Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA)
Part of the Gardner's popular After Hours series, Jazz at the Gardner features live music, art, cocktails and more. Browse the galleries, linger in the courtyard bar or sample a small plates menu in the café, then listen to a live jazz concert. Experience something different each month. See full event description for details.
Event summary prepared by the Goldstar Editorial Team.
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The last event was Thursday December 18, 2008 / 7:00pm (Nadia Washington Quartet). (view all dates)
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good musicians, interesting location. Very worthwhile event. Price was great, too.
They were a little unprepared (not enough servers or wine) to fully serve the thirsty guests, but other than that the event was great!
The museum is wonderful, but if you really want to the the art works; you 'd better off this and go during the day.
It was also our first time in this museum; I found out that with student ID you pay only $5 which made me feel like I did not get any bargain from goldstar because the general tickets are for general admission only anyway.
Very congenial crowd (mostly young-ish) in a superb setting. A great venue for friends to gather. The "show" by performance artist Ledoh was interesting and intense, something I would probably never see otherwise. (I'm in my 70s!) But I enjoyed the experience. One must keep exploring!
Good crowd of all ages mingling and enjoying the atmosphere and artwork. An opportunity to experience what life was like as a wealthy person back then.
amazing venue, awesome jazz, beautiful collection. one of the most stimulating places in boston to be.
Ticket distribution was not well handled. We got in with just the e-mail copy.
Jazz was progressive end enjoyable for me, but some in my group did not expect what we heard.
Museum is beautiful and should be enjoyed on a day with fewer people around and time to learn about the exhibits.
Should have picked up the tickets in advance, they were extremely unorganized (long line). The event was fine, could have done w/o the concert as I wasn't expecting a sit down Jazz concert. Next time I will go to the museum only.
Concert was good but Goldstar members had problems getting their tickets. That resulted in getting us in after the concert had already started. Very disappointing service.
Getting into the museum was chaotic. We arrived a little late because of the confusion at the door. Never did get tickets but e-mail got us into the concert. The musicians were very good but the vocalist was poor. I was surprised when it ended in one hour. Parking is impossible.
the event was fabulous.
Wonderful music and magic environment. First, but not last experience of the Gardner in the evening.
June Levinson
I loved the event. It would have been helpful to know that we could have gone before 7:00.
It wasn't "jazz" as it turns out, but "blue grass" music, which while entertaining, was not what I was looking forward to, and seemed some how out of place in such a formal setting.
The musicians were very good however their professor talked too much. Also, there was only one appetizer and an extremly limited beverage selection ( a totla of four choices, one wine, one beer, one drink and water).
Bluegrass band was fine--but it's a little weird to treat bluegrass music like concert music and sit still in a very dark room to hear it. I always think of it as dancing music! That said, the rest of the after hours event was very nice. Drinking a glass of wine (though overpriced) while listening to the classical music in the courtyard was definitely a highlight, and it was a great way to see the collection for the first time.
The weather was lousy on the night we attended, but still there was a great crowd - enough to be fun but not so crowded you couldn't move. Of course the museum is gorgeous... and the jazz was fantastic. I went with the girls from work and we plan to make it a regular event. Oh, and there was a great mix of all ages as well.
Very enjoyable, ample time to see the museum before the concert.
This was a fun event in a beautiful, almost magical setting. Very relaxing. The only downside: Your ticket price just gets you in the door. Once inside, all food and drink cost you, so it's like paying $15 to get in and drop more cash. Alcoholic drinks are $8; food - small but yummy - can be purchased in the cafe, and it is very good, and reasonably priced ($11 - 12). We loved the jazz concert. The room was fa-ree-zing, though, so bring a jacket into the Tapestry room for the concert, don't leave it in the coat check!
The dance performance was too avant-garde for my tastes. The ambiance of the night was lovely though.
About Music at the Gardner:
The longest-running museum music program in the nation, with performances nearly every Sunday from September through May, the concert series at Gardner Museum has a 79-year history of exceptional and varied classical music programming. Concerts take place in the museum's intimate and beautiful Tapestry Room gallery, a space decorated with 15th-century tapestries... More
Spend a Thursday night at the Gardner Museum and enjoy a feast for all the senses during After Hours, the museum's new night out. Browse the galleries, join in a conversation about art or enjoy a cocktail around the breathtaking courtyard garden. At 7:00pm, head upstairs for a Jazz at the Gardner concert and experience jazz in a setting like no other. Finish your night off at a post-concert reception with the artists downstairs at the courtyard bar.
December 18, 7:00pm: Nadia Washington Quartet
Nadia Washington, vocals
Michel Reis, piano
Katie Thiroux, bass
Matt Witek, drums Vocalist Nadia Washington, joined by some of the nation’s most talented young musicians, will serenade us with memorable standards and new compositions.
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