The countdown is on, and we are delighted to be initiating our Rising Star series on Tuesday, July 15. As mentioned earlier, Berkshires Jazz is launching a concert series celebrating artists whom we expect to be important jazz figures. The first of our Rising Star concerts has the theme of Jazz Piano: The Return of the Prodigies. It’s a two-part piano recital  presenting two of our past artists. Jasper Zimmerman and Esteban Castro, who gave such memorable performances at two of our Pittsfield CityJazz Festivals, return to our main stage as we launch this new collaboration with the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.