Festival News

Montreal Gears up for Its 2010 Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
June 11, 2010

Montreal's winters may be unforgiving exercises in cold weather survival, but the city blooms once the thaw begins. It hosts a number of festivals each summer, but the biggest and best is Festival International de Jazz de Montral, now in its 31st year. Past headliners include Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Antnio Carlos Jobim, Diana Krall, Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and nearly every other major jazz star. Running June 25-July 6, this year will ...

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Stockholm Jazz Festival 2010: A Sneak Peek

Source: Michael Ricci
June 10, 2010

By James Pearse

Stockholm Jazz Festival Skeppsholmen, Stockholm June 10-12, 2010

Despite being in its fourth decade of existence, the Stockholm Jazz Festival is still looking rather sprightly. A quick look at the program is enough to understand why it has become one of city's most popular annual music events.

The thinking behind the smorgasbord (sorry) of artists chosen to play this year seems to be based more upon the notion of degrees-of-separation to jazz rather ...

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An Urgent Invitation to Istanbul

Source: Michael Ricci
June 10, 2010

By Francesco Martinelli

Come to an unique city for an unique experience.

ISMET SIRAL ISTANBUL CREATIVE MUSIC STUDIO, JULY 29th--AUGUST 8th 2010

Do you need a good reason to visit Istanbul, or have you been there already and would like to go back with a different insight? Search no further, and seize this chance: an eleven-day program taking place all over this unique city, allowing you to feel the pulse of its most creative essence, together with cutting-edge artists from ...

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Jazz This Week: Harry Connick, Jr., Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival, Denise Thimes, Patrick Terbreck, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 10, 2010

It's shaping up to be a fine early summer weekend here in St. Louis, with a variety of live jazz on tap around the area. Let's take a quick look at some highlights:Tonight, longtime local favorites Trio Tres Bien perform at the Missouri Botanical Garden in a free concert for the Whitaker Music Festival.On Friday, singer and pianist Harry Connick Jr. (pictured) comes to the Fox Theatre in support of his most recent CD Your Songs. ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Members of 2010 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
June 8, 2010

21 High School Musicians from California, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Comprise MJFs

Renowned National High School All-Star Big Band

NGJO's 10-Day Tri-C to NYC North American Tour Includes Performances in Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal, and New York City, June 30 - July 7, 2010

NGJO Performs with Dianne Reeves at 53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon September 19, 2010

Monterey, CA -- The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce members of the 2010 Next Generation ...

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The 2010 Caramoor Jazz Festival -- Aug 6, 7, 8 in Katonah, NY

Source: Cohn Dutcher Associates
June 10, 2010

CHICK COREA'S FREEDOM BAND, BOBBY HUTCHERSON QUARTET, STEFON HARRIS & BLACKOUT, MULGREW MILLER TRIO, ELIO VILLAFRANCA QUINTET, CHUCHITO VALDS 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, has announced the lineup for the 65th Caramoor International Music Festivals annual Jazz Festival, August 6, 7, & 8, at the Centers distinguished 90-acre garden estate in Katonah, New York. One of the ...

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June 27: Bang on a Can Marathon - 12 Hours of Free Music - Full Schedule Now Available

Source: Jensen Artists
June 9, 2010

BANG ON A CAN MARATHON At River To River Festival 2010 Co-presented by Arts World Financial Center

**UPDATE: SCHEDULE AND COMPLETE LIST OF PERFORMERS AND COMPOSERS INCLUDED BELOW**

Sunday, June 27, 2010 Noon - Midnight 12 Hours of FREE Live Music!

World Financial Center Winter Garden 220 Vesey Street, NYC

“the country's most provocative and consistently entertaining new-music event"- The Village Voice

Featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Mira ...

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An Extended Addendum Re: Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 5, 2010

After the post here the other day about the lineup for the 2010 Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, I got a Facebook message from Jennifer Bellm, who runs Webster Records and is in charge or programming the music for the OWJ&BF.Bellm took exception to several aspects of the post, and though she asked that her words not be shared publicly, she raised some points that, in the interest of clearing the air, need to be addressed here.

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