Festival News

Seaside Florida Hosts Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
March 6, 2008

The Merchants of Seaside will give jazz lovers a rare treat this spring, producing not one, but two weekends of top- notch music at the Seaside Jazz Festival: A Journey through Jazz. The festival headliner, The Neville Brothers, will perform May 26 at 6pm.

“We are all very excited, we know we've hit the right note when everyone benefits," said Kristin Kramin-Banker of the Merchants of Seaside. “Ever since the devastating hurricane season of 2005, the merchants here at Seaside ...

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31st Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival

Source: The Opulent Influence Agency
March 4, 2008

31st Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival 31 Years | 31 Days | Atlanta Atlanta, GA--In the spirit of change, the Atlanta Jazz Festival is introducing a new format and new venues. This year's festivities will be held throughout the month of May in four Atlanta neighborhoods over four consecutive weekends culminating over Memorial Day Weekend, May 24th -26th, in downtown Atlanta at Robert W. Woodruff Park, located on Auburn Avenue. This year's Atlanta Jazz Festival theme is 31 Years ...

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BossaBrasil Festival: "From Ipanema to New York," April 15 - 19

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

BOSSABRASIL Festival With Legends CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO and JOAO BOSCO Special Guest HARRY ALLEN “From Ipanema to New York," April 15 - 19

The sounds of Brasil are returning to Birdland with the BossaBrasil Festival, launched in '07 to great success, produced by Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta who have a long history of working with Brazilian music.

This year features Grammy Award winning master Pianist/Composer/ Producer, CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO with his Trio and renowned Vocalist/Guitarist/Composer, ...

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Lee Konitz & Roy Haynes Quartet Headline 2008 Reno Jazz Festival, April 24-26

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

The best jazz musicians in the world travel to the University of Nevada, Reno each spring to perform and teach at the Reno Jazz Festival. This year, legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz and acclaimed Roy Haynes Quartet share their talent and expertise with the festival's more than 10,000 attendees.

In addition to evening concerts by guest artists, the Reno Jazz Festival offers daytime competitions, workshops and clinics by scores of professional jazz artists and adjudicators for more than 9,000 young jazz ...

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2008 Brubeck Festival Celebrates 50 Years of the "Real" Ambassadors

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

2008 Brubeck Festival Celebrates 50 Years of the “Real" Ambassadors Stockton, Calif., March 31 - April 5 Washington, D.C., April 8 - 13

Stockton, CA - Fifty years ago, four rising jazz musicians led by Dave Brubeck boarded a DC-6 on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Their Cold War mission was to play jazz concerts behind the Iron Curtain and in the Middle East and Asia. This “Cultural Ambassador Tour" had a profound effect on ...

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12th Annual Jazz on 4th St, Berkeley, CA Line-up Announced May 18, 2008

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
March 3, 2008

12TH ANNUAL JAZZ ON 4TH STREET FESTIVAL BENEFIT FOR BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ PROGRAMS Sunday, May 18, Noon - 5:00pm On 4th Street in Berkeley, between Hearst & Virginia, FREE! MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY E.C. SCOTT KHALIL SHAHEED QUINTET JOHN SANTOS QUARTET & THE AWARD-WINNING BERKELEY HIGH JAZZ ORCHESTRA & COMBOS (Berkeley, CA) -- Presented ...

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The Voice, the Focal Point of the 15th Tarragona Dixieland Festival: From African Roots to Big Bands

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2008

The voice, the oldest musical instrument, will be the focal point of the 15th Dixieland Festival of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. After an artistic selection where excellence has outweighed other considerations, the audience will have the opportunity to live and listen to the evolution of jazz throughout different ages. It will range from the deepest African roots, with the black diva Dee Dee Bridgewater, to the deepest and most religious feelings of gospel, with the Catalan singer Big Mama and the ...

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The 2008 St. Lucia Jazz Festival Line-Up

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2008

St. Lucia, West Indies, (February 2008)- The St. Lucia Tourist Board announces the musical line-up for the 17th anniversary of the St. Lucia Jazz Festival, slated for May 2 - May 11, 2008. This year's festival includes the voices of Jonathan Butler, Dianne Reeves, Dionne Warwick, Ledisi and Angie Stone along with the musical talents of instrumental performers such as the Juilliard Quartet, featuring Ron Blake, Eddie Henderson, Carl Allen, Ben Wolfe and more.

St. Lucia's 10-day jazz celebration marks ...

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