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Check out Jazzboston at the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 25
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
JazzBoston, the city's grass roots support organization for jazz musicians, promoters, educators and jazz lovers, has a booth at this year's Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in Boston's South End. Check out these two special programs at the JazzBoston booth: Meet Boston's Musicians informal meet-and-greets with three or four different hometown artists every hour on the half hour, including Grace Kelly, Rebecca Cline, Jason Palmer, Leonard Brown, Amanda Carr, Kelly Roberge and more. What's YOUR Jazz? ...
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Jazz Friendly Hotels in Boston for This Weekend's Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, September 25
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
If you're coming to Boston this weekend to attend the 10th annual outdoor Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 25, there are plenty of jazz-friendly hotels in the area that offer high quality live jazz throughout the year. Leading the pack are the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel in Boston, home of the famous Sculler's Jazz Club, and the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, home of the famous Regattabar Jazz Club. Plus, there are over a dozen hotels in ...
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DC Jazz Festival to Honor Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.
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Michael Ricci
The DC Jazz Festival announced today that Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. will receive the 2010 DCJF John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award at the festival's annual benefit dinner on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at the Embassy of Italy. The evening will be hosted by H. E. Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, and Ms. Antonella Cinque. The John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award is presented each year to an individual or organization that has actively ...
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Report from Monterey
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Jazz Loft Project by Sam Stephenson
The Jazz Loft Project was a success at the 53rd annual Monterey Jazz Festival. Many kudos and deep gratitude are due Tim Jackson, Mary Piazza, and Bill Wagner, among many others. Mary approached us many months ago about having some kind of JLP exhibition in their Coffee House Gallery over the weekend. We couldn't use Smith's prints for a number of reasons, most obviously because they were on loan to the Chicago Cultural Center as part of the JLP traveling ...
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The 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is Here
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Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
42ND VOLL-DAMM BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL FEATURING SONNY ROLLINS' 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is set to commence Wednesday, November 3rd through Thursday, December 2nd. This month long celebration will feature Sonny Rollins' 80th Birthday Celebration along with performances by Chick Corea solo piano, Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, David Sanborn Trio, Kenny Garrett Quartet, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio and Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet. Opening the festival on November 3rd, Sonny Rollins ...
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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Free Bike Valet Service Provided by Monterey Green Action, September 17-19, 2010
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Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Free Bike Valet Service Provided by Monterey Green Action, September 17-19, 2010 Parking Arrangements Courtesy of Monterey Peninsula College Shuttles for MJF Patrons Provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit Monterey, CA; The 53rd annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon is proud to host its free Bicycle Valet Parking for patrons who are able to commute to the Festival from local hotels and residences. Patrons staying near the Festival are encouraged to use personal bicycles to reduce their ...
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Kurt Rosenwinkel Kicks Off Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival in Boston on Wednesday, September 15
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Jazz guitarist and composer Kurt Rosenwinkel along with his 18 piece big band Orchestra de Jazz de Matosinhos (OJM) opens this year's Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The concert takes place at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, and starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $25 and can be reserved online. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the BeanTown Jazz Festival, Berklee College of Music has scheduled over 30 performances to ...
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"Concert for Kids" Kicks Off 53rd Monterey Jazz Festival Weekend,
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Monterey Jazz Festival
The “Concert for Kids" is a twenty-year tradition at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The Festival invites children from Monterey County middle and high schools to attend the free event every year, with an estimated 500 students attending. The concert is part of an outreach effort on the part of the educational programs of the Monterey Jazz Festival to bring free jazz music to the students of Monterey County. Created as a part of the Monterey Jazz Festival's continuing commitment to ...
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