Festival News

It's A Grammy Affair At Air Jamaica Jazz Fest

Source: All About Jazz
December 22, 2006

Fans of the annual Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival are in for a major treat from the Grammy line-up of international acts set to take the stage over the three days of the Rose Hall festival, Jan. 25-27, 2007. Musical icons Kenny Rogers, Michael Bolton and Christopher Cross are among the Grammy-winning acts set to rock the 10th Annual Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival: 'The Art of Music,' at the Aqueduct on Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica. ...

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14th Annual Barbados Jazz Festival: January 8 - 14, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
December 21, 2006

ANITA BAKER, TERENCE BLANCHARD, STANLEY CLARKE, ROBERT GLASPER, ARTURO SANDOVAL AND MORE ARE SET TO PERFORM AT THE 14th ANNUAL BARBADOS JAZZ FESTIVAL, JANUARY 8-14, 2007

The New Year will see Barbados in an island-wide musical ferment when locals and visitors get together for the 14th annual Barbados Jazz Festival, from January 8 - 14, 2007.

Barbados strives to creatively blend internationally known R&B and jazz artists along with top local musicians. Participating in next year's event are R&B songstress ...

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Celebrating 40 Years - The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 19, 2006

Celebrating 40 Years - The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho

The 2007 Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival marks a milestone Feb. 21-24 as it celebrates its 40th year of sharing the magic and spirit of jazz with new generations of students, teachers and fans.

The four-day event is a leading educational jazz festival and attracts more than 12,000 students from across the U.S. and Canada. The festival features student performances and concerts, workshops by jazz ...

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The Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival at Smalls-January 11-14

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
December 13, 2006

THE BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND surfaces The Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a newly formed collective, is an association of independent bandleaders with a shared commitment to improvised music. Through cooperative effort, members of the BJU strive to create greater awareness of their work The Brooklyn Jazz Underground Launch Festival To Take Place @ Smalls - January 11-14 (see details below) The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is: Alexis Cuadrado - www.alexiscuadrado.com, Shane Endsley - www.kneebody.com, Alan Ferber - www.alanferber.com, Anne Mette Iversen - www.annemetteiversen.com, ...

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50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Expands Grounds, Adds New Venue, Offers Golden Marketing Opportunities

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
December 7, 2006

50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Expands Grounds, Adds New Venue, Offers Golden Marketing Opportunities

Newly Created “Lyons Lane" to Lead Fans through MJF History to the Future of Jazz in New DJ Performance Venue, “the lAUnge"

Festival Creates Village Setting for Partners to Join in Celebration of 50th MJF

Monterey, California: Noting that “It takes a village to celebrate our 50th anniversary," the Monterey Jazz Festival has announced the expansion of their grounds, including the addition of multiple opportunities for ...

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SFJAZZ Records Announces The Release of SFJAZZ Collective Live 2006: 3rd Annual Concert Tour

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
December 5, 2006

All-star ensemble's latest limited, numbered edition release features all new original repertoire and the music of Herbie Hancock SFJAZZ Collective Live 2006 Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone & marimba Joshua Redman - saxophones (artistic director) Nicholas Payton - trumpet Miguel Zenn - alto saxophone Andre Hayward - trombone Renee Rosnes - piano Matt Penman - bass Eric Harland - drums

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StringsDanceVoiceDrums - Vision Festival Dance Music Series - December 12-17

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2006

New York, NY- Arts for Art is proud to present the first of four weeks to be devoted to Vision Dance Music Collaborations. The week of performances in December is titled StringsDanceVoiceDrums. Each month from December through March, Arts for Art will present six days of unique collaborative performances of cutting-edge dancers and choreographers with some of downtown's most explosive avantJazz improvisers. These types of collaborations have been frequent since the loft era of the 1970s. The first week features ...

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"Jazz Royale Festival" The Greatest Jazz Music Festival in Thailand

Source: All About Jazz
November 22, 2006

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is to hold a grand jazz music event, “Jazz Royale Festival" during 9-17 December, 2006, in order to honour His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, as the world's royal musician, on the occasion of his 80th birthday celebration in 2007, where part of the proceeds will go to the H.M. the King for use at his projects under his royal patronage.

The jazz event will have more than 100 world-class artists taking part and will ...

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