New Lebanon Library (2/10/17)

Limbshakers Jazz Band returns to the New Lebanon Library on Friday, February 10, 2017 for a free set of jazz, blues, swing, bebop, gospel and folk.

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Tim Thibideau, electric and acoustic guitar

Allen Livermore, tenor saxophone, clarinet, ukulele, percussion and vocals.

Plus surprise upright bass player.

FREE (but donations gratefully accepted)

6:30-7:30 PM

New Lebanon Library
550 State Route 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

Upcoming events

Sunday, May 20, 2016 / 6:30 PM-8:00 PM at New Lebanon Library, 550 State Route 20, New Lebanon, NY / 518-794-8844. Free; donations gratefully accepted.

Saturday, April 30, 2016 /2:30 PM -3:30 PM at Craneville Place, 265 Main Street, Dalton, MA. Free

Sunday, April 3, 2016 / 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM / Berkshire Music School 75th Anniversary Gala, Colonial Theater, Pittsfield, MA. Allen Livermore performing with BMS Faculty Jazz Ensemble.

March 2016 events

Sunday, March 6 @ 4 PM – 5 PM: Camphill Ghent, 2542 Route 66, Chatham, NY. 518-392-2760. Free, with Tim Thibideau, acoustic and electric guitar, Dan Broad, upright bass and vocals, Katerina Livermore, violin, mandolin and vocals and Allen Livermore, saxophone, percussion and vocals. Kid and family friendly.

Saturday, March 19 @ 2 PM- 3 PM: Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, MA. 413-499-1992. Free, with Katerina Livermore, violin, mandolin and vocals and Allen Livermore, saxophone, ukulele, percussion and vocals. Kid and family friendly.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Limbshakers Jazz Band returns to Melbourne Place on Sunday, January 17, 2016 from 2 to 4 PM. Ragtime, blues, gospel, folk and jazz. Not only is the show free, but listeners can enjoy free coffee, latte and espresso from the coffee bar.

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Tim Thibideau, guitar

Dan Broad, upright bass and vocals

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet and vocals

Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201

413.499.1992

Upcoming events

Friday, October 9, 2015, 6:30 to 8 PM: New Lebanon Library, 550 State Route 20, New Lebanon, NY

Tim Thibideau, acoustic and electric guitars

Dave Christopolos, upright bass

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion, vocals

Friday, September 25, 2015, 4:30 to 6:30 PM: Boston University Tanglewood Institute, 45 West Street, Lenox, MA

Tim Thibideau, acoustic guitar

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion and vocals

Thursday, September 10, 2015, 5 PM-7:30 PM: Naumkeag, 5 Prospect Hill Road, West Stockbridge, MA.

Dan Broad, upright bass

Tim Thibideau, guitar

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, vocals, ukulele

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Sunday, August 16, 2015, 10 AM – 1 PM: New Lebanon Farmer’s Market, Windswept Farm, 36 Old Route 20, New Lebanon, New York. Folk, gospel and jazz

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Allen Livermore, clarinet, vocals, ukulele, percussion

July 2015 events

Thursday, July 9 / 5 to 8 PM Naumkeag at Night, Naumkeag, 5 Prospect Hill Road
Stockbridge, MA 01262 / 413.298.8138

Friday, July 10 / Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School

Thursday, July 16 / 5 to 8 PM / Naumkeag at Night, Naumkeag, 5 Prospect Hill Road
Stockbridge, MA 01262 / 413.298.8138

Saturday, July 25 / 4 to 7 PM / The Garden Party at Naumkeag, Naumkeag, 5 Prospect Hill Road
Stockbridge, MA 01262 / 413.298.8138

Dan Broad or Pete Toigo, upright bass and vocals

Tim Thibideau, guitar

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion and vocals

More information on Naumkeag at Night: Naumkeag at Night information

More information about The Garden Party at Naumkeag: The Garden Party at Naumkeag

Limbshakers Jazz Band at New Lebanon Library (6/12/15)

Limbshakers Jazz Band returns to the New Lebanon Library on Friday, June 12, 2015 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. One family-friendly acoustic set featuring: ragtime, folk tunes, jazz, blues, swing and bebop, from 1866-1943. 550 State Route 20, New Lebanon, NY 12125
Phone: 518-794-8844

Set will include: “Sugar Blues,” “The Signing of the Pledge,” “Woody’n’You,” “When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine,” “In a Mellotone,” etc.

Free admission; donations gratefully accepted.

Tim Thibideau, guitar

Pete Toigo, upright bass

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion and vocals

with Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Our Musical Services

Limbshakers Jazz Band offers a number of musical programs, suitable for concerts, private events, business meetings, school programs, etc. The music stands alone or we can introduce each piece and the rich history contained therein (including sheet music covers and other historical artifacts).

Group sizes range from trio to sextet. Our core band includes saxophone/clarinet/vocals plus upright bass and electric guitar. We add trombone, pedal steel guitar and drums based on client interest.

The programs below are divided by time period for convenience; there is overlap and we mix themes depending on client interest. Please contact allen.livermore@gmail.com if interested; and we will design an affordable, custom program to meet your needs.

The Aughts and Teens: instrumental and vocal ragtime compositions such as “Who’s There?” (1905) “Good Evening, Caroline” (1909), “I’m Getting Ready for My Mother-in-Law” (1907) “My Gal Sal” (1907), “Crocodile Isle,” “Fido is a Hot Dog Now,” “Bo-La-Bo,” “Take Me to That Land of Jazz,” “Somebody Else is Gettin’ It” (1911), “Take Your Girlie to the Movies” (1919), “Steamboat Bill” (1911) “etc.

WWI and Prohibition: songs from the period or that examine consequences or aftermath thereof: “Alcoholic Blues,” (1919), “I Thank You, Mr. Hoover” (1918), “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree),” etc.

The Twenties: “My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn’t Say Where, When or Why),” “I Wish There Was a Wireless to Heaven,” “The A.B.C.D. Blues,” etc.

Presidential Songs: campaign songs such as “Harding, You’re the Man for Us” (written by Al Jolson), “If You Don’t Like Our President Wilson (You Knife the Land That Feeds Us All)”, etc. and songs about Presidents such as “Teddy, the Jungle-Bogie Man” (1909) about Roosevelt’s hunting exploits.

Swing/1930s: great tunes from the swing era: “Tuxedo Junction,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”, “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” etc.

1940s/WWII/Bebop: Topical songs, such as “Rosie the Riveter,” pop songs, such as “Sentimental Journey,” big band, such as “In a Mellow Tone” and “Take the A Train” and bebop by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, such as “Woody’n’You” and “Ornithology.”

January 2015 events

Sunday, January 18th @ 4 PM: Camphill Ghent, 2542 New York 66, Chatham, NY 12037 (518) 392-2760

Music from 1905-1946: comedic songs, old-school jazz, blues, swing and bebop

Free show

Dan Broad, upright bass

Tim Thibideau, guitar

Katerina Livermore, violin

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion and vocals

Friday, January 23, 6:30-8 PM, New Lebanon Library, 550 State Route 20, New Lebanon NY (518) 794-8844

Free, donations gratefully accepted

Music from 1905-1946

Pete Adams, pedal steel guitar

Dan Broad, upright bass

Katerina Livermore, violin

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion and vocals

Sunday, January 25, 2-4 PM, Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, MA

Free show, free coffee/espresso bar and acoustic baby grand piano

David Bartley, baby grand acoustic piano

Dan Broad, upright bass

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, percussion and vocals

Pittsfield Jazz Fest (Saturday, Oct. 11)

The Limbshakers Jazz Band will perform as part of the Pittsfield Jazz Festival’s “Pub Crawl” on Saturday, October 11 at Patrick’s Pub in Pittsfield, MA from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.

Tim Thibideau, electric guitar

Dave Christopolos, upright bass

Katerina Livermore, violin and vocals

Allen Livermore, saxophone, clarinet, vocals and drums

Tunes from the late 1890s to the 1940s: ragtime, early jazz, blues, folk, swing and bebop.

Patrick’s Pub is located at 26 Bank Row, Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 499-1994

More information about the Pittsfield Jazz Festival: http://berkshiresjazz.org/jazz-about-town/