Festival News

Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fathers Day with the Playboy

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2008

30th Anniversary Celebrations With Hef At The Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl Sunday

Herbie Hancock and The River of Possibilities Tour featuring Dave Holland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Potter, Linonel Loueke and Sonya Kitchell Keb' Mo' Roy Hargrove's Big Band Guitars & Saxes featuring Gerlad Albright, Jeff Golub, jeff Lorber & Peter White Dee Dee Bridgewater Red Earth:A Malian Journey Ivan Lins with special guest Oscar Castro-Neves Ben Riley's ...

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Playboy Jazz Festival Day One

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

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For 3 Days, 2 Jazz Festivals Will Go Head-to-Head

Source: Michael Ricci
June 14, 2008

FOR 14 years, the jazz acts at the Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah have been presented on two consecutive Saturdays at the end of July and the beginning of August. This year, they will be presented on three straight days, Aug. 1 to 3. That coincides precisely with the schedule of the Litchfield Jazz Festival, in Goshen, Conn., setting up the first head-to-head three-day competition between two major events on the jazz calendar. Both festivals draw heavily from an ...

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Jazz Fest New Orleans Finale

Source: Michael Ricci
June 14, 2008

Something Odd Happens Over a Full Weekend of Jazzfest. Between performances and parades, and the geography of where stages are situated, it's virtually impossible not to run into a brass band, Mardi Gras Indians or both. I assume that's by design; those traditions infuse all sorts of other New Orleans music and they are the main heritage in “Jazz and Heritage." To see so many groups maintaining their street-level music after Katrina is heartening, and their tunes are incorrigibly upbeat. ...

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Bill Cosby to Get in Some Licks on Drums at Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

Bill Cosby had to opt for comedy over being jazz drummer, but loves role at Playboy jazz fest (NEW YORK) Bill Cosby quips that he gave up his dreams of becoming a professional jazz drummer and turned to comedy after seeing how easily the pioneer bebop drummer Max Roach handled rhythmically complex tunes that he struggled to get through. “I finally went to see Max play and he played a song 'Parisian Thoroughfare' that Bud Powell wrote," said Cosby. “Max ...

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Aretha Headlines Newport Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

ARETHA FRANKLIN TO HEADLINE SATURDAY AT 2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL NEWPORT NEW VERVE ARTIST MELODY GARDOT ALSO ADDED TO LINEUP

Aretha Franklin “The Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin will headline this year's JVC Jazz Festival Newport on Saturday, August 9 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. The multiple Grammy Award winner joins an all-star lineup of jazz artists and other musicians including Sonny Rollins, Chris Botti, Herbie Hancock, Wayne ...

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New York's JVC Jazz Fest Ready to Evolve

Source: Michael Ricci
June 14, 2008

A Venerable Jazz Festival Seems Ready to Evolve

The summer jazz festival season is upon us, and as usual, the JVC Jazz Festival New York will be the most visible. Under new management this year, the festival will feature concerts in new theaters and clubs and some curious and challenging double bills, like the pairing of Cecil Taylor and George Cables, pianists representing very different parts of the jazz spectrum. These are potentially exciting developments for a festival that has ...

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Return to Forever at Freihofer's Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

Return to Forever to Perform at Freihofer's Jazz Festival at Saratoga Performing Arts Center Reunion of the Pioneering Jazz-Rock Fusion Band Led By Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White Heralded as Highlight of Summer 2008 Tour Season June 28-29 Festival Will Also Feature Superstar Lineup of Jazz Greats Including 2008 Grammy winner Terence Blanchard, Best-selling Trumpeter Chris Botti, Acclaimed Vocalist Dianne Reeves and More Saratoga Springs, NY - Among the highlights of the 31st Annual Freihofer's ...

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