Festival News

Tarbaby at the Earshot Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
September 23, 2009

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Garfield High School Jazz Band with Special Guest Miguel Zenon at the Earshot Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2009

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New Zealand Queenstown Jazz Festival Strikes New Chord

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2009

Queenstown swings into spring this October with some exciting changes to its 31st annual jazz festival.

A carnival atmosphere will take over the town as the ASB Queenstown JazzFest brings music to the masses in a 10-day live music celebration from 17 to 26 October.

A sensational line-up of more than 50 bands and 200 Kiwi and international performers form a four pronged programme of free gigs, ticketed headline concerts, musical development and youth competition designed to involve, encourage, entertain ...

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Melrose Jazzfest 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
September 23, 2009

The third annual Melrose JazzFest will take place on Sunday, October 18, at Memorial Hall, 590 Main St., Melrose, beginning at 2:00 PM, with a concert for kids and families featuring Sol Y Canto, internationally known Latin group. Performing for Sol Y Canto will be Rosi and Brian Amadour and their twin 13-year-old daughters. The 3:30 PM performance will be the Melrose Jazz Collective with Dominique Eade, fetauring Bruce Gertz, Joe Mulholland, Ricardo Monzon, Bill Reynolds, and Jeff Galindo. The ...

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D.C.'s Annual Jazz Festival Dons New Name and Brand

Source: Michael Ricci
September 22, 2009

Festivals DC, Ltd., which created and has presented an annual jazz festival in Washington, D.C. for the past five years, today announced the renaming and rebranding of the event as the DC Jazz Festival. Since 2004, the event had been known as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival. It is the fastest-growing jazz festival in the country, and the largest music festival in D.C., with more than 100 performances and programs in over 40 venues around the city. Festivals DC conceived ...

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Metropolitan International Jazz Festival Set for October 10

Source: Michael Ricci
September 22, 2009

Third Annual International Jazz Festival, National Harbor, MD The third annual Metropolitan International Jazz Festival comes to National Harbor for a one-day jazz spectacular on October 10th. This years festival will feature an impressive line-up of acclaimed jazz artists at one of the best outdoor venues in the Washington-Baltimore region. Artist line-up: Spyro Gyra, The Marcus Johnson Project, Blackbyrds, Chieli Minucci and Special EFX, Art Sherrod, Jr., Eric Marner, Earl Carter and Jazz Boyz. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 2 p.m. ...

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Beantown Sings the Blues

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

By Timothy J. O'Keefe The Blues may have been spawned within the African-American communities of the Deep South in the late 19th century, but its influence still permeates our society today. While this music often acknowledges sadness, embraces loss, and speaks of impending dread, buried deep within its core you can sometimes find hope and resolve.

“The Blues is something people have always enjoyed listening to during challenging times," says Terri Lyne Carrington, artistic director of the BeanTown Jazz Festival. ...

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When Festivals Collide and Freethinkers Meet

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

By default and by design, there is no firm center of avant-garde jazz culture. Its music can be freely improvised or densely plotted, ecstatic or brooding, concussive or tranquil. So on some level it was fitting that an accident of timing brought an overlap of the New Languages Festival, in its fifth year, and the Clean Feed Fest, in its fourth. Both present a cavalcade of independent-minded artists, but neither makes any comprehensive claims. The Clean Feed Fest took place ...

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