Dot Jazz
Dot Jazz
The Dot Jazz Series, a collaborative project of Mandorla Music and Greater Ashmont Main Street, brings live jazz to the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA. Dot Jazz has returned to Peabody Hall for a live and in-person show.
Location:
Peabody Hall (inside Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester
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Tickets:
Adults: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Students: $10
EBT/WIC Card Holders: $5
Kids under 18: Free
Upcoming Concerts
Zambra
Saturday, December 6, 2025
8:00 - 8:30 pm
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester, MA
Zambra (from the Arabic word for "gathering") is a unique collaboration of global artists from Andalusia, NYC, Atlanta, Catalonia, and Tehran. Zambra creates imaginative arrangements that bridge flamenco, Persian classical, Indian, Catalonian, and jazz traditions. Through original compositions and traditional melodies, the quintet celebrates cultural connection, innovation, sisterhood, and the art of improvisation.
Tim Ray Trio
Saturday, January 10, 2026
8:00 - 9:30 PM
Peabody Hall, Parish of All Saints
209 Ashmont Street, Boston, MA
Pianist Tim Ray’s wide-ranging skills as a soloist and accompanist have afforded him the opportunity to perform with legendary artists across musical genres. He is perhaps best known as Tony Bennett’s pianist and musical director from 2016 until his retirement in 2000. He regularly performs with leading figures in the jazz world, among them Kurt Elling, Gary Burton, Esperanza Spalding, Phil Woods, Terri Lyne Carrington, Scott Hamilton, Dave Douglas, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Lewis Nash and Rufus Reid. Tim has performed in concert with an extensive list of pop music icons, notably Aretha Franklin, Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, Jane Siberry and Soul Asylum. His classical credits include solo performances and concerts with the Boston Pops, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Glens Falls (NY) Symphony.
Felipe Salles Quartet
Thursday, February 12, 2026
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Peabody Hall, Parish of All Saints
209 Ashmont Street, Boston, MA
A native of São Paulo, Brazil, saxophonist, flutist and composer Felipe Salles has been a professor of Jazz and African American Music at UMass Amherst since 2010.
He has performed and recorded with prominent jazz artists, including Randy Brecker, Paquito D’Rivera, David Liebman, Melissa Aldana, Lionel Loueke, Jerry Bergonzi and many more. He has toured extensively in Europe, North and South America, India, and Australia, as a sideman and as a leader of his own group..
His arrangements and compositions have been performed by some of the top groups in the world including The Metropole Orchestra, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Amazonas Band, Helsinki Philharmonic Violas, Meta4 String Quartet, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra, New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, and New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, among others.
For this concert, he’ll be joined by pianist Nando Michelin, bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa and drummer Bertrem Lehmann to perform music from his most recent recording, Camera Obscura, released on the Tapestry label in June 2025.
Past Concerts
Dot Jazz Offsite
with bassist Tony Leva and percussionist Fabio Pirozzolo
Thursday, November 6, 2025
7:30 - 9:00 pm
The Local Hand
1912 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA
Experience Dot Jazz in a fresh, intimate format: a full sensory evening of live music and hands on art making.
Bassist Tony Leva and percussionist Fabio Pirozzolo will lead a musical journey rich with rhythm and texture, alive with improvisation. The duo will blend percussion, sintir, upright and electric bass, and samples from records that will serve as interstitials, backgrounds, and launching pads for spontaneous exploration.
Inspired by the sounds, artist Michaela Flatley will guide a watercolor and multimedia art experience, inviting participants to respond visually to the music.
Whether you come to listen, to create, or both, Dot Jazz Offsite offers a unique opportunity to connect in a shared space at the intersection of sound, color, and shape.
Sam Spear Quintet
Saturday, September 6, 2025
8:00 - 9:30 pm
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester, MA
The Sam Spear Quintet delivers hard-hitting bop, soulful swing, and blistering ballads. Composed of two saxes, piano, bass, and drums, SSQ performs an eclectic mix of original tunes and cleverly crafted arrangements of jazz standards. The group is showcased on Spear's debut album First Pitch (2024), available on Bandcamp and major streaming platforms.
The After Times
Thursday, October 2, 2025
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester, MA
Josiah Reibstein (bass), Joe Musacchia (drums) and Malcolm Campbell (keys) have been playing together since middle school and have remained close friends throughout the subsequent decades.
The After Times formed during the COVID lockdown of 2020, when the three childhood friends decided to get together in their respective yards on a semi-regular basis to play music. What started as a loose session for stretching out on standards turned into a workshop for original music, and eventually, when restrictions began to open up again, a working band.
Jared Sims Quartet
Thursday, May 29, 2025
7:30 - 9 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester
Saxophone and flute player Jared Sims (credits include Duochrome, Hellbender, Dead Cat Bounce, Miracle Orchestra etc), is recently back in Boston after some years away, and we're glad to present one of his newer projects, this quartet featuring Rebecca Cline on piano, Keala Kaumeheiwa on bass and Gen Yoshimura on drums. Expect upbeat and funky original music infused with Latin rhythms.
Zahili Zamora & Claudio Ragazzi
Saturday, May 10, 2025
8 - 9:30 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester
Cuban pianist Zahili Zamorá and an Argentinean guitarist Claudio Ragazzi blend vibrant Afro-Cuban rhythms with the soulful melodies of Argentinean tango and folk music. Expect original compositions, intricate improvisations, fiery solos, and heartfelt harmonies, taking the audience on a musical journey through Latin America.
Zahili Gonzalez Zamora is a pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, and educator. Born in Manzanillo, Cuba, she started playing piano at the age of six, and graduated from the National School of Music with a performance degree. She feels most defined by her Cuban heritage and her status as an immigrant. Her passion for music has taken her to Canada, to Southeast Asia and, now, to the United States. Her rich musical background, career experience and extraordinary improvisation skills render her a leader in the modern Latin jazz idiom and an influential, emulated musician.
Guitarist Claudio Ragazzi is a Grammy winner and an Emmy-winning film composer who has performed with some of today's most respected musicians at renowned concert halls in the world. On May 10th he'll add Peabody Hall to an impressive list of venues he's performed in the past: Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The Blue Note Jazz Club (NY and Tokyo), and Lincoln Center. Claudio has performed with a who's who of influential and respected musicians, including Gary Burton, Yo-Yo Ma, Regina Carter, Randy Brecker, Danilo Perez, Pablo Ziegler, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett and Paquito D'Rivera.
Yulia Musayelyan Quartet
Thursday, April 10, 2025
7:30-9 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester
Flutist and composer Yulia Musayelyan was born in Moscow, Russia. A versatile performer and improviser across musical styles, she leads an original quartet and a tango-jazz project, and co-leads the Macayú Trio. Yulia collaborates regularly with the Fernando Huergo Quintet and Big Band, Greg Hopkins Big Band, Gaia Wilmer, Dario Acosta Teich, Vadim Neselovskyi, Louis Cole Big Band, and Knower. She also has extensive credits in the classical music world.
Daniel Ian Smith & the Generations Ensemble
Saturday, March 8, 2025
8:00 - 9:30 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester , MA
Daniel Ian Smith is a New England based saxophonist, flutist, educator and composer with over 35 years of experience on the national and international stages. He has taught in the Harmony and Jazz Composition departments at Berklee for almost 30 years. His extensive credits included several critically acclaimed releases from his New World Jazz Composers Octet, appearance as a featured soloist on the 2023 Grammy nominated recording by the Boston Modern Orchestra project of Anthony Davis’ The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and regular local appearances with the Fernando Huergo Big Band, the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Felipe Salles' Interconnections Ensemble and the New World Jazz Composers Octet, among many others.
Dan Rosenthal / Eric Hofbauer Quartet
Saturday, January 11, 2025
8 - 9:30 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester , MA
Trumpet player & Berklee educator Dan Rosenthal can be seen regularly on Boston bandstands with Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club, the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, the Fernando Huergo Big Band, among many others. He was also a longtime member of Russ Gershon's Either/Orchestra, and sometimes plays in a family band with his father, bluegrass legend Phil Rosenthal.
Guitarist Eric Hofbauer can be seen performing regularly with Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club, Tony Malaby's Firebath, the Dylan Jack Quartet and many others. He chairs the jazz department at Longy School of Music and runs the Creative Nation Music label.
Ehud Ettun’s Desert Snow Quartet
Thursday, December 5, 2024
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester , MA
Israeli bassist Ehud Ettun has introduced himself to the international Jazz scene playing with George Garzone, Fred Hersch, Danilo Perez, Donny McCaslin, Anat Cohen, Eli Degibri and others. He is known for his unique approach to the upright bass as a melodic instrument, and not only as a bass instrument. His uniquely developed techniques make him an in-demand bassist all around the world. He has performed in venues ranging from the Blue Note, New York, to Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and concerts and festivals in Europe, North America South America and Asia.
The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Saturday, November 23, 2024
8:00 - 9:30 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester , MA
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.
Catherine Bent & Ian Coury
Thursday, October 10, 2024
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester , MA
Ian Coury is an award-winning 10-string bandolim (Brazilian mandolin) player from Brazil who has shared stages with Brazilian legends like Toninho Horta and Hamilton de Holanda. Still in his early 20s, he is a gifted composer and a phenomenal master of his instrument.
English-born cellist and composer Catherine Bent, an alumna of Cirque du Soleil, has performed and recorded with artists as diverse as Joe Jackson, Lee Konitz, Donna Summer, and poet laureate Robert Pinsky. She tours in Brazil and Europe and has a worldwide reputation as the leading cellist in Brazilian choro music.
The two have a musical connection that transcends their backgrounds and crystallizes around their passion for the Afro-European traditions of Brazil.
Catherine Bent has developed a rhythmic technique for playing the cello that replaces the guitar and percussion in a traditional rhythm section. Each instrument deftly contributing melody, rhythm and harmony, the duo is complete in itself: lyrical, harmonically sophisticated, and deeply grooving.
Ian and Catherine’s unique instrumentation and flights into spontaneous territory set them apart from other choro musicians in Brazil and beyond. In addition to representing both classic and modern repertoire, they also perform their original compositions in choro, samba and forró styles.
Ivanna Cuesta Quartet
Saturday, September 7, 2024
8:00 - 9:30 PM
Peabody Hall (Parish of All Saints)
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester , MA
Ivanna Cuesta was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and attended the Dominican Republic Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. The drummer, composer, educator and synthesist released her debut album, Letter to the Earth, in June. This collection of original compositions and free improvisation is inspired by Cuesta’s love of the natural environment of her home country and by her concern about the state of the planet: “Since I was little I always loved nature and I was surrounded by many trees, rivers, and beaches in my country, the Dominican Republic. But climate change is a reality, and everything that I experienced as a child has been disappearing so fast— and now, they are just memories.”
In addition to her work as a bandleader, Cuesta is an in-demand sideperson. Recent appearance include Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Claudia Medina, Kevin Harris, Gabrielle Goodman and many others.
“There are no lectures here. Just, at times, an atmospheric plea in music, to help save our planet.” – Tim Larsen, Jazz Views.