Festival News

State of the Art: Newport's Jazz ID Check

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2008

You could find just about any kind of jazz you wanted on the three stages at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport last weekend: jazz as heavy metal (Marco Benevento Trio), jazz as twee prog (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey), jazz as history lesson (George Wein's Newport All-Stars), jazz as avant-trad import (Empirical), jazz as pop funk (Herbie Hancock), jazz as magazine-cover glamor (Christian Scott, Esperanza Spalding), jazz as Latin diaspora (Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos), jazz as African bebop (Lionel ...

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Newport Jazz Fest Had It All

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2008

Great weather and enthusiastic crowds combine for another successful jazz festival It was the perfect weekend. The sun was shining on the water like diamonds, the sky was gingham blue, and a breeze chased the sweat away on the backs and necks of people who gathered at Fort Adams State Park this weekend. It was the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival and its home was Newport. Dinghies tied up in the harbor tapped each other politely while the music floated down ...

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2008 Detroit Jazz Fest Line Up: A Love Supreme: The Philly/Detroit Summit

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2008

Carhartt Amphitheatre SATURDAY AUG 30 Detroit Jazz Fest All-Star Youth Ensemble 1:15-2:00 Michigan State University Big Band Tribute to Thad Jones with Jon Faddis 2:30-3:30pm Swiss Movement Revisited: Javon Jackson Band with Les McCann 4:45-6:00pm Christian McBride Band 7:30-8:45pm Latin Jazz All-Stars Tribute to Hilton Ruiz & Mario ...

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Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival Celebrates Big Easy

Source: DeBlaze & Associates
August 13, 2008

What: Webster-Kirkwood Times Presents the 8th Annual Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival - “A family-friendly music & cultural festival featuring multiple stages of locally and nationally recognized performers in jazz, blues, zydeco, funk, and R&B" Where: Webster Groves Historic District at Gore & Lockwood Avenues (St. Louis) When: Saturday, September 20th, 12:00 noon until 11:00 p.m. Who: Gumbohead with Special Guest: The Funky Butt Brass Band, Erin Bode Group, Soulard Blues Band, Webster ...

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Local Players Enliven New Haven Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2008

The newly revived New Haven Jazz Festival ended on a triumphant note Sunday evening on the New Haven Green. Onetime Elm City resident Wayne Escoffery blasted the blues away with a supercharged set featuring his Veneration ensemble. Escoffery's authoritative tenor saxophonics provided some of the festival's most euphoric moments, especially when juxtaposed against the compelling vibraphone work of Joe Locke. Bassist Joe Martin and drummer Jonathan Blake anchored the band with their impeccable rhythmic interplay. A fiercely swinging Escoffery arrangement ...

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The Soul of the Long Beach Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2008

By Ricky Richardson

Long Beach-A precedent record setting throng of people crowded unto every inch of grass at the Rainbow Lagoon for the 21st Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival, August 8-10 presented by Rainbow Promotions. Nary could a speck of grass be seen by mid afternoon as a colorful array of blankets, towels, beach chairs, pop-up tents and umbrellas blanketed the grounds of the festival. Southern California's premiere music festival presenting the best of jazz, R&B, Latin jazz and neo-soul ...

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Smooth Mix of Jazz Legends and New Faces in Newport

Source: All About Jazz
August 11, 2008

Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I., Saturday and yesterday

Over the course of two days in Newport's historic Fort Adams State Park, 28 acts spread out across three stages, without a dud in the bunch. The range of styles touched nearly every corner of what could be considered jazz or its outliers.

The people who program the annual jazz festival at the water's edge here always manage to assemble a balanced mix of the music's most respected ...

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Winnipeg's Israeli Concert Series Puts Focus on Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 11, 2008

The 2008-09 lineup for the Winnipeg annual Israeli Concert Series is getting all Jazzed Up!

Founded seven years ago as a way to bring Israeli musicians to perform annually in Winnipeg, the Israeli Concert Series has featured some fantastic performances over the years. There have been concerts featuring Middle Eastern music (Yair Dalal), classical (Brillaner Duo) and jazz/world fusion (Pharoah's Daughter), but this year the emphasis is on jazz.

The first concert of the series, which takes place on Sept. ...

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