Festival News

A Salute to Women in Jazz: 30th Anniversary Central PA Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 12, 2010

It is with the greatest pride that the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz (CPFJ) announces its 30th Anniversary Jazz Festival entitled “A Salute to Women in Jazz." The Festival will be held on June 10-12, 2010 at the Hilton Harrisburg & Towers, Second Floor Ballroom, One North Second Street In Harrisburg, PA and at the other nearby venues in downtown Harrisburg.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Jazzwalk The popular Jazzwalk returns featuring live music at multiple locations. ...

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Jazz Cafe Video Contest for Tanglewood Jazz Festival

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
May 12, 2010

The annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival will take place September 4-5 at the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year's festival include Kurt Elling, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, the Eddie Daniels-Bob James Quartet, the Laurence Hobgood Trio, the Julian Lage Group, the Donal Fox Quartet and more. On Saturday, Sept 4, at 2 pm, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival will open with an encore performance ...

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Jazz Around Cannes

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2010

The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off Wednesday and runs thru Sunday, May 23rd.

Some of the jazz sounds playing in France during the Festival.

Antibes & Juan-les-Pins

Bar en Biais Jazz Club Bar en Biais Jazz Club is one of the foremost jazz concert venues in all of the Cte d'Azur. Located in a cozy basement, Bar En Biais Jazz Club consistently hosts performances by both jazz professionals and upcoming amateurs. It's a guaranteed great night ...

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Double Dose of a Fresh Talent

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
May 10, 2010

More often than not, one of the great aspects of the jazz festival format is a listener's opportunity to hear fresh talent - players who for one reason or another have not yet reached their musical radar. It's a chance to hear how these voices - perhaps fresh talent, perhaps from another region, are carrying forward the music. One of this year's most interesting newcomers at Freihofer's Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., during the last weekend ...

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Ornette Coleman, Kruder & Dorfmeister & Gilberto Gil at Gent Jazz Festival (Belgium)

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

The Gent Jazz Festival (July7-July18) announces more names for the 2010 edition with Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny Group, Gilberto Gil, Toots Thielemans, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Mariza, Kurt Elling, The Cinematic Orchestra en Stanley Clarke feat. Hiromi. Also Christian Mendoza Group, Greg Houben Trio, Pierre Vaiana & Salvatore Bonafede feat. Manolo Cabras, Jungle Boldie will perform at the festival. Earlier the festival had already announced names like Norah Jones, Daniel Lanois Black Dub and Chick Corea Freedom Band.

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2010 Stanford Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 7, 2010

Stanford Jazz Workshop is excited to announce the 2010 Stanford Jazz Festival! Kicking off on June 25th with a Night of Brazilian Jazz featuring Luciana Souza with Romero Lubambo, the Stanford Jazz Festival runs all summer long and features artists such as Randy Weston, Taylor Eigsti, Freddy Cole, Mose Allison, Joshua Redman, George Cables, Dave Douglas and many more. Known for its intimate venues and accessible performances, the Stanford Jazz Festival offers jazz fans the perfect opportunity to get close ...

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Gipsy Kings at Place Des Arts!-

Source: Michael Ricci
May 7, 2010

The organizers of the 31st Festival International de Jazz de Montreal wish to inform festival fans that the An Evening with the Gipsy Kings concert that was originally going to be staged at the Bell Centre on Sunday, July 4, has been moved to Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts, on the same date and still at 7:30 p.m.

Yes-it's their very first visit to the Festival! They've conquered the entire world and sold millions of albums in their career, ...

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Green River Festival: Low Anthem Cake, Ozomatli, Old Crow

Source: JamBase
May 7, 2010

STRONG LINEUP GATHERS IN MASSACHUSETTS

Located in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and presented by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, the annual Green River Festival combines music on multiple stages, local food, crafts, a dance tent, a wide array of kids' activities, and is the only music festival in Massachusetts that features hot air balloons and balloon rides. This two-day festival takes place July 17-18, 2010. Here's the lineup:

Ozomatli Saturday, July 17 Ozomatli Old Crow Medicine Show ...

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