Jubilee Gardens new 16 song CD "The Wheel" available now in stores listed below- or you can buy on line one song at a time or whole album- just click in nimbit box below!
a small version of Jubilee Gardens plays a last minute fill in gig for Paulo's jazz trio at Bocado Fri 5th (and Fridays 19th & 26th) 9-11pm Winter St Worcester, great food and wines ~ quartet for space reasons, Jubilee, Joe, Dan & Gail.
Jubilee Gardens performs September 6th 10pm-1am at Sahara 143 Highland Street, Worcester 508-798-2181. Excellent Mediteranean food, and a really nice room and bar. We're playing for tips, so please be generous when the hat comes around. We're planning to perform at this venue the first Saturday of each month. Check back to our calendar here to be sure, as schedules do change. But the next date that we are planning on is October 11th, Nov 8th and Dec 6th.
and catch Jubilee's solo show at Block 5, Green Street, Worcester on Saturdays he isn't already busy playing with the band 9pm-12:30 (Sat 13th, 20, 27...)
The Worcester Art Museum Third Thursday musical series...Thurs May 21, 2009 5:30-8pm. I know it's a ways away- but they book way in advance, and I figured it can't hurt to have here as a reminder....word class museum in our own backyard-- come down for music, snacks & see the gallery!
video by Joe Zupan a.k.a. Yosco with Jubilee and his song writing secrets
from Scott McLennan's article in Telegram & Gazette Jan 15, 2008 about meeting up with Jubilee, Dan & Gail in the studio and upcoming gigs ...
"the work was painstaking. Yet, the music itself was so beautiful and well crafted that listening again and again became intoxicating".......
"Dan Hunt's searing guitar licks, Mary Servatius' dramatic cello, and guest appearances by baritone sax player Neal McNanna and doumbeck player Leon Manoogian were a few of the items worthy of a spotlight during the mixing process- and that was just during two songs."
"Connolly's songs take full advantage of that instrumental arsenal. Folk, jazz, rock and world-beat music color the tunes"..."artfully create sparks with cultural collisions".....
"newer songs have more of a political bent..One jaunty, cartoony folk song of the sort The Beatles used to break up it's more serious sounding songs lets Connolly poke fun at president Bush without sounding acerbic. Another popular song from the repertoire making it onto the new record is 'Gold and Metal Man,' a jazzy groove heated up by Connolly's criticism of consumer culture."
"These songs are so good that the mixing process is just a matter of editing. I'm just trying to pick out which parts of the songs to spotlight at different times. "
- Roger Lavallee/ mixing engineer at Tremolo Lounge.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette's Best Of 2006 about our first self-titled CD....
" Jubilee Gardens delivered a richly textured album of their multi-culti jazzy folk pop."
original music by Jubilee Connolly
band photos by Jon Sher- and check out his really great photo/video of band at Youtube.com- just search Jubilee Gardens. and you can visits Jon's site KingsofHighland.com
check out myspace.com/jubileegardens - where you can listen to our music also! This site was recently made much cooler by Gail's sister Alanna-- a big thanks to her!!!
CD's (even the new one!!!) are available at CD Baby.com (and downloadable from their site), at our gigs, or email us. You can also purchase at Jelly's Discs, Park Ave., Union Music on Southbridge Street, The Futon Company on Highland Street, all in Worcester. And now at Some Enchanted Evening 234 Main Street in Spencer (someenchantedevening.us)
Jubilee Connolly- singer, songwriter, guitarist
Dan Hunt- guitarist
Ed Melikian- oud player (his Mediterannean band's site)
Joe Zupan- percussionist
Paul Walker- clarinet & saxophone
Rainer Reichel- violinist
Gail Hunt- bassist & background vocals
Paul Provost - piano/organ
Dave Hartwell - drummer/tambourine on CD
Mary Servatius - cello- away getting her PHD, but back in town for Aug 2nd gig at Sahara!!!
Doug MacLeod- drummer on CD's
Leon Manoogian - guest artist on doumbeck for "The Wheel" CD
Neal McNanna - guest artist on baritone sax for "The Wheel" CD
Tim McCall - saxophone & clarinet on first/self-titledCD (his site)
to email the band at musiclyne@yahoo.com
or call us at 508-792-4585
Scott McLennan from Worcester Telegram & Gazette, wrote a wonderful piece
about the band and the new self-titled CD. It appeared in paper Thursday June 1, 2006. Here's a few excerpts...
"The record is a nice snapshot of a Jubilee Gardens that quickly grew
from an interesting little side project to, well, a 10-piece band...
Connolly's music is a kaleidoscope of sounds, pulling Latin American rhythms,
the hypnotic grooves of raga music, and the mysterious airs of Arabic music
under the umbrella of sophisticated arrangements that fuse jazz, pop and folk elements."
musiclyne@yahoo.com
