Open to the public | $20 general admission | $10 seniors & students

Arlington Jazz 2025 Festival Schedule

The opening act is the eight-piece group The Boston Universal Music Society which will perform the music of the great Brazilian composer/musician Hermeto Pasqual.

JACK DAVISON - flute

JOEL SPRINGER - tenor sax

PETER ORNE - trumpet

DAN FOX - trombone

MIKE TRAVISANO - bass

JEFF HOPWOOD - keys

MIKE CHAMNESS - drums

ERICO MENINO - percussion

Headlining the evening is the eclectic Meridian 71 led by drummer Guiseppe Paradiso.

GIUSEPPE PARADISO - drum set & compositions

MARK ZALESKI - alto & soprano sax, clarinet and flute

PHIL SARGENT - guitar

MAXIM LUBARSKY - piano & keys

GALEN WILLETT - elec. fretless bass

MALICK NGOM - sabar drums

Meridian 71 is a cross-cultural music project created and led by Giuseppe Paradiso since 2011. The project name comes from Boston's longitude: the 71st meridian that passes precisely through the eastern part of the city.