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Wanee Festival | 06.05 - 06.06 | Florida

Source: JamBase
June 19, 2009

Words by: Frank Etheridge | Images by: Michael Saba

Wanee Music Festival :: 06.05.09 - 06.06.09 :: Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park :: Live Oak, FL

Thank goodness for Bill.

Wanee 2009 A big ol' bear of a man, Bill - decked out in a black boots, jeans, black tees with the sleeves cut off, a barbed-wire tat across a massive right bicep and a salt-and-pepper pony tail - had set up his camp, complete with grills, fire ...

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Minton's Playhouse Announces Second Annual Jazz Marathon

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2009

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Monterey Jazz Festival Honors Paul Vieregge, MJF Stage Manager Emeritus, with Internship in His Name

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
June 18, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festival Honors Paul Vieregge, MJF Stage Manager Emeritus, With Internship In His Name “Paul Vieregge Production Internship" To Be Awarded To Music Student For Summer Position With MJF Fairgrounds Backstage Street To Be Renamed “Paul Vieregge Way" During Annual Jazz Celebration MJF Salutes Vieregge’s 51-Year Association With Festival After His Passing On March 30, 2009 Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival will honor its own in 2009 by renaming a street and establishing an internship fund honoring of ...

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Jazz This Week: Lea Delaria, Musica Slesa, Kmox Jazz and Wine Festival, Scott Alberici, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 18, 2009

It looks like the weather in St. Louis will be going directly from “soaked" to “sizzling" this weekend, but fortunately, there's jazz and creative music all around town (including several free concerts) to provide diversion from the onset of another steamy summer in the Gateway City.Here's a brief look at what's going on over the next few days:Tonight, clarinetist Scott Alberici plays a free concert for the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden. With ...

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Darryl Jones of the Rolling Stones and Selvaganesh of Remember Shakti add their talents to Miles From India

Source: Michael Ricci
June 17, 2009

Montreal -- For its 30th edition and as part of the Miles From India concert, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is pleased to welcome famed Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones and illustrious Indian percussionist Selvaganesh, member of the group Remember Shakti. The Miles From India concert, a nod to jazz legend Miles Davis uniting renowned Indian musicians with established American jazzmen, will be held Saturday, July 4, 2009, at 9:30 p.m., in Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts, as ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Honors Memory of Paul Vieregge with Named Production Internship

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2009

Monterey, CA -- The Monterey Jazz Festival will honor its own in 2009 by renaming a street and establishing an internship fund honoring of the life and accomplishments of Paul Vieregge, the 86-year-old Stage Manager Emeritus who passed away on March 30, 2009 after a battle with cancer.

The pathway running behind the Arena will now be known during the annual three-day celebration of jazz as Paul Vieregge Way in celebration of Mr. Vieregge's monumental contributions to the look, feel ...

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2009 Caramoor Jazz Festival to Feature Reeves, Walton, Valdes, Weston, and More

Source: Cohn Dutcher Associates
June 16, 2009

Katonah, New York - The 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival, hailed by The New York Times as “... the loveliest Festival of them all," presents its 16th Annual Jazz Festival on August 1 and 2 at the Venetian Theater. Jazz Producer Jim Luce assembles a star-studded line-up of both jazz legends and new forces on the scene.

New York City-based French pianist and composer Jean-Michel Pilc kicks off the festival on Saturday afternoon with his trio, in a performance ...

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"Blue Note: 70 Years" is the Theme of Jazzfest Berlin '09

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2009

Blue Note: 70 Years is the theme of JazzFest Berlin '09

Exhibition with photographs by Francis Wolff in the Jewish Museum - 4 concerts in the glass-topped courtyard

The JazzFest Berlin '09 will take place from November 4th to 8th. This year, the central theme explored by artistic director Nils Landgren is Blue Note: 70 years, allowing him to establish a connection between the JazzFest and the birthplace of the label's two founders, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. An appropriate ...

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