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Jay Geils: Toe Tappin' Jazz
by Charlie Ricci
Toe Tappin' Jazz, released near the end of 2009, is the most outstanding new jazz CD I've heard in many years. The band leader is guitarist Jay Geils, formerly known as J. Geils, founder of Boston's famous party band of the 70s and 80s whose biggest hits were Lookin' For a Love," Give It To Me," Must of Got Lost," Centerfold," and Love Stinks." Who knew the hard-rocking Geils had this much love for jazz in his heart?
read moreJay Geils/Duke Robillard/Gerry Beaudoin: New Guitar Summit
by Michael P. Gladstone
This album has a rather presumptuous title, but then the completed effort has produced some pretty good results. Although the three guitarists have known each other for a long time, the only common bond is their New England heritage. Jay Geils founded the J. Geils Band, one of the most popular rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, based out of Boston. Geils reports that he was a jazzer as a youth and was musically distracted by the ...
read moreJay Geils Jazz and Blues Revue in Concert at Shalin Liu Performance Center on October 29
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
The Jay Geils Jazz & Blues Revue takes the stage at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. It's an all-star cast led by rock guitar legend Geils, and includes Gerry Beaudoin, Cassandre McKinley, Fred Lipsius of Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Doug Bell of Bellevue Cadillac. Tickets to the show are $29, $39, and $49 and can be purchased online. For a schedule of concerts coming up at Shalin Liu ...
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