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Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival in September

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2010

Jazz 88.3 FM, Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association Re-launch Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival: 26 bands, Seven stages, One Fun-filled Day of Music and More!

SAN DIEGO (June 2010): Jazz 88.3 and the Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association will make waves in San Diego this fall with its newly expanded Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival on Saturday, September 11, 10:00am to 7:00pm on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, California.

“We're excited to bring back the festival ...

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Caramoor International Music Festival Presents the 2010 Jazz Festival August 6 - 8

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2010

Chick Corea's Freedom Band, Bobby Hutcherson Quartet, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Mulgrew Miller Trio, Elio Villafranca Quintet, Chuchito Valdes Big Band, Clarice Assad, Roswell Rudd's Trombone Tribe, Brad Shepik's Human Activity Suite, and Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra

KATONAH, NY -- Jim Luce, Jazz Producer at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, has announced the lineup for the 2010 Jazz Festival, which will take place August 6-8 at the Center's distinguished 90-acre garden estate in Katonah, New York.

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Chicago Jazz Fest 2010 Events Calendar/Schedule

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
June 28, 2010

Chicago Jazz Fest 2010 music-artists events calendar and schedule has just been announced by The Jazz Institute of Chicago...this is the 32nd annual jazz fest for ChiTown which is so generously sponsored by healthcare services and products company CareFusion (Thank You!)...check out the events below...for further info go to JIC's site here:

Thursday, September 2

Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker PavilionJazz Presenters / Partnership12:00 - 12:50 Umbrella Music: Bridging Improvised Music and Dance1:05 - 1:55 Jodie Christian ...

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Montreal Jazz Festival Heats up the Music

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

Montreal has never been called the birthplace of jazz. But for the past three decades, the city has been pivotal in stoking the genre's flames via the ever-growing Montreal Jazz Festival.

Kicking off this weekend, the fest -- which swells to 12 days this year -- will present more than 650 shows spread across nearly two dozen stages, making it North America's most expansive music event.

“Our festival differs from most of the others in that it's not a package ...

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Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2010

Close-ups of strings, fretboards and guitarists call used fingers filled the video screens on Saturday at Toyota Park here, a stadium just outside Chicago, where Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival presented some two-dozen guitar-slingers during a sold-out, 11-hour concert.

Joining Mr. Clapton among the headliners were B. B. King, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Buddy Guy and Vince Gill. Mr. Clapton attended the whole show before leading his own band, with Mr. Beck and Steve Winwood as guests. He sat in ...

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Attorney General Investigates Lollapalooza

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

Local promoters struggle with “radius clauses" preventing acts from playing competing shows

The Illinois attorney general's office is reportedly investigating Lollapalooza, the Chicago rock festival featuring Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Soundgarden, on antitrust grounds. As Rolling Stone first reported early this month, like Coachella, Bonnaroo and others, Lollapalooza has a “radius clause" preventing acts from playing competing shows, in this case within 300 miles for 180 days before and 90 days after (read the full story, “Summer Festivals Force ...

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28th San Francisco Jazz Festival Lineup Announced

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
June 28, 2010

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ--the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast--today announced the complete artist line-up for the 28th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. The Festival will begin on September 14 with a celebration of the jazz bass with SFJAZZ Collective member Matt Penman. Events continue through November 20, presenting some of the most illustrious names in music: Esperanza Spalding; Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar; Chucho Valds; Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabat & Vieux Farka Tour; ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Performs at New York City's Jazz Standard, July 7, 2010

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
June 27, 2010

Jazz Standard Performance is Finale of 10-Day Tri-C to NYC North American Tour

Tour Includes Shows in Cleveland, and at the Toronto and Montreal Jazz Festivals

21 High School Musicians from California, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Comprise MJF's Renowned National Big Band

Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra's New York City performances at the Jazz Standard on July 7, 2010, capping off their ten-day North American ...

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