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Big Names, Local Stars, New Visionaries, More Venues, and a Bit of Rain: The 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The totally free “three-day" 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival really got its start in early June with the first of three Jazz in the Library gigs. The Saint Paul-centered event really expanded across the entire state as the festival-sponsored Jazz Central All-Stars launched a 3-month, six-city tour in late May. The festival's Lowertown/Downtown venues pushed beyond their usual boundaries to follow the new LRT Green Line along University Avenue, with six new “jazz stops" easily accessible via free rides on ...
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Kevin Mahogany Headlines South Bend Jazz Festvial August 16th
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Lampkin Publicity Service
We are proud to announce the 3rd annual South Bend Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 16th from 4:00 p.m till 11:00 p.m; in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center. Free to the Public! Featuring Six international acts from a Variety of Jazz genre. Performing are Headliner Kevin Mahogany; Turkish guitar sensation Ondor Facon with strings; Broadway singer/actress Ntom'khona Dliami, South African bassist and composer Jimmy Mngwandi and saxophonist Danny Lerman; Multi-instrumentalist/singer Darryl Buchanan; Twin Cities-South Bend Jazz Festival Big Band ...
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Bill Charlap on 'Jazz in July'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Next week, New York's 92Y will hold its annual Jazz in July festival at its 92nd St. and Lexington Ave. auditorium. What makes 92Y's jazz fest special is that pianist Bill Charlap serves as artistic director. In the tradition of Billy Taylor, Dick Hyman and other great musicians who have doubled as educators, Bill is as passionate about performing as he is about informing audiences about the music they've come to hear and see. This year's festival includes six individual ...
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Fourth Annual John Coltrane Festival Set For August 30, 2014 In His Hometown Of High Point, North Carolina
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Larry Reni Thomas
By Larry Reni Thomas The Friends of John Coltrane, Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Fourth Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, August 30, 2014, from 1 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester Drive, in High Point, North Carolina. The festival will include music from guitarist/vocalist George Benson, saxophonist Boney James, vocalist Morgan James, guitarist Andreas Varady and vocalist Lattimore. Last year, the third edition, was a huge success and ...
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SFJAZZ Center Announces 2014-15 Season 3 Artist Programming
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
Randall Kline, Founder and Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ, today announced the artist lineup for the SFJAZZ Center’s 2014-15 Season running September 11, 2014 to May 31, 2015. The award-winning SFJAZZ Center opened on January 21, 2013 in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood and has been recognized as one of the best new performing arts centers in the country, receiving awards from architecture and acoustic organizations. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 23 at 11:00am PST. “SFJAZZ Center has established ...
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Transart & Cultural Services, Inc. Celebrates The 14th Annual Jazz In The Valley Festival Sunday, August 17
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc. Celebrates the 14th Annual Jazz in the Valley Festival Sunday, August 17, at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie featuring The Message: Javon Jackson, Buster Williams, Steve Turre, Gary Bartz, Eddie Henderson, George Cables & Lewis Nash, Plus Kenyatta Beasley, Melba Joyce, Chocolate Armenteros, Zon Del Barrio, Nicky Marrero and Mike Torsone Poughkeepsie, NY – Join TRANSART & Cultural Services on Sunday, August 17, at 11:00 am for an afternoon of sensational music at the 14th annual ...
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Get On The Bus With WBGO To Spend A Day At Newport Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Get on the Bus with WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM to Spend A Day at the Newport Jazz Festival® August 1, 2 or 3 Newport, RI - You could take a train, a plane, a car or a boat, but if you’re in Newark, New York City, Brooklyn or Boston, take one of the WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM luxury buses to the 60th anniversary celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management August 1 - 3. For ...
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Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince 2014
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Michael Ricci
By Shannon J. Effinger Experiencing the rhythms of Haitian music for the first time in college was overwhelming to the senses. It was perhaps my first visceral connection to both jazz and my own Trinidadian heritage. My upbringing deprived me of the latter being culturally assimilated into the American culture. Visiting Haiti for the first time in January brought back those memories and certainly created new ones at this year's International Jazz Festival of Port-au-Prince. This year's line-up included acts ...
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