Festival News

Kokopelli's Named as Venue for the Savannah Jazz Festival Kick-off and Evening Events

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2007

(SAVANNAH, Georgia) Kokopelli's Jazz Club and Restaurant has been selected as the venue for the Savannah Jazz Festival Kick-Off event which will be held on Sunday, September 23rd from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The area's best jazz musicians join with nationally based jazzbos for this event which traditionally has been the beginning of “Jazz Week" in Savannah. The Savannah Jazz Festival is organized and presented by the Coastal Jazz Association with major support provided by the City of Savannah ...

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Downtown Berkeley, CA Jazz Festival Announced

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
August 3, 2007

JUPITER Presents the 3rd Annual Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival (DBJF), Wednesday, August 22 through Sunday, August 26, Made Possible By the Downtown Berkeley Association. The summer festival celebrates music from around the world, presenting over 45 events in 13 different Downtown Berkeley, CA venues including Jupiter, Anna's Jazz Island, Jazzschool, Shattuck Down Low, La Note, Bobby G's Pizzeria, Caltopia, GAIA Arts, BART Plaza, Berkeley Public Library and the Farmer's Market. Music, poetry, dance, and cuisine are featured throughout the Downtown, ...

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Icelandic Music Export Supports Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2007

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2007

The Reykjavik Jazz Festival, to be held between 29th August and 1st September 2007 in Iceland, will feature internationally-renown jazz artists Uri Caine and Jerry Bergonzi as well as rising Nordic stars Eivor Palsdottir, Sigurdur Flosason and Eythor Gunnarsson. Philadelphia-born Uri Caine will play on 29th August alongside Drew Gress on bass and Ben Perowsky on drums. Caine has performed with Philly Joe Jones, Hank Mobley, Johnny Coles, Bootsie Barnes and Grover Washington and has won recent accolades for his ...

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2007 Chicago Jazz Festival Line-up Announced

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2007

The City of Chicago is proud to announce the lineup for the 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, August 30-September 2. The festival begins with a ticketed concert at the Chicago Symphony Center on August 30 and then moves to Grant Park for three days of free music, August 31-September 2.

Opening night will feature An Evening with Herbie Hancock beginning at 7:30p.m. This Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award- winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago is known for incorporating ...

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The Great American Jazz Event Hits Five-0

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2007

Fifty years ago, Dizzy Gillespie blew “Star Spangled Banner" on his bent trumpet to herald the birth of the Monterey Jazz Festival. No one ever had seen or heard an all-star lineup like this: Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Gerry Mulligan with Art Farmer, Benny Carter, Harry James, Max Roach, Shelly Manne, Dave Brubeck, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. Staged with $6,700 in loans, the outdoor festival in a horse arena at the County Fairgrounds got off ...

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Following Monk: A 20-Event Festival From September 15 through October 30

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2007

Duke Performances, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will present FOLLOWING MONK, a twenty-event festival taking place over six weeks and celebrating the 90th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer/pianist Thelonious Monk. FOLLOWING MONK - running September 15 through October 30, 2007 - offers three world premieres, special concert events (including the Kronos Quartet, Hank Jones/Charlie Haden, Charles Tolliver and his orchestra, Jason Moran, Jessica Williams and many others), commentaries and master ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2007

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
July 30, 2007

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 31-September 2 at the Orchestra's summer home in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Tickets for the 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at www.tanglewood.org. and in person at the Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox. All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood Grounds Maintenance Fee. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492.

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Beyond the Music/The Jazz Photography of Stuart Brinin, Berkeley, CA, August 6 - September 30

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 28, 2007

The 3rd Annual Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival (DBJF), running Wednesday, August 22 through Sunday, August 26, presents Beyond The Music - the Jazz Photography of Stuart Brinin, Monday, August 6 through Sunday, September 30 at the Berkeley Public Library. Brinin will present an exhibition of his work that spans over twenty years documenting the local and international jazz scene. The exhibit will include photos of Berkeley luminaries Peter Apfelbaum, Benny Green, Charlie Hunter, and Joshua Redman along with a who's ...

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