Festival News

International Body Music Mini-Festival at Freight & Salvage December 4

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
November 21, 2010

International Body Music Mini-Fest Featuring Outstanding California-Based Rhythmic Artists in a Day of Workshops & Evening Concert at Freight & Salvage on December 4 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA (near downtown Berkeley BART) Workshops: $20 each (Family workshop if free of charge) / Starts 10:30 AM Concert: $22.50 Adv, $23.50 at Door / Doors 7:00 PM, Show 8:00 PM / 510-644-2020 www.internationalbodymusicfestival.com

The International Body Music Festival performers have recently returned from ...

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Beyond Good and Evil

Source: The Ring Modulator by Adrian Stevenson
November 20, 2010

Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society + Zoe Rahman—London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. Saturday 13th November 2010 I'd heard lots of good things about pianist Zoe Rahman in recent years, so I was really pleased to see she was opening this double bill playing solo. The plaudits are justified, as she was great. Her playing is strident and strong, with heaps of dynamic and harmonic variety. There was plenty of tasty swing bluesy phrasing in there, but also ...

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Gathering of the Vibes 2011 Dates

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2010

SUMMER 2011 BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE Gathering of the Vibes once again convene at Connecticut's Seaside Park on at July 21-24, 2011. The 16th annual Gathering of the Vibes kicks off the holidays on 'Black Tie Dye Friday' (November 26), when Early Bird and VIP tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Early Bird camping packages will be available for a limited time at $150, a sizeable savings over the gate price, through www.GOVIBES.com. With only 15,000 camping spaces available, ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Education Staff Members Hit the Airwaves on Ksco 1080 AM, November 20, 2010

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
November 20, 2010

MJF Education Director Dr. Rob Klevan, Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Bandleader Paul Contos and MJF Board Member Al Adolph Appear on KSCO's “Raising the Standards" Jazz Show MJF Celebrates 40 Years of MJF's Next Generation Jazz Festival in 2011 Monterey, CA— The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since 1958, is proud to announce that MJF Jazz Education Director Dr. Rob Klevan, Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Director Paul Contos and MJF Board Member Al Adolph will appear on ...

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A Memorable Cape May Weekend

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
November 18, 2010

It's amazing that the Cape May Jazz Festival has now completed 17 full seasons of its semi-annual jazz weekends. That's 34 festivals drawing large off-season crowds to New Jersey's southern tip. It was a growing pains sort of weekend for the new blood/old blood running the festival after the summertime resignations of festival co-founders Carol Stone and Woody Woodland after a protracted series of skirmishes with the board of directors. This year, I made the trek to quaint and charming ...

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Amb la Sant Andreu Jazz Band

Source: Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
November 15, 2010

«Extraordinari, una gran idea». D'aquesta manera definia Bruce Lundvall, president de Blue Note recent arribat a Barcelona per assistir al concert de Gonzalo Rubalcaba dissabte a la nit (més informació en un post posterior), el concert de la Sant Andreu Jazz Band d'avui al matí al Gran Hotel Havana, ple de gom a gom. «M'ha encantat, el director ha fet una feina realment excel·lent», va afegir Enzo Capua, corresponsal a Nova York de la revista Musica Jazz i també de ...

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Buika, el Triunfo de Todos

Source: Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
November 14, 2010

Buika, una de las artistas fetiche del festival de jazz de Barcelona en los últimos años (¡y que dure!), ha ganado su primer Grammy. La artista mallorquina, que regresa a Barcelona el 1 de diciembre para cerrar su año mágico 2010 (cada día quedan menos entradas), explica en este texto sus sensaciones (en castellano a continuación). By Concha Buika I am very proud to get the first Grammy in my career, even though I don't know nothing much about awards. ...

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Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival Voted as the Favorite Festival in 2010

Source: Chillout Productions
November 8, 2010

SKYWARDS DUBAI INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL WINS THE BEST FESTIVAL AWARD AT THE 2010 WHAT'S ON AWARDS, REWARDING EXCELLENCE IN THE HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY! Dubai—Chillout Productions founders and organizers of the annual Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival, is proud to announce another triumph for he festival's 8th edition that took place in February 2010 throughout 17 days of live concerts at different venues; winning The Favorite Festival Award at the What's On Award ceremony held at Dubai Media City on ...

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