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Chicago Offers Tribute To Crescent City At The 28th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival - August 31-September 3, 2006
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All About Jazz
The city of Chicago honors the birthplace of Jazz, featuring performers from New Orleans and celebrating the impact of that city in the creation and evolution of Jazz music at the 28th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, August 31-September 3, in Grant Park. (Complete schedule attached).
The Chicago Jazz Festival officially opens with a ticketed performance at the Chicago Symphony Center on Thursday, August 31 at 7:30p.m. with a John Coltrane 80th Birthday Anniversary: Ballads and Brass. This fitting tribute to ...
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The French Connection at the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
French speaking performers are a tour de force not to be missed at this year's 20th anniversary Festival. Breaking out of Europe and French Canada, the musicians hail from the Mediterranean and back and offer interpretations of Jazz through diverse French culture backdrops.
As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, The TD Canada Trust Jazz Festival features The French Connection Series. This impressive line-up includes an international profile of musicians performing at a variety of venues from the outdoor stage ...
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State College (PA) Jazz Festival features Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski and Ian Hendrickson-Smith
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All About Jazz
NEW YORK - The Second Annual State College Jazz Festival will kick off on Friday, July 21st with music beginning at 5:00pm at Central Parklet continuing through the evening and all day Saturday, July 22nd at the Allen Street Stage. New York-based jazz vocalist Catherine Dupuis returns to her hometown to produce the SCJF, involving some of the best jazz talent in the centre region together with nationally-acclaimed jazz stars.
Local artists slated to perform at SCJF'06 are The Valley ...
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Kingston Jazz Festival Revised Schedule (June 23-26, 2006 Kingston, NY)
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All About Jazz
THE SECOND ANNUAL KINGSTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (down by the river in Kingston, New York)
Planet Arts and the city of Kingston, New York are happy to announce the 2nd annual Kingston International Jazz Festival. Located on the Hudson River 80 miles north of New York City and 50 miles south of Albany, the three day event will take place on June 23, 24 and 25 in the historic river-town community. All events are free - rain or ...
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Expanding the Boundaries at the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
The essence of Jazz is that its boundaries are ever-changing, marked with innovation and improvisation. The programming at this year's TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival is an exciting, eclectic line-up of international musicians who push those boundaries into new territory.
A true innovator in avant-garde jazz, composer and saxophonist John Zorn will be playing with his quartet, Masada, on Wednesday June 28, at The Music Hall at 7 and 10pm. Based on the idea of creating a new radical ...
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New Jersey Jazz Society Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
Sanofi-aventis JazzFest 2006 to Donate a Portion of Profits to Katrina Relief for New Orleans' Musicians
The main event for the New Jersey Jazz Society's sanofi-aventis JazzFest 2006, New Jersey's longest running jazz festival, will be held on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11. A portion of the profits have been earmarked to help jazz musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina. Already, the NJJS has collected almost $1,000.00 since ...
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5th Annual Rochester International Jazz Festival Starts Friday June 9 - 17th
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All About Jazz
9 Days / 600+ musicians / 170+ shows / 13 Venues / 50+ Free Concerts Etta James Concert SOLD OUT! Club Pass Sold Out Single Tickets Still Available for Club Shows and All Other Eastman Concerts
Rochester, New York--June 8, 2006-- The fifth annual Rochester International Jazz Festival presented by Heluva Good Quality Foods, returns to Rochester June 9-17, 2006. Hear all genres of jazz performed by more than 600 of the world's leading musicians from ...
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Caramoor Jazz Festival Artist Change - Pianist Kirk Lightsely to Appear Aug. 5
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All About Jazz
The 2006 Caramoor Jazz Festival has announced the addition of pianist Kirk Lightsey to its August 5th all-day event. Lightsey will travel from Paris to perform a tribute to his old friend, the much beloved pianist John Hicks, who passed away on May 10th. John Hicks was to be featured at this year's Caramoor Jazz Festival, two full days of jazz on July 29th and August 5th.
Kirk Lightsey, who has lived in Paris for the last decade, developed his ...
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