Festival News

13th Annual Edgefest 2009: Reeds of Change in SE Michigan

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2009

The 13th annual Edgefest (October 14-17, 2009) will feature an international roster with a focus on reed instruments as it presents some of the most celebrated and creative multi-instrumentalists on the scene today.

In the tradition of Edgefest, the roster also includes performers and ensembles that live in our home community of SE Michigan.

This year, KCH has been granted an award from Chamber Music America (national organization that supports both classical and jazz chamber music) to fund the educational ...

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40,000 Fans Attend 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
October 5, 2009

52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon Wraps Up Emotional Weekend. 40,000 Fans Celebrate The Joy Of Jazz, September 18 - 20, 2009.

Four-time Grammy-Winning Vocalist Dianne Reeves Named As MJF/53 Artist-In-Residence Once again, the festival organizers have brought together fantastic music and a warm community atmosphere for an experience that will be remembered for years to come...there's no place like Monterey. --Jazzobserver.com If anyone thought that having Pete Seeger at a jazz festival was a bit ...

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Line-up Announced for 39th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert

Source: Michael Ricci
October 5, 2009

International jazz greats will convene at the University of Pittsburgh Nov. 3 through Nov. 7 for the 39th annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert-the longest-running event of its kind in the country. Legendary musicians taking part this year include George Cables, piano; Terri Lyne Carrington, drums; Leon Lee Dorsey, Pitt assistant professor of jazz studies and coordinator of Pitt's Jazz Studies Program, bass; Benny Golson, tenor saxophone; Donald Harrison, alto saxophone; Jimmy Owens, trumpet, Yotam Silberstein, guitar; and Lew Soloff, ...

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Jazz at Seattle Weekly Reverb Festival

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
October 5, 2009

Saturday, October 3 Volterra Restaurant festival website

5:00 p.m. ~ WMS Jazz Quartet and String Ensemble Every year, Seattle Weekly donates five percent of the proceeds from REVERB to a music-related nonprofit. This year, it’s Friends of Washington Music, which helps fund the music program at South Seattle’s Washington Middle School. Tonight’s performance will showcase just a few of those music students; you can find more information at their booth, should you be inspired ...

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41st Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

Source: DL Media
October 5, 2009

Photo Credit: Ricard Cugat41st VOLL-DAMM BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUPHEADLINERS TO INCLUDE WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET, CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON, BRAD MEHLDAU, MARCUS MILLER, BELA FLECK, AND KIND OF BLUE @ 50 - JIMMY COBB'S SO WHAT BANDFestival to conclude with Chano Dominguez in NYC At Jazz Standard, December 3-6The 41st Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival, featuring over 60 concerts at 13 venues, set for October 18-December 6, ...

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Los Angeles to Host City's First Asian American Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2009

The first annual Asian American Jazz Festival aims to be the world's premiere festival celebrating the creative and innovative artistic visions and achievements of Asian American and Asian jazz artists from around the world.

Although all artists come from different experiences, their interconnected identities unite them through a common musical medium to create a unique, expressive, and culturally relevant Asian American artistic voice.

Headlining the 3-day event are Japanese piano sensaton, Hiromi, Filipino singing stars, Charmaine Clamor and Mon David, ...

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First Annual Asian American Jazz Festival Launches October 30 Through November 1, 2009

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
October 1, 2009

Asian jazz artists from around the world will appear together for the first time at the Asian American Jazz Festival (AAJF) in Los Angeles, celebrating their unique contributions to the international jazz scene. Headliners include Japanese piano genius Hiromi, Filipina “jazzipino” sensation Charmaine Clamor, Korea’s #1 jazz quintet Prelude, and the champion of the 2006 London International Vocal Jazz Competition, Filipino Mon David. These superstars will be joined by an eclectic lineup of Asian-American virtuosos in a 3-day, multi-cultural celebration. ...

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Jazzfest Berlin 09 USA, South Africa, and the Far North

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

From November 4th to 8th, Berlin will once again be the reigning capital of jazz. JazzFest Berlin 09, organized by the Berliner Festspiele, and Artistic Director Nils Landgren invite you to partake of five densely filled festival days, with altogether 24 concerts featuring more than 180 musicians.

JazzFest Berlin 09 opens on November 4 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with Terence Blanchard and his quintet accompanied by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg performing his A Tale of Gods Will (A ...

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