Festival News

Berklee's 42nd Annual High School Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
February 19, 2010

Berklee College of Music's 42nd High School Jazz Festival will feature more than 3, 000 students and 200 big bands, combos, and vocal ensembles competing for $175, 000 in partial scholarships to Berklee's Five Week Summer Performance Program. The annual event is the largest of its kind in the U.S. All concerts are free and open to the public, and will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, ...

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Fats Waller Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Source: Michael Ricci
February 19, 2010

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER'S FATS WALLER FESTIVAL

The Music of Fats Waller

With Music Director Andy Farber and Host Ben Vereen

April 16-17, 8pm in Rose Theater

Fats Waller: A Handful of Keys Featuring pianists Dick Hyman, Judy Carmichael and Marcus Roberts

April 16-17 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm in The Allen Room

Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates Thomas 'Fats' Waller, known as one of the most ingenious of all stride pianists, an exceptional composer and a gifted entertainer ...

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Delfest: First Delfest Academy

Source: JamBase
February 19, 2010

DelFest 2010 Announces First Ever DelFest Academy

Del McCoury Band For the second consecutive year, DelFest 2010 will be preceded by a Bluegrass Academy. DelFest Academy 2010 will take place May 25-27, 2010 with the festival beginning on 5/27 and ending on 5/30.

The 2010 DelFest Academy will consist of a friendly, encouraging, and intensive three-day learning experience with a group of some of the finest musicians in bluegrass: mandolinist Ronnie McCoury, banjo player Rob McCoury, fiddler Jason Carter, bassist ...

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Jazz Aspen Snowmass Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Season

Source: DL Media
February 18, 2010

Harry Connick, Jr., Natalie Cole & More to Headline JAS 20th Anniversary June Festival, June 24 - July 3 Jazz Aspen Snowmass will kick off their 20th Anniversary season this June with some of the biggest names in jazz, pop and world music. Tickets for the event are on-sale this Friday, February 12.Making his first ever JAS appearance jazz pianist/vocalist Harry Connick, Jr. and Orchestra have been added to the June Festival lineup appearing at the Benedict ...

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Pianist Marc Cary Performs with the Focus Trio on WBGO's New Music Show, the Checkout

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 17, 2010

A Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival preview - Pianist Marc Cary, appearing at The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, http://www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org, performs with the Focus Trio on WBGO's new music show, The Checkout More information on the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival: The Jazz Academy of Music (501c3) Proudly Announces The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival - February 19-21, 2010 - Rockville, MD Formerly presented as The East Coast Jazz Festival midatlanticjazzfestival.org In addition to a cadre of the finest local/regional talent, artists scheduled to appear include Mulgrew Miller, ...

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Zero Hour Tango Fest:: Tango, a Way of Life

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
February 17, 2010

Between Shadows and Longing: The Zero Hour Tango Fest Brings the Sensuality of Late Night City Streets onto the Stage

A tango festival unlike any other.

Walking among dimly lit streets, a clock strikes midnight and the mythical “zero hour" is upon you. It has long past since the skyline swallowed the sun, as familiar city scenes are reborn with a mysterious air. Shadows take on a life of their own, slipping between the glow of streetlights and neon signs. ...

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Kate Wolf Memorial Fest Feat: Nevilles, Ani, Earle, Grisman

Source: JamBase
February 17, 2010

Early-Bird Tickets Are Now Available For The Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival

Early-Bird pricing for tickets to the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival are currently available through March 22. The Festival takes place June 25-27, 2010 at Black Oak Ranch, five miles north of Laytonville, CA.

Lineup: The Neville Brothers The Neville Brothers Ani DiFranco Steve Earle Robert Earl Keen Greg Brown The Waifs David Grisman ...

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25th Jewish Music Festival Returns to Bay Area March 20 - 29 and July, 2010

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
February 14, 2010

Diasporic Ecstasy: The 25th Jewish Music Festival Fetes a Quarter Century of Jewish Creativity with Premiere Performances and Playful Reflection

From Berlin to Buenos Aires, from the melodies that bring ecstasy, to cool jazz and hot klezmer, the 25th Jewish Music Festival has embraced the entire multifaceted world of Jewish experience and let it sing.

The Festival captured an elderly Ukrainian Yiddish singer's work on the fly and inspired a new generation of artists. It produced a staged reading of ...

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