Festival News

2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
February 15, 2008

TICKETS FOR ENTIRE TANGLEWOOD SEASON ON SALE FEBRUARY 17 Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Remaining Programs: 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival To Feature Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Christian Scott, Eliane Elias, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Jane Monheit, Marian Mcpartland, Edmar Castaneda, And Joe Locke, Among Others Cunard Line is the Official Cruise Line of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sponsor of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival When the 2008 Tanglewood season goes on sale on Sunday, February 17, music fans will ...

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The Blue Dolls at Sanremoff 2008 - 23th and 24th February 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2008

The vocal trio Blue Dolls is composed by Erika Celesti, soprano, Federica Pallante, soprano and Viviana Dragani, contralto. The repertoire of The Blue Dolls ranges from the vocal arrangements of '40s Trio Lescano and Quartetto Cetra style to the American ones Andrews Sisters style, to musical excerpts of '50s The Supremes style. As an example we mention some typical musical excerpts of their wide repertoire: Baciami piccina, Moon River, Silenzioso slow, Summertime, Un'ora sola ti vorrei, Shoo shoo baby, Maramao ...

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13th Annual Vision Festival to be Held June 10th-15th at Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center

Source: Improvised Communications
February 12, 2008

NEW YORK, NY -- Arts for Art, Inc. is proud to announce the 13th annual Vision Festival, New York's premier multidisciplinary celebration of avantjazz music, poetry, dance and art, will be held Tuesday, June 10th through Sunday, June 15th at Manhattan's Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center.

Vision Festival XIII will present more than 25 groups, featuring many of improvised music's most respected performers, including an entire night of music dedicated to this year's special honoree, veteran New Orleans-based saxophonist Edward ...

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25th Annual Pensacola Jazzfest (Florida), April 5-6, 2008

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
February 11, 2008

Fans enjoy a wonderful time and great music at JazzFest in Pensacola's historic Seville Square Saturday & Sunday April 5 and 6, 2008 Pensacola JazzFest, now in its 25th year, is a FREE all-jazz festival held in downtown, historic Seville Square. The event is administered by the Jazz Society of Pensacola with able assistance from WUWF-FM and the Arts Council of Pensacola. The two-day festival, held in early spring each year, celebrates America's Unique Musical Art Form--Jazz. The Jazz Society ...

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Pee Wee Russell Memorial Stomp

Source: All About Jazz
February 7, 2008

The New Jersey Jazz Society presents its 39th Annual Pee Wee Russell Memorial Stomp, a swinging afternoon of great jazz dedicated to the legendary clarinetist.

Sunday March 2, 2008 noon to 5 p.m. at the Birchwood Manor, 111 North Jefferson Road in Whippany (off Route 10)

The lineup: Smith Street Society Jazz Band Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpeter and band Barbara Rosene, vocalist and group George Gee's Jump, Jivin' Wailers ...

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29th Cape May Jazz Festival the Next Wave April 18-20 2008

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 7, 2008

29th Cape May Jazz Festival The Next Wave April 18-20, 2008 World Class Jazz in America's Original Seaside Resort, Cape May, New Jersey A celebration of America's finest “Young Lions" in Traditional, Blues, and Latin Jazz The Cape May Jazz Festival proudly presents many of the finest “young lions" in jazz today. As a natural successor to our 28th Festival “Favorites Return", the “Next Wave" features an elite up-and-coming new breed of artists: cutting edge musicians ...

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Jazz Meets Bluegrass in an Innovative Way at the VF Outlet Berks Jazz Fest

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2008

READING, PA -- January 29 -- The VF Outlet Berks Jazz fest is notable for its diversity of music and its innovative concepts. That twin tradition will be emphatically upheld on Wednesday, April 2, when Jazz Meets Bluegrass: Bill Evans' Soulgrass with special guest Sam Bush at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Jazz saxophonist Bill Evans has had a distinguished career as a solo artist, one whose first full-time gig was a berth with the Miles Davis ...

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Ken Watters' New Haitian Jazz Group Riyel to Perform at 2nd Annual Haitian Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2008

During the 1st week of March, Ken Watters' new Haitian jazz octet RIYEL will give several performances at various venues throughout Port-au-Prince, Haiti. RIYEL (meaning “backstreet" or “alleyway" in Haitian Kreyol) is made up of several of the country's foremost musicians, including Yves Abel (bass), Ralph Conde (guitar), Robenson Jean-Baptiste (drums) & several others. Sharing the front line alongside trumpeter Ken Watters is trombonist & trilingual vocalist Andre Atkins. Atkins' performance/recording credits include Aretha Franklin, Tabou Combo, Soulive, Spoon, David ...

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