Festival News

Tickets for Vision Festival XIII on Sale Today

Source: Improvised Communications
April 10, 2008

NEW YORK, NY -- Tickets for the 13th annual Vision Festival, coming June 10th through June 15th to Manhattan's Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center, are now available online and by phone at 1- 800-838-3006. Tickets are $30/night in advance, $35/night at the door and $20 for students and seniors with ID. A festival pass is available for $150. Admission to the festival's two panel discussions on the role of art in the healing of New Orleans and building community in ...

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3rd Annual Backbeat Jazzfest Series

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2008

Blue Nile - 532 Frenchmen St - 504-948-2583 New Orleans, La.

Wednesday, April 30: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey/The Quartet featuring Deitch, Daniels, Neville & Big Sam 10pm

Thursday, May 1: (Downstairs) Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes w/ The Lee Boys and special guests 10pm (Upstairs) Theresa Anderson w/ special guests 10pm

Friday, May 2: (Downstairs) An evening with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue 10pm (Downstairs) Big Sam's Funky Nation, ...

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Joshua Redman Trio Headlines the UGA/Athens Twilight Jazz Festival, April 24-26,2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2008

First UGA/Athens Twilight Jazz Festival to be held April 25-26 in conjunction with Twilight Criterium in downtown Athens Visitors to the annual Twilight Criterium bicycle races in downtown Athens will get have a second chance to get jazzed up April 24-26.

The 1st Annual UGA/Athens Twilight Jazz Festival will bring top national artists and local players onstage in what organizers are billing as “an instrument of outreach and service to the community and region."

Sponsored by the UGA Hugh Hodgson ...

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Gottlieb / Fort / Malkiel at the Israel @ 60 Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2008

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Mayim Rabim to Represent Brooklyn at the Best of the Boroughs Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

“The stunning Gottlieb possesses a powerful voice, using it with authority, soaring over the beautifully voiced chorus of four." JazzTimes

“Powerfully straddles jazz, cantorial and the avant-garde... Mayim Rabim succeeds both musically and conceptually, one of the years finest vocal releases." --All About Jazz

Jerusalem-born Ayelet Rose Gottlieb's song cycle is composed to erotic poetry from the biblical Song of Songs. Directed by Franny Silverman with video projections by Renate Aller, Mayim Rabim is a multi-sensory performance that reveals the ...

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2008 JVC Jazz Festival - New York Lights up the City June 15 - 28

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL - NEW YORK LIGHTS UP THE CITY JUNE 15 - 28 Festival Highlights Include Herbie Hancock, Joao Gilberto, Jill Scott, Chris Botti, Mos Def Big Band with Gil Scott-Heron, Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel, Sergio Mendes, Zap Mama, Charlie Haden Quartet West, Cecil Taylor, Charles Lloyd, Soulive with Joshua Redman, Dick Hyman, Tierney Sutton, Maceo Parker & More! NEW YORK, April 8, 2008 - The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival - New York, presented ...

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Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Buddy Guy, Roomful of Blues and Sonny Moorman Are Playing at the 2008 Elk Creek Blues Festival in May

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

WHO: Buddy Guy, Roomful of Blues and Sonny Moorman WHERE: Elk Creek Vineyards in Owenton, Ky. WHEN: May 31st 2008

Five-time Grammy award winning Blues musician Buddy Guy is playing at Elk Creek Vineyards in Owenton, Ky. on May 31st for the first ever 2008 Elk Creek Blues Festival. Also performing are Roomful of Blues and Cincinnati's own Sonny Moorman.

Concert-goers will have the unique opportunity to listen ...

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Bordeaux Jazz Festival Presents "Brooklyn in Bordeaux" - May 14-18, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 7, 2008

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