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All Star Septet from Jazz Port Townsend on Jazz Northwest, August 7 on 88.5 KPLU
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Seattle Jazz Scene
A stellar septet of jazz greats played at McCurdy Pavilion during Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend 2011 the last weekend of July. Cuban-born, now American citizen Paquito D'Rivera was nominal leader and spokesman, playing alto sax and clarinet. He played alongside Dizzy Gillespie and other jazz greats who helped bring him to world-wide attention. Along with him were trumpeter Terell Stafford, tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, guitarist Bruce Forman, pianist Benny Green, bassist Christoph Luty and drummer Matt Wilson. All are major ...
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Monty Alexander Jazz Festival Lights Up Labor Day Weekend
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The Phillips Agency
Easton, Maryland—On Labor Day Weekend 2011 the second annual Monty Alexander Jazz Festival brings legendary jazz pianist Monty Alexander to the historic Avalon Theatre in Easton. The two-day event offers performances by both seasoned and fast rising stars of national and international acclaim. The town provides a picturesque and tranquil background for the jazz festival. Townies and tourists can stroll streets lined with art galleries and museums, antique shops, restaurants, and historic inns. Concerts take place at the Avalon Theatre, ...
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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2011
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BSO Press
2011 Tanglewood Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, September 2-4 Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired with actress Blythe Danner and special guests from the worlds of Jazz, Broadway, and Hollywood to take place September 3 at 2pm Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, and Lizz Wright Featured in Sing the Truth with all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson, and Romero Lubambo on September 4 at 8pm A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos ...
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Newport Jazz Festival Saxophone Summit!
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NEWPORT, RI—Jazz is the ultimate music of collaboration—or, as they say in today's younger generation, “collab." For six decades, George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival® —now presented by Natixis Global Asset Management—has been the scene of many exciting and historic mash-ups featuring saxophonists. This year's edition of the festival exhibits an unprecedented array of sax masters old and new. Tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane could have done it the easy way; he could have cashed in on being the son of John ...
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Jazz With Strings Attached at the Newport Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NEWPORT, RI—Saxophones, trumpeters, drummers, and keyboards; those are the traditional instruments you often hear in every era of jazz, and, most likely at every jazz festival. But along the way, the stringed instruments have also made their mark. Guitarists like Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass; violinists like Ray Nance and Stephane Grappelli, and bassists like Ron Carter and Scott LaFaro, have advanced the artistic boundaries of their respective instruments. The artists appearing at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival® Presented by ...
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Long Beach Funk Fest: Fred Wesley, Zigaboo, Katdelic
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JamBase
SUMMER AND MUSIC ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR 3RD ANNUAL LONG BEACH FUNK FEST Summer And Music (SAM) has officially announced the line up for its third annual Long Beach Funk Fest (LBFF), which takes place on Saturday, August 20, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Pine Avenue and the Promenade between Broadway and 3rd Street in Downtown Long Beach. This free, all ages event will feature eight memorable funk performances on two solar-powered stages, numerous DJs, as well as ...
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U City Jazz Festival to be Held Saturday, September 24 in Heman Park
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The municipality of University City will present the first ever U City Jazz Festival from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, September 24 at Heman Park, 7210 Olive Blvd. The free outdoor concert will feature performances from singer Jeanne Trevor, Latin jazz group Clave Sol, and the Classical Jazz Quartet (pictured), plus a tribute to John Coltrane from drummer Maurice Carnes' Hipjaz Quartet, and a set by an all-star band of music students from University City. Brothers Mike and Rob ...
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Berklee's Mario Castro Quintet performs at the Newport Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Boston, MA—Berklee College of Music's Mario Castro Quintet will perform at the 57th annual Newport Jazz Festival, which features some of the most innovative acts in jazz, on four stages, over three days. Castro's band, composed of some of Berklee's finest musicians, has been a regular fixture at Wally's Café, the legendary Boston club where many of the best young jazz players have cut their teeth. The Quintet's performance will be heard later that day on NPRmusic.org, as part of ...
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