Festival News

Jakjazz Finale Lights up the Jakarta Night

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2008

The 10th Jakarta International Jazz Festival ended Sunday with stunning collaborative performances from the world's jazz icons and one conviction: Jakarta has emerged as a melting pot and a mecca of jazz music. Jazz enthusiasts started swarming into the Istora Senayan area at around 5 p.m. to savor the evening performances from local and international acts on the outdoor stages. As on previous days, the rain did not deter the audience from coming. Syaharani and her band, the Queenfirework, heated ...

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Thelonious Monks Big-Band Jazz, Personalized, Soloized and Energized

Source: Michael Ricci
November 24, 2008

Some of Thelonious Monks music is more than 60 years old, but it still has magic properties. It keeps small-group jazz honest: his compositions still contain relevant lessons about melody and harmony, rhythm and open space. Above it all they are songs: you can whistle them.

But his music is also playful and rugged enough to withstand any revisionism. You can rough it up, break it down, broaden or narrow it. In jazz nobody elses music sounds as equally right ...

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Joshua Tree Fest Early Lineup

Source: JamBase
November 24, 2008

A BUMP HEAVY INITIAL OFFERING FOR SO-CAL FESTIVAL

Gandalf Murphy & Co. The 7th annual Joshua Tree Music Festival is happening May 15-17, 2009 in the wilds of Southern California. The first set of artists is jammed with interesting sounds sure to kick up a desert cloud. The festival is offering an early bird price of $65 for a three-day pass, with no service charges. Quantities for this offer are limited.

More acts will be added as spring approaches but ...

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L.A. Jazz Collective Fall Festival Saxophone Summit 2008

Source: All About Jazz
November 21, 2008

The biggest jazz event of the week has to be the L.A. Jazz Collectives Fall Festival, a three-night, four-venue bash that begins Friday at the Pasadena Jazz Institute.

Headlines with the Josh Aguilar Group, Damon Zick and Friends, the Joe Bagg Quintet (with trumpeter Ron Stout) and the Steve Cotter Group; then Saturday at PJI again with the Scott Cummings Group, the Mike Scott Quartet (with pianist Josh Nelson), the Josh Welchez Quartet and the Ryan McGillicuddy Quartet. Matt Otto ...

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Bear Creek Music Fest | 11.13-16 | FL

Source: JamBase
November 21, 2008

Words by: Frank Etheridge | Images by: Zach Mahone & Kenny Dolan

Bear Creek Music & Art Festival :: 11.13.08 - 11.16.08 :: The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park :: Live Oak, FL

Two lasting impressions upon returning from the second annual Bear Creek Music & Art Festival:

1. Florida is quite a purple place.

2. Dumpstaphunk might be the most badass band on the planet.

Bear Creek 2008 - The Spirit of the Suwannee by Mahone The ...

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Chicago B and B Fest Schedule

Source: JamBase
November 21, 2008

Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Fest Releases Stage Schedule

The Avett Brothers The inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival will transport the concertgoer through the genre-defying evolution of music today. The one-day event, held on Saturday, November 22 from noon to midnight, will serve as a tribute to two schools of music that continue to shape and inspire contemporary rock, jam band, funk, folk, roots, Americana, and indie cultures.

SHOW SCHEDULE

*2 Stages, a Balcony, 18 Acts, and Costumed Marching Band ...

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St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival Goes "On Hiatus" for 2009

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 21, 2008

Cultural Festivals, the organization that produces the Saint Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival, announced today that the event would be “on hiatus" for 2009. From the press release:“Cultural Festivals, the not-for-profit organization that produces one-of-a-kind events such as the Saint Louis Art Fair, the Big Read, and the Saint Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival, announced that the Jazz Festival will take a one year hiatus in 2009.Cultural Festivals has produced the Saint Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival ...

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The First International Body Music Festival Hits San Francisco/Oakland, December 2-7 2008

Source: All About Jazz
November 20, 2008

Hambone. Gumboot. Palmas. Kecak. From the tundra to the tropics, people can’t resist the urge to snap, clap, step, slap, holler, and sing artful music. This universal resonator—our bodies—and its myriad global sounds will ignite audiences at the First International Body Music Festival in San Francisco and Oakland (December 2-7, 2008), featuring body musicians performing traditional and contemporary pieces from the U.S., Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Canada’s Arctic, and other popping, stomping, humming corners of the world. Ticket information is available ...

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