Festival News

Djangofest Colorado, September 19-21, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

DjangoFest comes to Mt Crested Butte, CO for a weekend festival that celebrates the music and spirit of the great French/Belgian Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt. DjangoFest Colorado 2008 is an unique opportunity for music lovers, Gypsy Jazz fans, players and enthusiasts from around the globe, to congregate in the beautiful mountains of Crested Butte, while attending an extraordinary series of concerts and workshops by top internationally renowned players. This is your chance to help inaugurate the first DjangoFest in this ...

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Greek Hills of Pomos Alive with Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Jazz for all tastes at the Paradise Place Festival. The Annual Paradise Festival moves back to its original location but with an earlier date.

The Paradise Festival heads back to its birth place this month as jazz sounds will soon be echoing across the hills of Pomos. Although moving back to its original location, a surprise for fans this year is the change of dates, with the event moved forward to July and kicking off this coming Friday instead of ...

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Ethiopian Sounds to be Served with Ribs

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Music from the “Horn of Africa" will be among the sounds heard at the Jazz & Rib Fest next weekend. The Either/Orchestra, specializing in the music of Ethiopia (with leader Russ Gershon at center, in striped shirt) The Either/Orchestra, a 10-piece jazz band from Cambridge, Mass., which last performed in Columbus in 1991, will return with four musicians originally from Ethiopia. The band's guests will be Mulatu Astatke (vibes, keyboards), Setegn Atanaw (masinko, a one-string violin), Minale Dagnew ...

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North Beach Jazz Fest Does Its Name Proud

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Most are tagged with a location-- Monterey, Newport, Montreux, Montreal, San Francisco. And most, musically speaking, have little to do with that specific geographic location. That's where North Beach comes in.

This little festival that still can is chugging into its 14th year this week (June 20-27) and is one of the few that, for the most part, boosts the music of its locale, presenting indigenous musicians in something approximating their native environment. Granted, who wouldn't want to fly to ...

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Connecticut Music at a Great Price

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

The best bargain in Concert series in this area has to belong to the Greater Middletown Concert Association.

Thanks to the hard work of the indefatigable Barbara Arafeh, the GMCA continues to showcase new and upcoming artists as well as established acts. This year's series has a real local feel in that many of the musicians are based in Connecticut. The music these people and ensembles will perform has an international feel, from as close as New Orleans to the ...

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Jazz Stars to Sail on First-Ever Playboy Jazz Cruise

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

The Playboy Jazz Festival will take to the high seas when it teams up with Jazz Cruises LLC to present the first-ever Playboy Jazz Cruise in celebration of the Festival's 30th anniversary. Renowned bassist Marcus Miller will serve as musical host for the cruise, which will feature 2008 Grammy winner Herbie Hancock as a special guest, along with a lineup of legendary stars.

The inaugural cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Holland America's luxurious M/S Westerdam, from ...

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Newcastle Jazz Festival NSW Australia

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Sydney, Interstate and International Bands at 21st Newcastle Jazz Festival 2008.

The Newcastle Jazz Festival will be held at the Town Hall at Newcastle NSW on the 29th, 30th and 31st of August. Notably, Viva the band will be appearing for their fourth time at the Festival along with a superb line up of bands and artists such as:

Lee Gunness, Paul Griffith Orchestra and Quintet, Cary Bennett and Swingout, Hendo's Early Roots, Dan & Howler Strictly Swingin', Trevor Furner ...

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21st Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival Has Soul and R&B

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Long Beach, CA - Southern California's premiere music festival presenting the best in Jazz and Rhythm & Blues for the 21st year. The Long Beach Jazz Festival takes place the weekend of August 8, 9, and 10, 2008. Once again, the festival venue is the breath-taking seaside setting of Rainbow Lagoon Park on Shoreline Drive in Long Beach, California, where for two decades now thousands of faithful music fans have made the Long Beach Jazz Festival an annual family affair. ...

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