Festival News

Markham Jazz Festival August 18-20

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2006

Markham Jazz Festival

'The World of Jazz'

Friday, August 18- Sunday, August 20

Toronto, ON - The Markham Jazz Festival (MJF) is in its' 9th year and is bigger and better than ever with 'The World of Jazz'.

Known as one of the finest jazz festivals in Ontario, MJF has presented diverse and eclectic jazz performers who are not only drawn from the cream of the crop of Canadian jazz artists, but, come from a wide variety of other countries ...

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Cabaret Series at the Toronto Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2006

For six nights in the historic Distillery District at the Tank House Theatre, the curtain will rise for a truly unique and intimate series, complete with traditional seating in cabaret style, as part of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival, running from June 23 - July 2, 2006.

Featuring vocalists from the worlds of jazz, theatre and film, performances by Adi Braun, George Evans, Andy Bey, Sandra Caldwell, Michel Brube and Lori Cullen will kick off the inaugural Cabaret ...

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Sam Rivers Headlines New Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in Detroit, June 16th

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2006

Bohemian National Home presents a one day festival of Jazz and improvised music on Friday, June 16th in Detroit. Confirmed performers include:

Sam Rivers Trio Sam Rivers- saxophone, flute, piano Doug Matthews- doublebass, bass clarinet Anthony Cole- drums, tenor sax, piano

Kindred Ensemble Faruq Z Bey- saxophones Kenny Green- piano Joel Peterson- bass Kevin Callaway-drums

Spectrum 2 Skeeter Shelton- saxophones ...

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Paul Bollenback Added To Hot Jazz-N-June LineUp With Vince Seneri In Huntsville, AL

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2006

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Eurojazz Checks into The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2006

The EuroJazz Series debuting at this year's TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival is an exciting new series introducing an eclectic line-up of international musicians whose interpretations of jazz are rooted in their homelands, with artists from Russia, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. They check into The Gladstone Hotel for five nights from June 26 - July 1. Series sponsored by Eye Weekly.

The series opens on June 26 with top Russian saxophone player, Igor Butman making his Canadian debut. Igor ...

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Music Lineup: Big Apple Barbecue Block Party

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2006

FOURTH ANNUAL BIG APPLE BARBECUE BLOCK PARTY WILL FEATURE THE BEST IN R&B, JAZZ, COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS Roots Music to Feed the Heart and Soul from Betty LaVett, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Pyeng Threadgill and More Live in Madison Square Park - Saturday & Sunday, June 10 & 11

The 4th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party will feature six hours per day of live performances by an eclectic group of artists representing the best in American “roots music." ...

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Headliners, Themes Announced for 2006 Syracuse Jazz Fest

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2006

Headliners, Themes Announced for 2006 Syracuse Jazz Fest Annual Festival to Salute Detroit, Memphis and New Orleans

Syracuse, NY - Syracuse Jazz Fest founder and artistic director Frank Malfitano has announced the names of the headline artists that will be featured at this year's 24th annual jazz festival, June 23-25, at Onondaga Community College. According to Malfitano, the 2006 Syracuse Jazz Fest will thematically take a different approach this year, with dedicated theme nights saluting three American cities ...

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Toronto's Art of Jazz, May 17-21

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2006

By Bill King, Editor Ejazz Springing an event in Toronto's Distillery District any day in May perpetually attracts monsoon like winds, torrential downpours, gloomy overcast skies and temperatures more akin to November's drift into winter's despair. Only the brave or uninformed dare stage multiple days of jazz programming. Fortunately, the masterminds behind Art of Jazz--a nonprofit organization dedicated to year-round development of jazz artists and audiences in Canada selected a few premier indoor facilities in mounting the five-day festival. Lord, ...

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