Festival News

Jazz Port Townsend: Bob Florence Tribute Concert

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Bob Florence Memorial Concert on July 26th

Centrum Jazz All Star-Big Band Tribute Concert to Bob Florence Legendary jazz composer, arranger and Big Band leader Bob Florence, who won a Grammy and two Emmy awards during his long career, died five days before his 76th birthday on May 15th. For several years, Florence had been a faculty member at Centrum, a music and arts center based at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Wash., where he led workshops at ...

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2008 Rochester International Jazz Festival: June 13-21, 2008 (7th Edition)

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

The 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival saw its attendance soar to 121,000, a 51% increase over attendance of 80,000 in 2006. This represents the largest single-year attendance jump in the Festival's history. The Festival's sixth edition was held June 8-16, electrifying downtown Rochester's east end cultural district. More than 600 artists from 15 countries performed in 220 concerts. “It was a phenomenal week of great music, said festival producer and artistic director John Nugent. “The addition of two new Club ...

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JVC Jazz Festival New York

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival New York, produced by The Festival Network, presents a “festival within the festival" at the Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West.Beginning June 17, the JVC Jazz Festival New York takes over the stage at the Concert Hall at NYSEC for nine nights of stellar tributes, exclusive groupings, piano giants, dynamic vocalists and more, Highlights include Ravi Coltrane's tribute to his mother, Alice, with ...

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JazzBoston's 2009 Jazz Week Dates Set: Mark Your Calendar

Source: Mary Curtin Productions
June 3, 2008

JazzBoston has announced that the dates for Jazz Week 2009 will be Saturday, April 25, to Sunday, May 3. During the recently concluded Jazz Week 2008, which ran from April 26 through May 4 and was officially proclaimed by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, thousands of music fans took in hundreds of jazz performances in the Greater Boston area. Called an event that has grown in size and stature by the Boston Herald, Jazz Week 2008 included free concerts of all ...

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Back to Yasgur's Farm / Woodstock Museum

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Taking in the Woodstock Museum

I paid a visit a few weeks ago to Bethel, a very small town in upstate New York where I had been once before. As soon as I got there, it started raining. I wasn't surprised. The last time I was there it also rained quite a bit. That was in August 1969, when I was one of the 400,000 or so people who converged on the place to attend something called the Woodstock festival. ...

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Umbria Jazz Festival | July 11 - 21 | Perugia, Italy

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Live your fantasy this summer by traveling to Umbria, the “green heart of Italy" for Europe's hottest jazz festival - the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy. Experience Umbria is offering two six-day, five-night packages that include front row tickets to all of the headliners, entrance to the festival's more intimate venues, ground transportation to all concerts, meals and accommodations at the luxury villa La Fattoria del Gelso.

This year's festival runs from July 11 through July 21.

Celebrating its ...

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Chicago's Unique Public Plaza Comes to Life on a Global Scale: Music Without Borders

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

In the heart of Chicago lies an oasis. This is no desert oasis-it won't disappear before your eyes, there's no sandy grit, and it has as much replenishment for a thirsty mind as it does for a thirsty body. It's Millennium Park, a space created in the busy downtown hub that was designed with Chicago in mind. Until its completion in 2004, there was no recognizable public space in Chicago comparable to the great plazas and squares of European or ...

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Amberland IX | 05.23 - 05.25 | Georgia

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Words by: Brian Bavosa | Images by: Brad Kuntz

Amberland IX :: 05.23.08 - 05.25.08 :: Cherokee Farms :: Lafayette, GA

Matt McDonald - PGroove :: Amberland 2008 Memorial Day Weekend is a time to reflect on and remember those that have served our country bravely. It has also become one hell of a great weekend to see some live music. This year found me back at Cherokee Farms in Lafayette, GA ...

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