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Newport Jazz Festival Flexible Discount Tickets Are Back

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
November 10, 2014

Newport Jazz Festival Flexible Discount Tickets Are Back Tickets Available November 12 at 10:00 am at Newport Visitor Information Center NEWPORT, RI – The Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management is set for July 31 – August 2, 2015 and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. is already celebrating the 61st year. Jazz fans can get a head start on their summer plans by purchasing flexible discount tickets while supplies last at the Newport Visitor Information Center, 23 ...

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Jazztopad Hosts Wadada Leo Smith, Pharoah Sanders And Mulatu Astatke, 13 - 23 November

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2014

Jazztopad, the internationally renowned Polish jazz festival held in Wroclaw, returns for its 11th edition from 13 – 23 November 2014. This year promises to be a tremendously exciting festival, with the usual mixture of jazz legends, up-and-coming talent, World Premieres, international showcases and much more besides. Trumpeter Nate Wooley gets the festival underway on the 13th with the premiere of his work Psalms from Hell, featuring the ever-adventurous soprano Megan Schubert and the Festival Cello Ensemble. The second half ...

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Jazzmandu 2014 Finale: A Sparkling Night Of Jazz

Source: Jazzmandu Reporter
October 25, 2014

Kathmandu, 23 October 2014 - After a great week of concerts, as well as several Master classes by the visiting musicians of Jazzmandu, the 2014 edition of the festival came to its conclusion yesterday with the finale, a sparkling night of jazz music. Throughout the festival, artists from Brazil, Cuba, France, Sweden, the USA, Australia, Singapore and Nepal were at hand to play for the 12th Surya Nepal Kathmandu Jazz Festival. As the sun went down over the lush garden ...

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Zoot Fest 2014

Source: Ted Ricci
October 15, 2014

Jazz enthusiasts, get ready for a day of listening pleasure! Tickets are now on sale for East Stroudsburg University's fourth annual Zoot Fest, a day of jazz music honoring legends Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. Zoot Fest will take place from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the Innovation Center, located at 562 Independence Road in East Stroudsburg, with proceeds to benefit the university's Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection (ACMJC) as well as other initiatives to ...

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The 12th Biggest Jazz Party In The Himalayas Kicks Off On 16th October 2014

Source: Jazzmandu Reporter
October 11, 2014

2014 marks the 12th edition of Jazzmandu, a week-long international Jazz extravaganza in Nepal’s capital. This year, the “biggest jazz party in the Himalayas” brings together a a refreshingly diverse and powerful line-up that will make the Kathmandu valley vibrate with jazz from 16 to 22 October. This year will feature acclaimed international musicians from various cultural and musical backgrounds: Kristian Persson Elements (Sweden), K.J. Denhert (USA), Ange Takats (Australia) Pity Cabrera Trio (Cuba/France), Eduardo Mendonça (Brazil), Tropic Green (Singapore) ...

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Jarasum International Jazz Festival, 3-5 October, Bigger And Better Than Ever!

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2014

The Jarasum International Jazz Festival returns for its eleventh edition between 3 - 5 October. Last year’s 10th anniversary bash attracted over 230,000 Korean jazz fans and an even greater number is expected this year. As ever, a veritable feast of international jazz will be served up on the festival’s numerous stages. Korean jazz in all its wonderful variety is always extremely well represented at Jarasum and in the first decade of what is surely one of the world’s best ...

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Final Lineup Announced For 10th Annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival

Source: Ed Bride Associates
September 29, 2014

Oct. 10-19 Festival Presents Wide-Ranging Program, with Jazz Prodigy, Documentary Film, National and Local Performers PITTSFIELD, MA – Berkshires Jazz, Inc. today announced the final lineup for the tenth annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, Oct. 10-19, 2014 throughout the City’s Upstreet Cultural District. A signature cultural event of the fall foliage season in western Massachusetts, the music spans the spectrum of jazz. In addition to the region’s top big band, the lineup includes four of jazz’ top female vocal and instrumental ...

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Jazz This Week: A Gaslight Square Tribute, Mel Bay Jazz Festival, Storm Large, Tatsuya Nakatani, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 25, 2014

This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in around St. Louis once again offers plenty of variety, from big bands to cabaret to free improv to a nostalgic look at an historic time for local music. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University presents a tribute to Gaslight Square, beginning with a panel discussion featuring trumpeter Bob Ceccarini, saxophonist Freddie Washington and pianist Dave Venn, who all played various clubs in ...

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