Festival News

Southern California Summer Festivals and Performances

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2010

A look at the wide array of musical offerings around Southern California this summer.

June 12-13 The Playboy Jazz Festival The 32nd annual summer music party returns, with performances by Chick Corea, George Benson, Kurt Elling, Esperanza Spalding, Bobby Hutcherson, the Manhattan Transfer and more. The Hollywood Bowl 2301 N. Highland Ave. L.A. Sat., 2:30, Sun., 2 p.m. $20-$150. (310) 450-1173.

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I.H. Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Lineup Announced

Source: Michael Ricci
May 31, 2010

The 26th Annual IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival is Best Bang for Your Blues Buck

* Blues in the Blood Friday, featuring descendants of blues legends * Red, White and Blues Saturday, with free admission, fireworks and special guest performance * RiverRoad Sunday, honoring MVBS Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Hubert Sumlin

DAVENPORT, Iowa: The 26th annual IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival is sure to be the best bang for your blues buck. With three- day festival ...

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Special International Body Music Festival Performance in NYC

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 31, 2010

Clap, Slap, Step and Sing: The International Body Music Festival Concert Lincoln Center, New York City August 12, 2010

From the tundra to the tropics, people can't resist the urge to snap, clap, step, holler, and sing artful music. This universal resonator-our bodies-and its myriad global sounds ignite audiences of the International Body Music Festival in Concert at Lincoln Center, August 12, 2010. Body music old and new will be unleashed by Oakland, CA's Slammin All-Body Band, Brazilian ensemble Barbatuques, ...

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Jazz at Snape Proms 2010 - A Star Line-Up

Source: Michael Ricci
May 29, 2010

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, is one of the loveliest music venues in the UK.

This year's Snape Proms brings yet more diversity to Snape Maltings Concert Hall with a programme that is both exciting and innovative. Maceo Parker brings the audience to its feet on the first weekend, Sunday 1 August at 7:30pm with one of the greatest ever exponents of funk. He navigates between James Brown's 1960s soul and George Clinton's 1970s freaky ...

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Newark Museum Launches Jazz in the Garden Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 28, 2010

The Newark Museum's Jazz in the Garden series, one of the nation's longest running jazz festivals, debuts its 45th consecutive year with The Louis Hayes Quintet on Thursday, July 1, in the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden. The 2010 Jazz in the Garden concerts are presented on five consecutive Thursdays, rain or shine, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., July 1 to July 29. The Newark Museum is at 49 Washington St. in Newark. Call 973-596-6550 or visit NewarkMuseum.org. Throughout ...

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Jam Cruise Reunion with Galactic at Brooklyn Bowl in NYC

Source: JamBase
May 25, 2010

JC VETS SCORE A GATHERING OF THE FAITHFUL IN NYC

Galactic In celebration of the June 2 general on-sale for Jam Cruise 9, there will be an East Coast Jam Cruise Reunion at Brooklyn Bowl with the one and only band that has been on all eight Jam Cruises and will be back on JC 9, Galactic. The reunion will be on Thursday, June 3 to kick off a 3-night run.

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Chris Botti Pairs up with 16-Year-Old Nikki Yanofsky at CareFusion Jazz Fest

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
May 27, 2010

CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents An Evening with CHRIS BOTTI with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky at Carnegie Hall June 19, 8:00 pm

Botti Also Set to Perform at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, August 8

NEW YORK, May 27, 2010 - CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents An Evening with Chris Botti with special guest Nikki Yanofsky at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue & 57th Street, on Saturday, June 19, at 8:00 pm.

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Summer 2010: Jazzmobile Heads Back to the Streets of New York

Source: Cheryl Duncan & Company
May 27, 2010

JAZZMOBILE'S SUMMERFEST RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY Oldest Continuous Summer Jazz Festival to Return on June 21; Series Brings Top Talent to Neighborhoods Across the Five Boroughs NEW YORK, NY--New York's oldest continuous--and mostly free--summer jazz festival will swing into neighborhoods across the city this summer with an eclectic mix of artists. Among the more than 40 concerts throughout the five boroughs being presented in the Jazzmobile Summerfest are the next generation of jazz innovators, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, saxophonist Yosvany ...

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