Festival News

The Brooklyn Jazz Underground Announces the 4th Annual BJU Festival @ The Cornelia Street Cafe - March 5, 6 and 7

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 2, 2010

THE BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND ANNOUNCES THE 4th ANNUAL BJU FESTIVAL @ THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE - MARCH 5, 6 & 7 The Cornelia Street Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, Tel 212 989 9319, corneliastreetcafe.com THE BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND SAMPLER, VOL. 4 Available NOW at brooklynjazz.bandcamp.com THE 4th ANNUAL BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Friday, March 5 9 PM: Dave Smith Quartet w/ Nate Radley (guitar), Gary Wang (bass), drums and saxophone TBA 10:30 ...

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Wanted: Artists for 2010 Glow Festival in Santa Monica

Source: Michael Ricci
February 2, 2010

The city of Santa Monica is looking for a few good artists to participate in the second edition of its dusk-to-dawn Glow festival in September. Glow, which had its first run in 2008, is a biannual, all-night celebration of the arts that is set to take place on Sept. 25 at locations on Santa Monica Beach, Palisades Park and surrounding areas. The festival, which is inspired by the Nuit Blanche in Paris, features site-specific outdoor art projects. Organizers of the ...

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The 2010 University of Michigan Jazz Festival "Charles Mingus Day" February 13th at the Power Center for the Performing Arts in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 1, 2010

The 2010 University Of Michigan Jazz Festival “Charles Mingus Day" will take place February 13th at 7:30p.m. at the Power Center for the Performing Arts in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The festival announced today that Congressman John Conyers Jr. would receive the first, “University of Michigan John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award". This award is named in his honor and serves as recognition of extraordinary achievement in the world of Jazz by an advocate or patron. In recognition of Black History ...

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7th Annual Portland Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2010

Is Jazz Dead (Or Has It Moved to a New Address)?-New Music from Norway

Contemporary American and Norwegian jazz artists come together during the 2010 Alaska Airlines/ Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by U.S. Bank, February 21 - 28, throughout downtown Portland, Oregon.

This years provocative theme is borrowed from the title of British jazz writer Stuart Nicholsons book on the globalization of jazz with a special spotlight on Norway, a forefront of redefining Americas indigenous art form and ...

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The American Composers Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
February 1, 2010

The Pacific Symphony's annual American Composers Festival explores a different facet of music in America. This year's festival -- the 10th -- focuses on “The Greatest Generation," examining themes from the Depression of the 1930s through World War II.

Programs at the Orange County Performing Arts Center will feature composers Aaron Copland and Kurt Weill as well as a world premiere of Michael Daugherty's “Mount Rushmore." In addition, the festival includes performances by two student arts groups to explore the ...

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First Edition Jazz & Sounds Festival in Ghent (Belgium)

Source: Press Dept
February 1, 2010

New festival in Ghent (Belgium) from March 22nd until 28th 2010 First edition Jazz & Sounds Festival Beginning in 2010, Gent Jazz Festival, De Bijloke Music Centre, Vooruit Arts Centre, University College Ghent--Faculty of Music and the University College Ghent--Faculty of Fine Arts (KASK) will work together in the annual initiative, the Jazz & Sounds Festival. This new festival will focus on the versatility of contemporary music. The first edition takes place from March 22 - 28, 2010. Improvisation and ...

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Is That Jazz? PT.2

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
January 29, 2010

Heres whats happening for the second weekend of  Is That Jazz? Festival Website: www.isthatjazz.org

Friday, January 29 JESSE CANTERBURYS VERTIGO Seattle clarinetist Jesse Canterbury leads an all-acoustic ensemble in a strikingly original mix of chamber music, improvisation, and tune-oriented melodic material informed and inspired by the music of clarinetists Louis Sclavis and Michael Moore. The group includes guitarist Tom Baker, cellist Joanne DeMars, and trombonist Chris Stover.

BAD LUCK Co-led by drummer ...

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Musicians Gather for Bangkok Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
January 28, 2010

People booking Bangkok hotels for March can look forward to their visit coinciding with the arrival of some of the world's top jazz musicians. The Bangkok Jazz Festival takes place from March 9th to 14th and boasts an impressive line-up of international artists and local musical talent. Among the performers scheduled to take part in this year's event are jazz bassist Christian McBride, trumpeter Randy Brecker, virtuoso guitarist Steve Lukather and Darryl Jones, the bass player known for his frequent ...

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