Festival News

Stephanie Jordan at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2008

"Setting the New Jazz Standard" NEW ORLEANS, April 29, 2008 - The Stephanie Jordan Large Band will be a featured performer at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell on Saturday, May 3rd at 1:00 pm in the WWOZ Jazz Tent. Filling the tent with a Big Band sound as she continues her signature trademark of singing jazz standards, the performance also feature her brothers jazz trumpeter Marlon Jordan and Kent Jordan on flute. In addition ...

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The L.A. Latin Jazz Festival 2008 Featuring Eddie Palmieri Set for Saturday, May 10th at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2008

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Minnesota sur Seine Music Festival Brings Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop, Celtic, Old-World and More to the Twin Cities May 15 through 25, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2008

St. Paul, MN - The fourth installment of the Minnesota sur Seine music festival is coming to various Twin Cities locations from May 15 through May 25, 2008. The 2008 lineup features collaborations between Twin Cities and international musicians performing improvisational jazz, Celtic, hip hop, World Music, spoken word, rock and more. Minnesota sur Seine, which debuted in the Fall of 2004, has grown in scope from its Twin Cities-meets-Paris jazz beginnings to become a sweeping showcase of musical styles ...

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51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2008

The Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest running jazz festival in the world. It is held annually on the 20-acre, oak-studded Monterey Fairgrounds, located at 2000 Fairground Road in Monterey, California. This has been the site of the Festival since its inception in 1958. More than 500 top jazz artists perform throughout the weekend on 9 stages spread throughout the grounds. Outdoor areas include the Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage, the Garden Stage, the Courtyard Stage, and the West Lawn Stage. Indoor ...

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Comprehensive Child Development & Rainbow Promotions, LLC Present the 22nd Annual Long Beach Bayou Festival, June 21 & 22nd Featuring Grammy Award Winner Terrance Simien, Pine Leaf Boys, Savoy-Doucet, Linda Hopkins, Barbara Morrison, Guitar Shorty

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
April 24, 2008

Rainbow Promotions, LLC, the producers of the annual Long Beach Jazz Festival have joined with Comprehensive Child Development (CCD) to produce this year's Long Beach Bayou Festival sponsored by KKJZ FM. Enjoy a plentiful helping of the music, food and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana at the Rainbow Lagoon Park, Saturday, June 21 & Sunday, June 22, 11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Two stages will feature the best in Cajun, Zydeco and Blues with 2008 Grammy Award winner Terrance ...

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W.C. Handy Music Festival 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2008

"The Shoals" is a musical mecca in one of America's most isolated, beautiful places, Northwestern Alabama. Jazz great and “Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy hails from this tiny area of majestic waterways and down home living. (It's where Aretha Franklin, Tom Jones, Otis Redding and many others recorded music in the 1960s at FAME Studios. Later rock groups like Leonard Skynard and country musicians Vince Gill and Alabama have recorded there as well.)

To get a true taste of ...

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2008 Ballard Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2008

Tickets are now on sale for the 2008 Ballard Jazz Festival! Be part of the action this year- here are some of the events you'll want to see... April 23-24 Brotherhood of the Drum 2 nights of drummer-led bands, including Michael Shreive (Santana), Ben Smith (Heart), Byron Vannoy's Meridian, John Bishop, Matt Jorgensen, and D'Vonne Lewis. April 25 Friday Concert & Jazz Walk We've got two great events on this Friday night. ...

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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, Colonial Theatre Collaborating on "Jazz Meets Symphony" Concert

Source: Ed Bride Associates
April 24, 2008

New Black Eagles Jazz Band to Perform Traditional Jazz Masterpieces With Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Orchestra in Oct. 17 Headline Event

The Pittsfield CityJazz Festival and the Colonial Theatre today announced a collaboration that will return the festival to that historic venue for a headline concert on Oct. 17. “Jazz Meets Symphony" will feature the New Black Eagles Jazz Band and the Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Orchestra, performing traditional Jazz masterpieces that have been re-orchestrated for symphony configuration.

The fourth annual Pittsfield ...

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