Festival News

Calling All Saxophonists: Help Set a New Guinness World Record!

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2009

Join the Shuffle Demons and the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival on Canada Day at Nathan Phillips Square and help set a new Guinness World Record for the largest saxophone ensemble. Regardless of skill level or age all saxophonists are welcome. In 2008, Taiwan challenged the Shuffle Demon's 2004 record of 900 saxophonists by 18. Show that patriotism at 5 p.m. on July 1 as the Shuffle Demon's try to bring their world record back home, playing a five ...

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The Glasgow International Jazz Festival 2009

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2009

There are lots of hotels in Glasgow and many Glasgow Hotels offering great deals in June during the annual Glasgow Jazz Festival which takes place this year between the 19th and 30th June. The main sponsors of this years Jazz Festival Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Arts Council. A lot of local Glasgow talent is featured this year and there are a number of big bands appearing. The focus of the Glasgow Jazz Festival is around the City Halls ...

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River to River Festival 2009: Junior Mance, King Britt, Chuck Brown, Emmet Cohen, and Flix Lajk

Source: PKPR
May 26, 2009

June 01, 2009 7:30pm Summer Stars: Flix Lajk with Antal Brasny 3 Spruce Street Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts Pace University Hungarian violinist Flix Lajk fuses folk, jazz, Gypsy, and Jewish klezmer music to create a unique and energetic musical style. Known for his charismatic performances, Lajk has collaborated with everyone from Japanese Butoh dancer Min Tanaka to the French rock band Noir Dsir. Here he will perform with violist Antal ...

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Seattle Times: At Bellevue Jazz Fest, Fine Music Overcomes Settings

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
May 26, 2009

Audiences obliged the second Bellevue Jazz Festival, showing up in respectable and consistent numbers over Memorial Day weekend in venues large and small — making an encouraging case for the state of jazz patronage on the Eastside and in Greater Seattle. Designed to be a big, high impact, civic ritual befitting a burgeoning metropolis, the three-day Bellevue Jazz Festival met its intentions on an important front, delivering an impressive density of jazz performances and the crowds expected of a large-scale ...

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Dianne Reeves Pitch Perfect in Opening Night at Bellevue Jazz Fest

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
May 25, 2009

Designed to be a large-scale, high impact, civic ritual befitting a burgeoning metropolis, the Bellevue Jazz Festival opened Friday night with a headline show that equaled its intentions when vocalist Dianne Reeves delivered what should turn out to be the most memorable performance of the festival. A widely celebrated singer with the celebrity heft and the hardware (four Grammy Awards) to carry a big-money jazz festival, Reeves served herself up in a most unusual way, accompanied by two guitars, one ...

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UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 23, 2009

A two-day blowout of acts showcasing jazz, hip-hop, Reggae and Caribbean music.

Headliners include Erykah Badu, Mavado, Leela James, De La Soul and many more. Enjoy Memorial weekend full of all kinds of jazz on the beautifull Bruin Campus.

UCLA Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles Sun.-Mon., Noon. $25. (310) 206-0747.

With the hippie haven Topanga Days Festival running concurrently over Memorial Day Weekend, the remainder of kids with Bob Marley posters on their dorm room ...

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Government of Canada Supports Vancouver Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2009

The Honourable Jim Abbott, Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), today announced the Government of Canada's investment of over $700 000 to support the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. “We are proud to be investing in the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, “ said Mr. Abbott. “The Marquee Tourism Events Program highlights our government's recognition of the immense impact that the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and other such marquee ...

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Jazz Takes a Giant Leap with Bellevue Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2009

The Bellevue Jazz Festival, with main stage acts Dianne Reeves, the Mingus Big Band, Kurt Elling, Mose Allison, Patricia Barber and Danilo Perez, takes place at Meydenbauer Center and other downtown Bellevue venues May 22-24, 2009. When Cooksie Kramer, a music teacher, longtime jazz fan and promoter, first envisioned presenting jazz in her hometown of Bellevue more than a decade ago, the idea seemed daunting and faraway. Live jazz music was lightly scattered on the Eastside, so most drove into ...

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