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The Smooth Jazz Cruise Making Waves on Water and Land
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Brian Culbertson, Kirk Whalum and Euge Groove join star-studded 2012 lineup; The Greatest Party at Sea is sponsoring major jazz festivals and concert tours St. Louis, MO: Last year, Entertainment Cruise Productions, LLC (Jazz Cruises) asked their passengers to select the musicians they want to see perform on The Smooth Jazz Cruise 2012. Thus it only made sense when an unfortunate logistical situation forced the cancellation of Smokey Robinsons performance that the St. Louis-based company went back to their guests ...
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Add Live Streaming to the List of Festival Essentials...
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Digital Music News
If festivals were like movie theaters, this wouldn't be such a good idea. But of course, festivals are about so much more than just the music! Which makes good live streaming an incredible enhancement, and a motivator for future attendees. In fact, I'd argue that the live stream is now an essential part of any successful festival—right up there with the bands and stages. Take Coachella. This past weekend, the festival's three-day stream on YouTube was a smash, and at-home ...
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Unprecedented Line-up Revealed
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AAJ Staff
Ottawa (Wednesday, April 11, 2011)—Upholding its original mission, the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival continues to celebrate the over-a-century-old conversation that is Jazz. This year's festival, the 31st incarnation, has brought new but not altogether unfamiliar voices to the fray. Robert Plant & the Band of Joy, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang, Pink Martini, Return to Forever IV, YOUSSOU NDOUR, Paco De Lucia, Lucky Peterson, Béla Fleck & the Original Flecktones and Daniel ...
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New Queuing Policy for 2011 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
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AAJ Staff
Ottawa (Monday, April 18, 2011)—To better facilitate admission to events at the 2011 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival a handful of new queuing policies have been implemented. For the Fourth Stage and Studio Series there are multiple concerts per evening and single tickets will be sold for each concert. Audiences will be asked to clear the venue after each show and to requeue for the next show in order of priority. Single ticket holders will receive first priority for events ...
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Montreaux Jazz Fest: Santana, B.B., McLaughlin, Paul Simon
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JamBase
ARCADE FIRE, TRUCKS & TEDESCHI, DR. JOHN, LEON RUSSELL, STING, SEAL, FEMI KUTI, ESPERANZA SPALDING, AND MORE ALSO ANNOUNCED The 2011 Montreaux Jazz Festival lineup will include Santana, Arcade Fire, Paul Simon, John McLaughlin, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King and more. Set for July 1-16 at Stravinsky Auditorium and Miles Davis Hall in the Convention Centre in Montreaux, Switzerland. Click here for a day by day breakdown and a more complete look at the lineup, and click here ...
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Tri-C JazzFest 2011 Lineup
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
TRI-C JAZZFEST JUMP STARTS SPRING WITH A LEGENDARY LINEUP 32 Annual Festival Showcases the Best in Jazz from April 28-May 8 CLEVELAND, OH—The 32nd annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland jump starts spring with a stellar line-up of jazz, blues and R&B artists from around the corner and across the globe. Iconic R&B singer and songwriter Smokey Robinson, the King of Motown, plays JazzFest for the first time, crooning selections from his seemingly endless arsenal of Top 40 hits. Dee Dee Bridgewater ...
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Announcing the 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 24-August 6: 36 Events That Span the Jazz Spectrum
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Providing an intimate interaction of jazz and community found nowhere else, the Stanford Jazz Festival is pleased to announce the lineup of its 40th season. Commencing on June 24 with Grammy-winning, New Orleans-based living legend Allen Toussaint, presenting rare appearances by the great Brazilian songwriter and singer Milton Nascimento, and winding up in August with an all-star week that includes Joe Lovano and the Bad Plus, the Festival will present upwards of 100 of the world's greatest jazz artists in ...
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Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Updated Schedule, May 9-15, 2011
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Announce Schedule Updates for HARLEM JAZZ SHRINES FESTIVAL May 9-15, 2011 7 Days · 35 Events · 8 Venues The prestige of the past. The pulse of the present. All Events are $10 or Free! MONDAY, MAY 9—SATURDAY, MAY 14, 10 A.M.-6 P.M. ENVISIONING JAZZ Photographs by Kwame Brathwaite, curated by Erica Agyeman Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts ...
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