The Boston GlobeStaff Writers | February 26, 2007

You’re Getting Very... Hypnotic

When we heard that the Daniel Bennett Group plays a mix of jazz, folk, and trance, we had to ask for clarification. Bennett said that the group “uses repetitious melodic ideas over cycling chord structures” to create it’s trance sound, but then our mind started to glaze over. You can find out the rest for yourself at 8, when guitarist Chris Hersch and bassist John Servo join Bennett on saxophone at McIntyre and Moore Booksellers. The store will give concertgoers a 15 percent book discount until closing time (11pm). A reception with cookies and cider follows the free, all-ages performance.

McIntyre and Moore Booksellers, 225 Elm St, Davis Square, Somerville, MA, 617-629-4840. Visit mcintyreandmoore.com.

The Boston GlobePicks of the week

By Kevin Lowenthal & Joan Anderman | December 7, 2007

Jazz picks

Tonight : Keyboardist Dave Bryant, who has played in Ornette Coleman's Primetime, brings a

quartet to Brookline Tai Chi. The Bennett Alliance Concert Series presents drummer Billy

Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood) with percussionist Calvin Weston teaming up with the

Daniel Bennett Group at the Cambridge YMCA Family Theatre; Masterful pianist Geri Allen

caps her residency at Harvard with two public performances: tonight with her trio at John Knowles

Paine Concert Hall, and tomorrow night helming "A Tribute to Mary Lou Williams" with the Harvard

Jazz Bands at Lowell Hall. Tuesday: Up-and-coming vocalist and songwriter Julie Hardy celebrates

the release of her new album, "The Wish," at Scullers. Wednesday: Neo-swingsters Royal Crown

Revue are at Scullers.

The Boston GlobePicks of the weekBy Joan Anderman & Kevin Lowenthal | April 13, 2007

Jazz picks

Tonight: The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra , 18 of Boston's best improvisers, presents "Bad Luck, Death & Taxes" at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown. A triple bill, featuring Jerry Bergonzi , Daniel Bennett Group, and Quartet of Happiness is at the Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre. Piano great Ahmad Jamal is at the Regattabar. Tomorrow: Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau at the Opera House. Latin piano powerhouse Eddie Palmieri and trumpeter Brian Lynch join the Harvard Jazz Band at Sanders Theatre.