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Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2005

DIET COKE HITS THE RIGHT NOTES WITH THE INAUGURAL WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA NEW YORK, June 21, 2005 – Calling all jazz lovers! Diet Coke, the world's leading diet soft drink, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to enriching the artistic substance and perpetuating the democratic spirit of America’s music, today announced the first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the ...

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Boston Symphony Orchestra Presents 2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, September 2-4 In Lenox, Mass.

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2005

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival to be held September 2-4 at the orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Lenox, Mass. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, Madeleine Peyroux, Toots Thielemans, Kenny Werner, Oscar Castro-Neves, Airto, Marian McPartland, Chris Botti, the Yellowjackets, Skitch Henderson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jay Leonhart, and Diane Schuur and the Caribbean Jazz Project.

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Grand Bahama Island Jazz, Rhythm, and Blues Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 8, 2005

Grand Bahama Island and All That Jazz Second Annual Grand Bahama Island Jazz, Rhythm and Blues Festival Features Three-time Grammy Winner Lou Rawls Grand Bahama Island, August 8, 2005 – At the Second Annual Grand Bahama Island Jazz, Rhythm and Blues Festival, scheduled for October 27-30, 2005, jazz enthusiasts and sun-seekers can join in a celebration of island life, soaking up the soulful sounds of legendary jazz performers as they pay tribute to the traditions of jazz on Grand Bahama ...

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Jazz Baritone Saxophone Artist, B.J. Jansen, is selected as a featured artist for the 2005 Mid Point Music Festival.

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2005

PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release What: Philadelphia Area Jazz Baritone Saxophone Artist, B.J. Jansen, is selected as a featured artist for the 2005 Mid Point Music Festival to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Website: http://www.mpmf.com/ When: September 21-24, 2005 (Showcase performance: 10:00pm, September the 23rd at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club http://www.bluewispjazzclub.com/ ) Where: Cincinnati, Ohio Contact: B.J. Jansen: B.J. Jansen, (609) 313-3752 or [email protected] Midpoint: Sarah Hawkins, (513) 509-0772 or [email protected] B.J. Jansen is selected to represent “Philadelphia Jazz” ...

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Vocal Jazz Summit in Mainz, Germany

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2005

The world's vocal jazz scene meets from September 7th to 11th 2005 in Mainz, Germany! First-class concerts of the Vocal Jazz Summit and numerous workshops with the stars make Mainz for five days the hub of the vocal jazz scene. The artists roaster lists: Take 6 * New York Voices * Real Group * m-pact * Vocal Line * VoKAL ToTAL * Montezuma's Revenge * Rajaton * Jazzchor Freiburg * Vivid Voices * BuJazzO * Rhiannon * Andrea Figallo Artistic ...

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Lalah Hathaway and Miguel Zenon, Berklee Performance Center/BeanTown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2005

BOSTON, July 26, 2005 -- Berklee College of Music and the BeanTown Jazz Festival - both of which create accessibility to great jazz for Boston audiences– are partnering to present the opening concert for the fifth-annual BeanTown Jazz Festival, September 23 – 24. On Friday, September 23, Berklee and BeanTown are bringing jazz and R&B vocalist Lalah Hathaway to the Berklee Performance Center for a special pre-festival concert. On Saturday, September 24, the pair brings alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, with ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Labor Day Weekend In Massachusetts

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2005

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the lineup for its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival, to be held September 2-4 at the orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire hills of Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Tony Bennett in a rare performance with the Count Basie Orchestra, saxophone legend Sonny Rollins, Madeleine Peyroux, Toots Thielemans, Kenny Werner, Oscar Castro-Neves, Airto, Marian McPartland, Chris Botti, the Yellowjackets, Skitch Henderson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jay Leonhart, Diane Schuur, and ...

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2nd Annual "Jazz in the 'Wood!"

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2005

JAZZ in the 'WOOD Collingswood, NJ Jazz Festival

Fri. August 19: TYRONE BROWN Sextet LARRY McKENNA Quartet and many others

Sat. August 20: Miss Justine & Tom Lawton MINAS BOOTSIE BARNES & PHILLY GUMBO w/ John Swana DENIS DiBLASIO w/ CLAIRE DALY INGRID JENSEN and more

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