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The 2nd Annual Bradley Beach Jazz Festival 2026 Announces Five Days Of World‑class Music Across The Jersey Shore
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Gregory Burrus
The 2nd Annual Bradley Beach Jazz Festival 2026 returns with an expanded five‑day celebration of world‑class jazz, blues, and community spirit, bringing together legendary artists, rising stars, and local favorites for one of the region’s most anticipated cultural events. From February 3–7, venues across Bradley Beach will come alive with electrifying performances leading into a powerhouse Mainstage Weekend. Festival Schedule February 3 The soulful Marel Hidalgo Organ Trio igniting The Elbow Room. February 4 Stringbean Blues featuring Bernard Purdie brings ...
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South Beach Jazz Festival Marks 10 Years In Miami Beach With Grammy Winners And World-renowned Artists
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Amanda MacMaster
The South Beach Jazz Festival, presented by local non-profit Power Access, celebrates its 10th anniversary January 8–11, 2026, with a lineup worthy of its milestone year. The four-day festival will feature Grammy Award-winning and internationally acclaimed artists, and local legends performing throughout Miami Beach at venues including Faena Theater, The Bass Museum of Art, Collins Park, Lincoln Road, and the Miami Beach Bandshell. Free and ticketed performances. Leading the 2026 festival is the three-time Grammy Award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, performing ...
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Louis Stringer: Set To Star At The Prestigious 2025 South Beach Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
At just 27, British jazz and world music prodigy Louis Stringer is rewriting the rulebook on bass performance. Known for his unique blend of West African and South American rhythms with contemporary jazz, Stringer’s innovative approach has captivated audiences around the globe. His journey from a self-taught bassist to an internationally celebrated musician is a testament to his talent and visionary spirit. In 2022, Louis Stringer joined forces with celebrated Spanish violinist Angela Varo for a sold-out performance at the ...
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Documentary: The Beach Boys
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For those growing up in the U.S. in the early 1960s, no other group better expressed the essence of summer than the Beach Boys. Their music and the smell of Coppertone suntan lotion still takes me back. Surf rock pre-dated the group, having been launched in 1960 by the Ventures' Walk—Don't Run. A surge of surf bands followed in 1961 that included the Bel-Airs, Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, the Carnations and Steve Rowe and the Furys. After the Beach Boys ...
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Beach Boys: Morgan Sessions
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
At the dawn of the 1960s, the Beach Boys were a teenage vocal group who bridged elements of West Coast jazz with California pop rock. The fusion wasn't a calculated plan as much it was the result of happenstance. The five singer-musicians had long admired the Four Freshmen and other vocal-harmony groups but were looking for a way update the sound with contemporary songs that would appeal to friends. When the three Wilson brothers formed the group with cousin Mike ...
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Beach Boys: Pet Sounds Turns 50
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The release today of the Beach Boys' 50th anniversary remastered five-disc Pet Sounds box provides me with a perfect hook to chat a bit about one of my favorite pop-rock albums. The new set features mono and stereo version of the album plus instrumental tracks, vocal tracks, surround sound mono, stereo and stereo instrumental tracks and additional material in 5.1 surround and stereo. Why all the fuss? Because the album is one of the first to be layered this densely ...
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The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival
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Larry Reni Thomas
By Larry Reni Thomas The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, July 4, 2014, and Saturday, July 5. 2014. from 5 pm until 8 pm, both days. Scheduled performers on Friday, are Lin Rountree with special guest Nicholas Cole, The Ira Wiggins Quartet, and vocalist Yolanda Rubin. Saturday's scheduled line up is The John Brown Quartet, vocalist Lois Deloatch with The Scott Sawyer Trio and pianist Cyrus Chestnut.Doors open at 4 pm. The ...
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Jazz Guitarist David Wright New Summer Music Release, "Blue Beach Boardwalk"
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Dave Wright
Blue Beach Boardwalk is the newest release by guitarist and composer David Wright. Following up his previous 2014 release “Music From The International Airport Hotel Lounge". “Blue Beach Boardwalk" is a mellow and relaxing mainstream jazz release with bossa and latin elements, ideal for the warm summer months. “To me, musically, it's really a ‘summer jazz relrease’ and I’m super happy with how it turned out". At forty two minutes the recording features seven original compositions and fine playing from ...
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14th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party Set Feb. 12-16
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Larry Taylor
Upcoming on Valentine’s Day weekend,eb.13-16, will be the 14th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Orange county, California,featuring over 70 musicians playing “Right Down The Middle And Straight Ahead” Jazz. Among the highlights this year is a Salute to Jazz at the Philharmonic which toured decades ago, a tribute to Stan Getz and a Valentines Day dance. Here is a rundown of the other events: Thursday’s opening night in the ballroom features ...
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Dynamic Bassist Tony Grey's New Album Elevation Features John Mclaughlin, Mike Stern, Whitesnake's Reb Beach, Tomoyasu Hotei, David Fiuczynski And Others
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Abstract Logix
Los Angeles, CA: Besides being some of the greatest musicians ever known, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Hiromi, John McLaughlin, Branford Marsalis, Zakir Hussain, Mike Stern and Steve Lukather all have something else in common. At one time or another, these legendary artists have counted on the supportive, melodic and propulsive bass playing of the amazing Tony Grey. Artists of such stature and virtuosity do not trust just anybody to hold down the foundations of their music. They seek out the ...
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