Festival News

16th Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival to be Held July 20-23 in Trumansburg, NY

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2006

Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance July 20-23, 2006 Trumansburg Fair Grounds, Trumansburg NY Tickets on Sale Now. www.grassrootsfest.org Information & Tickets: 607-387-5098 16th Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival to be Held July 20-23 in Trumansburg, NY The 16th Annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will be held from July 20-23 at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY. ...

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Padua Porsche Jazz Festival 2006

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2006

The program conceived by artistic director Claudio Fasoli for the 2006 Ninth Padua Porsche Festival, balances forms and personalities from the “classic" eras of jazz with the most contemporary experiences of this music. Born into the African-American experience, jazz has became, just because of this inner urge for freedom, the preferred forum of expression for musicians who cannot find in the established traditions a way to fully express their ideas. The different projects connecting concerts in the different locations and ...

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Coastal Jazz Association presents The 25th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2006

JAZZ WEEK starts September 24 and runs through October 1, 2006 NATIONAL ACTS start September 28-30, 2006

For 25 years, the Coastal Jazz Association has been bringing music lovers together to enjoy good company and great free music. This year will be even bigger since The Savannah Jazz Festival is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with special events and a stellar jazz lineup.

The 25th Anniversary of The Savannah Jazz Festival is a celebration of all the jazz that ...

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Bethel Woods Center For The Arts Jazz Festival Weekend, July 22 & 23, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2006

Performance Highlights Include Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, George Benson, Dianne Reeves, Nellie Mckay & John Pizzarelli Big Band

Bethel, NY - June 29, 2006 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a new state-of-the-art cultural center located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, will present its Jazz Festival Weekend July 22 & 23, curated by four-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves and produced by John Schreiber. Also performing, Reeves has been awarded a Grammy for best jazz vocal performance ...

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Montreal Jazz Fest Lends Support to the City of New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

A Special Opening Event Starring the Neville Brothers!

The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Lends its Support to the City of New Orleans on Thursday, June 29th, 9 pm

Montreal, Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 - Few groups so thoroughly embody the spirit of the City of New Orleans as The Neville Brothers, and this year it's the legendary natives of the Big Easy who'll be launching the 27th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (Montreal International ...

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Univ. of Idaho Announces John Clayton as Artistic Director for Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

MOSCOW, Idaho - The University of Idaho has named nationally renowned jazz musician John Clayton as artistic director of its Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. His appointment begins July 2.

A six-time Grammy-nominated bassist, composer, arranger and conductor, Clayton will be responsible for forming relationships with artists and initiating the dialogue for artist participation in jazz festival events. He also is tasked with shaping and enhancing the concerts, student competitions, clinics, workshops, Jazz in the Schools and Outstanding Young Artist ...

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Toronto Jazz Festival Concert Rescheduled

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

The Thursday, June 29 appearance of The Original Superstars of Jazz Fusion concert with Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Jean Carne, Wayne Henderson, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Laws & Jon Lucien at the Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage in Toronto has been postponed. The re-scheduled date for the show is Thursday November 16 at The Phoenix Concert Theatre. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the concert gets under way at 9 p.m. All tickets from this show will be honoured on ...

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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Starts June 29th

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

Montreal, Monday June 26th You'd have to ask far and wide to find someone who hasn't heard of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (Montreal International Jazz Festival)--the biggest such event on Earth according to the Guinness Book of World Records. But if you're one of our friends south of the border who hasn't yet made a pilgrimage to Montreal's gigantic celebration of jazz and its musical relatives, there are a few things you might like to know so ...

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