Festival News

Xopana Jazz 2008

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

Xopana Jazz is a jazz festival at Choupana Hills Resort & Spa, Funchal, Madeira. Xopana Jazz 2008 is its second edition and will happen on September 4-6. Here's the program: THURSDAY, SEPT. 4th: BRUNO SANTOS TRIOANGULAR Bruno Santos (g); Bernardo Moreira (b); Bruno Pedroso (d) DAVID BINNEY QUINTET FEATURING MARK TURNER David Binney (as); Mark Turner (ts); Jacob Sacks (p); Thomas Morgan (b); Dan Weiss (d) FRIDAY, SEPT. 5th: JULIAN ARGUELLES QUARTET FEATURING ANDR FERNANDES Julian Arguelles (saxes); Andr Fernandes ...

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Monday Night Jazz in Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT - New Directions!

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

Prudential Financial Presents The Hartford Jazz Society's Monday Night Jazz. A series of FREE concerts in Bushnell Park, Hartford curated by Joe Morris. Following each concert, musicians will reconvene for a jam session at Black-eyed Sally's (350 Asylum Avenue - within walking distance of the Park). ------------------- July 7th - 6 pm Roy Campbell's TAZZ Roy Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn Andrew Bemkey - piano Michael T.A. Thompson - drums Chris ...

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IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Takes to the Streets of Downtown Davenport

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society tonight announced that it's taking the IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, July 3 - 5, to the streets of downtown Davenport, Iowa. The festival is being relocated from its LeClaire Park “home location" due to the Flood of 2008.

The festival will take place along 2nd Street in downtown Davenport, and will utilize the Adler Theater for a portion of the festivities.

“The City of Davenport has been a supportive sponsor of our festival for ...

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Diana Krall and Placido Domingo to Perform at Jordan Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

International opera stars Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes, and jazz singer Diana Krall will be the highlights of a star-studded summer in Jordan. The Jordan Tourism Board has announced the details of a spectacular line-up of international, Arab, and Jordanian stars who will take part in the Jordan Festival to take place between July 8th and August 9th in Amman, Jerash, the Dead Sea and Petra. This will be the first time for the world-renowned Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and ...

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2008 Hartford International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

The City of Hartford invites the world to come and experience the Hartford International Jazz Festival every Columbus Day Weekend. On October 10, 11, & 12, 2008, you will have a wealth of possibilities to experience some of the most creative jazz musicians in the world. The many choices provided by our Main Stages await the sophisticated jazz aficionado as well as those new to the jazz genre. Before or after the Main Stage events, you will be able to ...

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Detroit International Jazz Festival Announces '08 Local Artist Lineup and Pre-Festival

Source: JazzStage Productions
June 26, 2008

The Detroit International Jazz Festival announces this year's line-up of Detroit-based jazz, blues, contemporary and gospel musicians. “The quality and quantity of musicians in Southeast Michigan is overwhelming.  Because we can't possibly have enough slots at the festival, we have created a pre-festival club series in August" says festival director Terri Pontremoli. “But it still isn't enough!" Detroit Jazz Fest, which showcased 160 Detroit-based musicians last year, will have no less than that again in 2008. Artists slated for Labor ...

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Kanye Comments on Bonnaroo

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

Kanye Comments on Bonnaroo Debacle

The morning after Kanye West's disappointing (and highly delayed) late night performance at Bonnaroo, fans were so upset a slew of home made shirts reading: “Fuck U Kanye" began to appear. Eleven days after the debacle West has addressed the masses with a statement from his blog.

What follows is word for word (including caps, poor punctuation, messed-up spacing and bad grammar) from www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog. Anyone remember his crying at the MTV Music awards?

Post-Kanye t-shirt ...

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Detroit International Jazz Festival Announces '08 Local Artist Lineup & Pre-Festival Concert Series

Source: JazzStage Productions
June 25, 2008

The Detroit International Jazz Festival announces this year's line-up of Detroit-based jazz, blues, contemporary and gospel musicians. “The quality and quantity of musicians in Southeast Michigan is overwhelming. Because we can't possibly have enough slots at the festival, we have created a pre-festival club series in August" says festival director Terri Pontremoli. “But it still isn't enough!" Detroit Jazz Fest, which showcased 160 Detroit-based musicians last year, will have no less than that again in 2008.

Artists slated for Labor ...

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