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Live At The Viva La Vuvuzuela Music Festival: Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege
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Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
New York, NY, July 5, 2011—Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège will be performing live at Babycastles in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the Viva La Vuvuzuela Music Festival on Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 9:45 to 10:35 PM. “Here are musicians, poised with a positive vibe and with lyrics so uplifting that you actually believe, if only for one night, that slowly, out of a species-wide weariness for discord and conflict, a new world mood may emerge from the street and the ...
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Toots Thielemans Honored at San Sebastian Jazz Festival
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San Sebastian Jazz Festival (Jazzaldia)
Since 1994, the San Sebastian Jazz Festival (now Heineken Jazzaldia) has honored an outstanding musician or impresario for his or her contribution to jazz. This year, Toots Thielemans joins previous award winners: Doc Cheatham (1994), Phil Woods (1995), Hank Jones (1996), Steve Lacy (1997), Chick Corea (1998), Max Roach and Clark Terry (1999), Kenny Barron (2000), Ray Brown (2001), Elvin Jones (2002), Bebo Valdés (2003), Shirley Horn and the director Fernando Trueba (2004), Keith Jarrett and Charles Mingus (In Memoriam) ...
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Guess who's coming back to Newport ... Dave Brubeck returns to perform with sons
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NEWPORT, RI—Jazz legend Dave Brubeck has been an integral part of the Newport Jazz Festival since 1955, appearing at the world-renowned seaside event more than any other musician. George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation are proud to announce that the famed pianist will join the Brubeck Brothers Quartet as a special guest on Sunday, August 7, at Fort Adams State Park at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management. Deemed a “Living Legend" by the ...
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Introducing: Lego Duplo KidZone at 2011 Newport Folk Festival July 30 - 31
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
LEGO Systems, Inc. and Newport Festivals Foundation to Debut New Children's Tent at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival Acclaimed Children's Musician Elizabeth Mitchell to Headline the LEGO® DUPLO® KidZone Where Families with Preschoolers Will Find Musically Inspired Ways to Build and Play Newport, Rhode Island—To inspire and facilitate new ways to play, LEGO Systems, Inc. teams up with the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. to announce the new children's tent at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival—the LEGO® DUPLO® KidZone—July 30-31 at ...
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American Roots at Caramoor: D. Grisman, Ollabelle, J. Maddock
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JamBase
CARAMOOR CELEBRATES AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC WITH ALL-DAY FESTIVAL, JULY 2 Caramoor International Music Festival inaugurates a new tradition with the American Roots Music Festival, a day-long celebration on July 2 of bluegrass, folk, string band, country blues and gospel music. This family-friendly event takes place at various locations throughout the Caramoor grounds beginning at 12:30pm, and continuing throughout the evening. Check out the lineup below. Fun, free activities for children will be available. Food and beverages will be available for ...
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13th Twin Cities Jazz Festival Stays True to the Music
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Was it just two years ago (2009) that Steve Heckler, producer of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, sadly announced that the 2009 festival would be canceled due to lack of sponsors? After 11 years in full or in part as a Minneapolis cultural event, the city faltered in its support of the festival, and major sponsors seemed to follow. But sister city St. Paul rose to the occasion, offering the urban “forest" setting of Mears Park in historic Lowertown and ...
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The 2011 Copenhagen Jazz Festival Set To Kick Off On July 1!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
"Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a model of excellence for jazz festivals worldwide" —All About Jazz, 2008 “Copenhagen is a wonderful, wonderful place to get lost in, especially when the cause is jazz. Newcomers to the city, and to the seductive, seasoned Copenhagen Jazz Festival-up to its 32nd edition this summer-will find before them an almost dizzying density of a program, which extends to multiple venues all over the city." —JazzTimes, 2010 “The Copenhagen Jazz Festival ...
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Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review: Festival Preludes
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I barely had one foot out of Bryce Canyon and had to hit the “ground" running. Between music venues. I think I get most of my exercise that way these days. But it was worth the rather sudden mind shift—e.g., nearly two weeks without any live music followed by one gig after another. It was sort of like flying from our near-sea level locale to Montana, stepping off the plane at about 5,000 feet. Our music elevations here in the ...
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