Festival News

Renowned Grammy Award-Winning Artists to Headline 2007 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2007

Kansas City's Historic 18th and Vine Jazz District will heat up this summer as host to three of the world's most renowned jazz giants. With 31 Grammy awards among them, George Benson, Al Jarreau and the Pat Metheny Trio promise to deliver the musical experience of a lifetime at the third annual Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival on June 15-16. Since its inception in 2005, the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival has grown into a truly ...

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Jazz Middelheim 2007 Announced

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2007

The next edition of the festival is scheduled for August 2007. The 2007 edition headlines Ornette Coleman, Dianna Reeves, Lee Konitz, Toots Thielmans... More details will be announced later this year. Jazz Middelheim is the only major festival which you can safely attend with your family and children. You can wander around in a peaceful and non-threatening environment, without any conspicuous security measures and are able to simply enjoy both music and the surroundings. You feel part of a community, ...

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URB ALT Festival Harps on Alice Coltrane June 9th at Harlem School of the Arts with Res, the Exit, Muthawit Orchestra, Tenderhead, Brandee Younger and Others

Source: 4961 Polemics
June 6, 2007

Harlem, NY - June 6. The URB ALT Festival 2007 launch brings alternative music/film uptown Saturday, June 9th at the Harlem School of the Arts. Opening day features the pop-rock soulful ambience of Res; the socially incisive post rock of the Exit; the cosmic big band explorations of the MuthaWit Orchestra; he soul laced protorock melodicism of Tenderhead; the experimental violin/laptop shenanigans of Jahlili Rawkstraw; the polyphonic harp virtuosity of Brandee Younger; and the soulful tobacco-road paved electronica of Shanti ...

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Jimmy Heath Big Band and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Quintet Headline the Kingston Jazz Festival June 29, 30 and July 1 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 6, 2007

Kingston International Jazz Festival THE JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND AND THE DIZZY GILLESPIE ALUMNI ALLSTAR QUINTET FEATURING SLIDE HAMPTON TO HEADLINE THE KINGSTON JAZZ FESTIVAL KINGSTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2007 June 29, 30 and July 1 2007 Kingston, New York ALL EVENTS ARE FREE - RAIN OR SHINE Produced by Planet Arts In association with the city of Kingston, New York Sponsored by The Entergy Corporation And supported by a grant from ...

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Bethel Woods Concert Series Set for August 4 with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Earl Klugh, and Randy Crawford/Joe Sample

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2007

Evening of JAZZ at BETHEL WOODS featuring DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET RANDY CRAWFORD & JOE SAMPLE EARL KLUGH Saturday, August 4, 6:30pm DOORS OPEN AT 5:00 PM TICKETS ON-SALE Monday, June 11 at 10AM Ticket prices: $59.50, $35.00 Reserved and $25.00 Lawn Ticket prices, dates, times and acts subject to change without notice. All ticket prices plus applicable service charges. Charge-by-phone at (845) 454-3388. In person at Ticketmaster outlets, Steve's Music Center, Exit 109 Rock ...

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Live@courthouse Keeps the Jazz Festival Spirit Alive

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2007

To help cap off what will surely be another successful edition of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival, Live@Courthouse is pleased to announce a series of concerts featuring Mina Agossi, Cowboy Junkies, Bryan Lee and Bill Frisell coming this July!

The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival officially wraps things up on Canada Day, July 1, but in the first of four post-festival concerts, Live@Courthouse presents French Beninese singer, Mina Agossi on Monday, July 2. To describe Agossi's style ...

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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival Presents the Best of the Best in Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2007

Winner of Best Jazz Festival for two consecutive years at the National Jazz Awards, the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival, running June 22 - July 1, showcases the cream of the crop in jazz. The line-up reads like a list of who's who when it comes to awards.

On Tuesday, June 26, Academy Award winner Herbie Hancock, will take centre stage at the Four Seasons Centre as part of this year's inaugural GRANDMASTERS Series, presented by Panasonic. A true ...

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Marcia Miget Jazz to Perform at San Rafael Street Painting Festival

Source: imajinnWEST
June 3, 2007

MARCIA MIGET JAZZ TO PERFORM AT SAN RAFAEL STREET PAINTING FESTIVAL On Sunday June 10, 2007, North Bay musician Marcia Migt will be performing 1 pm on the Main Stage, Court and 'C' Streets, at San Rafael's Italian Street Painting Festival. This will be her twelfth appearance at the festival.

A “maestra" of many elements, her most recent public performance was with Voices of Latin Rock legends Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Malo at the Cesar Chavez Arizona Celebration. A ...

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