Festival News

Roxbury International Film Festival Features Jazz Film on Thelonius Monk

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
July 29, 2010

In My MindThe 12th annual Roxbury International Film Festival gets underway in Boston this week, featuring a full slate of films, documentaries and workshops celebrating people of color in cinema.

One of the films featured this year is In My Mind, a documentary by jazz pianist Jason Moran that pays tribute to legendary jazz artist Theolonius Monk and his historic concert at New York's town hall in 1959. Combining rare audio and photos of Monk ...

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New Universe Music Fest: McLaughlin, Herring, Lenny White

Source: JamBase
July 29, 2010

HUMAN ELEMENT, WAYNE KRANTZ, ALEX MACHACEK, RANJIT BAROT ALSO ADDED TO THE LINEUP

John McLaughlin Abstract Logix is proud to announce its first-ever festival event, The New Universe Music Festival, to take place at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh North Carolina on November 20 and 21, 2010.

A schedule and how to order tickets can be found here. Tickets for both nights are $90. Tickets for November 20 are $37 advance and $45 day of show. Tickets for November 21 ...

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Cape May Jazz Festival Announces New Officers and Directors

Source: gene boyd
July 28, 2010

The Friends of Cape May Jazz, the sponsoring organization of the semi-annual Cape May Jazz Festival, announces the election of a new slate of officers and directors for the coming 2010-2011 season. Gene Boyd was elected to the post of president. Formerly the organizations treasurer, Boyd has owned and managed several radio stations, and has been involved my various aspects of the music business. He has also been an active volunteer with many local non-profits, including the Center for Community ...

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Gathering of the Vibes Preview

Source: JamBase
July 28, 2010

By: Dennis CookJamBase Associate Editor

Gathering of the Vibes :: 07.29.10-08.01.10 :: Seaside Park :: Bridgeport, CT

Once again the pilgrimage to the Vibes begins as folks gather along the Connecticut shoreline to enjoy headliners including Primus, Furthur, Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Damian “Jr. Gong" Marley & Nas. With Wavy Gravy as colorful MC, this weekend is filled with two stages packed with some of the best the jam world has to offer. Here's five recommendations ...

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Folk, Funk, and a Firestorm - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Two

Source: The Ring Modulator by Adrian Stevenson
July 28, 2010

Magic Hat Ensemble, Glazz, Tony Woods Project, Huw Jacob, Liane Carroll Trio. Festival Pavilion, Albert Square, Manchester. Saturday 24th July 2010What can you say about the Magic Hat Ensemble? Always good. Always fast. Always lots of tempo changes. It's straight ahead boppy stuff, if a little twisted and mangled, all delivered with panache and wit. Maybe a tad scrappy here and there, but all very charming and most enjoyable. Good start.Glazz, a trio from Spain were ...

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2010 Stanford Jazz Festival in Final Week

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2010

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The Nice Guy Trio + Strings, World Premiere, 9/4, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 27, 2010

The 10th Anniversary Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) presents the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from San Francisco's The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston's “Waking Music" and accordionist Rob Reich's “Sidewalks and Alleys." The Nice Guy Trio is Johnston, Reich and bassist Daniel Fabricant in an exclusive collaboration with some of the world's most ...

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Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band, Free Concert 10/3, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 27, 2010

Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF), today announced the 2010 'Latin Jazz Tardeada,' a free outdoor concert with Grammy-winning conguero Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco from 1:00pm--3:00pm. “Tardeada," meaning afternoon gathering or party, will be a celebration of the YBGF's 10th Anniversary and the grand finale of the Festival's annual Latin Jazz Series, a major program component of the Festival. Yerba ...

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