Festival News

First Annual Allgarve Jazz Festival in Portugal

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

Allgarve Jazz marks the birth of the biggest jazz festival currently held in Portugal and the first to cover a region. Come join us for a lifetime experience in the glamorous holiday atmosphere of the Allgarve from July 4 to July 13. Lucky Peterson July 4 Portimao

Herbie Hancock July 5 Loule

Maria Joao & Mario Laginha July 6 Sagres

Dee Dee Bridgewater July 11

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Greetings from Jazz-Bury Park

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

20th annual jazz festival cool way to spend weekend in city ASBURY PARK -- The 20th annual Asbury Park Jazz Festival, this year featuring trumpeter Tom Browne, keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith and vibraphonist Roy Ayers, will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Sunset Park. Dreamed up by city employees and merchants 20 years ago, the early jazz festivals were among the city's few constants at a time when Asbury Park attracted few events outside of ...

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Rochester International Jazz Festival Wraps up Seventh Edition with Nine Magnificent Days of Music!

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
June 24, 2008

The Rochester International Jazz Festival's (RIJF) 7th edition delivered another spectacular lineup of music, and set another attendance record drawing more than 125,000 music lovers to downtown Rochester's Jazz Street to hear some of the finest musicians from all over the world to perform. “What was happening here for nine days was pure magic," said John Nugent, Producer and Artistic Director. “I looked around and saw how happy people were, how much they loved the music and how happy the ...

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The Government of Canada Supports Jazz Winnipeg

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

Residents and visitors to Winnipeg will have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of jazz performances and expand their appreciation of music, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. Steven Fletcher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Member of Parliament (Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia), on behalf of the Honourable Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages and Minister for La Francophonie, today announced funding for Jazz Winnipeg. The $70, 000 in funding will ...

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Shanghai Jazz Singer Transcends the Genre

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

Coco Zhao exemplifies the international focus of the jazz festival Coco Zhao is a living refutation of the rumour that jazz doesn't exist in China. As John Orysik, organizer of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, puts it, “Jazz is a global music," and few events in last year's festival proved it more than this young man from Shanghai who, according to Orysik, proved “hugely popular" after his appearance. He returns this year, tonight and Wednesday, at Performance Works on Granville ...

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Woody Allen, Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen and All That Jazz in Montreal

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

MONTREAL (AFP) -- Prodigal Leonard Cohen is back in his home town to croon for Montreal's 29th international jazz festival this week, along with stars Aretha Franklin, Dave Brubeck, and Woody Allen on his clarinet. “For years, we wanted to present these artists at the festival, but it took some time before they finally accepted our invitation," said Laurent Saulnier, programmer at the Montreal Jazz Festival -- one of the world's biggest. “This year, the circumstances were favorable," he said. ...

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SF Jazz Announces Artist Line-up for 26th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
June 24, 2008

SFJAZZ Announces The Artist Line-Up for the 26th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival Highlights Include Miles From India, Mavis Staples, Randy Newman, Dave Brubeck, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Scott, Maceo Parker, Max Raabe & The Palast Orchester, Ravi Coltrane, Arturo Sandoval, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Toumani Diabat, Issac Delgado, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jake Shimabukuro, And Many More! Season Runs October 3 - November 9 Tickets On Sale July 13, 2008 Randall ...

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Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival Expands in 27th Year

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2008

By Patricia Myers

The photogenic red rocks of Arizona will be the backdrop for the 27th annual Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival, a week-long schedule of events between September 23-28. The festival has expanded this year with more free outdoor concerts, a dinner-dance, film showing, house party and wine-maker dinner leading up to the all-day festival.

The main event is an outdoor festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Radisson Poco Diablo Resort in the heart of red-rock country. ...

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