Join us for community conversations that amplify local voices from Boston and beyond. Recorded with a live cafe audience at GBH’s studio in the Boston Public Library, GBH Amplifies features a rotating cast of well-known hosts from local media, community organizations, and more.

On February 3, Ron Mitchel, Editor and Publisher of the Bay State Banner, welcomes guests to the stage for two tapings at 11:30 and 12:30 p.m.

At 11:30, hear from MA state and city officials in "The Year Moving Forward in Politics." Find out how they are adapting to a new administration, and facing challenges ranging from community center budgets slashes to processing ICE detainees.

At 12:30 Ron and two pillars in Boston’s cultural scene will focus on work of preserving African American history in our institutions, community events and school curriculum. "How History Informs Our Future" will feature L’Merchie Frazier and Imari Paris Jeffries, two artistic leaders who are documenting historic moments in the making in Boston and uplifting local Black voices to help everyone know their history.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

Join us for community conversations that amplify local voices from Boston and beyond. Recorded with a live cafe audience at GBH’s studio in the Boston Public Library, GBH Amplifies features a rotating cast of well-known hosts from local media, community organizations, and more.

On January 30, Alberto Vasallo, III, CEO of El Mundo Boston, welcomes guests to the stage for two tapings at 12 pm and 1 pm.

"Our ‘American Dream’ Stories," at 12 pm centers the journeys of four prominent Bostonians who were not born in the U.S. Learn how they strived to become successful and make their communities better.

"Wanted: More Latinos in Film," at 1 pm brings local casting experts in for a conversation about the opportunities available for aspiring Latinx actors and others hoping to join the state's active film industry.

Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!

Come hear Cuban-Spanish flautist Anabel Gil Diaz and her ensemble bring the rhythms of Latin jazz to the BPL!

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 May.

About Anabel Gil Diaz:
Cuban Spaniard, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Anabel Gil Diaz studied at the Superior Institute of Art (Cuba) in Classical Music and Musicology, Berklee College of Music in Jazz and Film and Video Games Scoring, and Longy School of Music of Bard College in Jazz and Contemporary Music. She recorded Terri-Lyne Carrington’s Grammy Award winning album "New Jazz Standards Vol. 1” and premiered her music as soloist with the Landmarks Orchestra in Boston. She records as session flautist for Harvard Composers Association and for Berklee’s Scoring Session Program.


Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so arrive early! Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.


GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund.

Please come join us for an afternoon of great music that will have you dancing in your seats. Registration is encouraged for this free event.

DVinci Soul is a 6 piece Motown, soul and classic R&B band that is most known for their soulful harmonies, lively horns, tight rhythm section, and for inspiring people of all ages to get up and dance. Playing in and around the Boston area for over 30 years, and together since 2016, DVinci Soul covers their own blend of danceable tunes from Stevie Wonder, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, and Chaka Khan, to newer bands like Lake Street Dive, Amy Winehouse and the California Honeydrops.

DVinci soulmates include:
- Debra Vinci (vocals)
- Chris Leadbetter (guitar and vocals)
- David Fuller (drums and vocals)
- Jeff Garmel (saxophone)
- Bob Pilkington (trombone)
- Richard Hale Shaw (bass)

DVinci Soul's music and videos can be found here .

Hear JazzBoston President and alto-saxophonist Ken Field and his quartet in a special performance of music from the repertoire of his Revolutionary Snake Ensemble! Joining Field will be tenor sax Tom Hall, drummer Phil Neighbors, and bassist Blake Newman. With a mix of New Orleans brass band standards, Field's originals, and unusually arranged covers, get ready for a great musical adventure!

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 May.

About Revolutionary Snake Ensemble:
The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of original and traditional music. Labeled “explosive” by the Boston Globe, two-time New England Music Award nominees Revolutionary Snake Ensemble’s most recent cd "I Want That Sound!" has received extensive critical acclaim, and entered the CMJ jazz radio top ten chart just two weeks after its release.

Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so arrive early! Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.

GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund.

Hear Mozambican guitarist and vocalist Albino Mbie! With a unique Afro-Pop and Moz-Jazz sound, Mbie combines and captures the energies of different traditions to create a unified and original musical style.

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 May.


About Albino Mbie:

Born in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, Mbie built his first guitar at age 16 from a 5-liter can of oil, scrap wood, and strings made out of electrical cords. Drawn to the sounds of neighborhood street musicians in Maputo, he began to play in a number of local bands. He studied at Berklee and has won numerous awards for songwriting and sound mixing.

GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund.

Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so arrive early! Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.

Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!

Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!

Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH and CRB Classical.

Program:
HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “Joke”
DANISH TRADITIONAL (arr. Danish String Quartet): Drømte Mig En Drøm
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 14 in A-Flat Major, Op. 105

About the Ulysses Quartet:
The Ulysses Quartet has been praised for their “textural versatility,” “grave beauty” and “the kind of chemistry many quartets long for, but rarely achieve” (The Strad). Founded in 2015, the group won the grand prize and gold medal in the senior string division of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize in the 2018 Schoenfeld International String Competition. The quartet’s members hail from Canada, the United States and Taiwan. They have performed in such prestigious halls as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, the Picasso Museum in Málaga and Washington’s National Gallery of Art among many others. At Juilliard from 2019 to 2022, they were the Lisa Arnhold Fellows, serving as the School’s Graduate Resident String Quartet for 3 years. The group’s name pays homage to Homer’s hero Odysseus and his 10-year voyage home. The members of Ulysses perform on instruments and bows on loan from the Maestro Foundation and private donors.

The GBH BPL studio will host Outspoken Saturdays, a spoken word poetry event for emerging artists. Every first Saturday of the month, the series will be created in collaboration with spoken word artist Amanda Shea . Join us!

Registration is encouraged for this free event.