music, where in 2018 she became the first graduate to play the Puerto Rican cuatro as principal instrument.




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  • In Person
    This month, Vessela Stoyanova plays jazz inspired by Balkan folk music, with her electric marimba, Valerie Thompson on cello, and Fabio Pirozzolo on percussion.

Jazz Features

Jazz Concerts to Watch

  • GBH and JazzBoston presented JazzNOW: Master Jazz Composers, originally streamed live from the beautiful Fraser Performance Studio at GBH on October 1, 2021, with host Eric Jackson. The performance featured Bill Pierce on saxophone, Alex Minasian on piano, Gregory Ryan on bass and Yoron Israel on drums. They performed compositions by noted jazz masters Cedar Walton and Duke Pearson, both of whom have contributed significantly to the language of modern jazz.
  • GBH and JazzBoston present JazzNOW: Dream Alliance, featuring Kenny Werner & Marco Pignataro, originally streamed live from the beautiful Fraser…
  • GBH and JazzBoston present JazzNOW: No Borders, Boston's celebration of International Jazz Day, originally streamed live from the beautiful Fraser…
  • Cuban jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa performs "Conga Total" live at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio in Boston with his brother, Ruy López-Nussa on…
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