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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal celebrates its 30th birthday with Chris Botti, Ornette Coleman, Maria Schneider, Wayne Shorter, Gary Burton and Pat Metheny

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2009

Beirut, Chris Botti, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, Ornette Coleman Quartet, Maria Schneider, King Sunny Ade and Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Wayne Shorter Quartet, The Lost Fingers, Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez, George Wein and the Newport All-Stars, Battle of the Bands with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Harry James Orchestra... 30 Years of Diversity - Now! This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal celebrates its 30th birthday! Three ...

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2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival Announces Theme

Source: JazzStage Productions
March 9, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival to Keep Up with the Joneses in 2009

Detroit, MI – Today, organizers of the Detroit Jazz Fest announced the festival theme and initial slate of performers for its 30th anniversary Labor Day Weekend (September 4 - 7).

In celebration of three decades of presenting jazz, the Detroit Jazz Fest will honor key jazz families and Detroit's own significant history of players and composers.

Sub-titled Keepin' Up With the Joneses, it will center on the family ...

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SF Jazz adds Roots to the 10th Anniversary Sfjazz Spring Season

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
March 9, 2009

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ—the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival today announced the addition of The Roots on Saturday, May 30 at 8:00pm at Davies Symphony Hall to the artist line-up for the 10TH Anniversary SFJAZZ Spring Season.

Grammy Award-winning hip-hop trailblazers The Roots are one of the most influential groups in music. Known for their prolific lyrics and live instrumentation, the legendary Philadelphia crew ...

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Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival Set for April 16-18 with Guests Peter Erskine, Lou Marini, John Pizzarelli, and Jon Faddis

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 7, 2009

The Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival has announced its 2009 guest artists, and organizers have booked some well-known musicians this year to serve as clinicians and performers for the three-day event, which will run from Thursday, April 16 through Saturday, April 18.While some details are yet to be announced, here's what's been revealed so far: On Friday, April 17, drummer Peter Erskine along with saxophonist Lou Marini will be the featured performers in a concert at the Blanche ...

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Earth Day 09: Green Generation

Source: JamBase
March 7, 2009

Earth Day Network and Green Apple Festival To Focus on Volunteer Efforts for Earth Day 2009 “America's Largest Earth Day Action" Combines Service, Environmentalism & Music From April 17 - 19, 2009

Earth Day Network and Green Apple Festival have announced their 2009 plans for “America's Largest Earth Day Action" - simultaneous events in ten U.S. cities over Earth Day Weekend - April 17 through 19 - that will this year focus on environmental volunteerism. The ...

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Geri Allen, and Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band, Headline 2009 Reno Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2009

AWARD-WINNING JAZZ ARTISTS GERI ALLEN, AND JERRY GONZALEZ AND THE FORT APACHE BAND HEADLINE 2009 RENO JAZZ FESTIVAL, APRIL 23-25

The best jazz musicians in the world travel to the University of Nevada, Reno each spring to perform and teach at the Reno Jazz Festival. This year, extraordinary pianist/composer and educator Geri Allen, and legendary percussionist/trumpeter and bandleader Jerry Gonzalez and his Fort Apache Band will share their talent and expertise with the festival's more than 10,000 attendees.

In addition ...

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Roy Haynes Performs at Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2009

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) presents The Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Brooklyn Tech Auditorium, 29 Fort Greene Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn as part of the 10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival - “A Decade of Keeping Our Music Alive". This concert will benefit the not for profit arts organization, CBJC, and help continue its mission of providing cultural programming to the under served population of Brooklyn. Tickets are $10, $20. $40 and ...

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George Wein to Negotiate to Produce Jazz and Folk Festivals in Newport

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
March 3, 2009

GEORGE WEIN TO NEGOTIATE TO PRODUCE 2009 JAZZ AND FOLK FESTIVALS IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND NEW YORK, NY, March 3, 2009 - George Wein, producer of the seminal Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 and the first Newport Folk Festival in 1959, announced that his application to negotiate a license with the Department of Environmental Management to produce a jazz festival and a folk festival has been approved by the Rhode Island State Properties Committee. Wein will ...

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