Festival News

Catch the Next Wave in Toronto

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2005

The TD Canada Trust Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival presents The Next Wave Series, a fusion of live music and visual arts that will make your senses dance. Digital media artists accompany music as it is created to enhance your audio and visual experience.

All Next Wave Series performances will be at the National Film Board Cinema, 150 John St. @ 8 pm. This avant-garde series runs from Friday, June 24 to Wednesday, June 29 and includes a wide range of ...

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2nd Annual Canadian Guitar Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2005

The 2nd Annual Canadian Guitar Festival kicks into high gear on July 22nd at the Odessa Fair Grounds, just 11 kilometres west of Kingston (near Highway 401). The theme of this year’s three-day outdoor celebration is “Virtuosity Meets Song”. Featuring many of the world’s most prominent guitarists, and in keeping with the theme of this year’s festival, many of these virtuosi are also adept vocalists.

This year’s festival is headlined by the Algerian-born French guitarist, Pierre Bensusan, who graced Southern ...

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Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival - Located in KC’s historic 18th and Vine district.

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2005

Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival | June 17-19 Catch hep cats fakin’ and swappin’ fours. Dig KC ‘Que so good it’s gone. Don’t cost much bread. Take five Daddy-o’s Day weekend and make the scene; slow-cooked, served family-style. Cool. (Non-hep cat translation) See some of the world’s finest musicians as they improvise and trade solos. Enjoy KC barbeque so delicious it’s…delicious. All for a great price! Do swing by Father’s Day weekend, and bring the kids for plenty of family-style ...

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York Theatre Royal to host new Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2005

This summer twenty of the brightest stars in rejuvenated, world class British Jazz take over the York Theatre Royal for two days of thrilling music on July 29 and 30 for a brand new York event! York Dune Jazz Festival. York@Large have joined forces with J-Night, the Theatre Royal and Dune Records to bring an exciting line up of award-winning stars such as Soweto Kinch, Denys Baptiste, Zara Macfarlane, Abram Wilson, Alex Wilson and Jazz Jamaica to the city. York ...

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Berklee College of Music Marks 20 Years of Innovating Education at Umbria Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2005

BOSTON, MA (USA), June 2, 2005 – Berklee College of Music in July will celebrate its 20th season of jazz education at the Umbria Jazz Festival, in Perugia, Italy, July 5 – 17, 2005, with the Berklee Summer School at Umbira Jazz Clinics, held at the Scuola Elementare Ciabatti" Via Brunacci Brunamonti. Over those 20 years, the college has brought a sample of its jazz and improvisation curriculum to mostly young Italian and other European musicians whose source of music ...

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Kingston Jazz Festival Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Free Admission To All Events

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2005

June 14, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES KINGSTON JAZZ FESTIVAL Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Down by the river in the Rondout section of Kingston, NY FREE ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS The ALL-STAR lineup includes: 12:00 PM The Groningen Art Ensemble In association with Hanze University (North Netherlands Conservatoire) Groningen, the Netherlands With Joris Teepe, Don Braden, Dena DeRose, Ron Jackson, Brian Lynch, Ralph Peterson. 1:30 PM The Renee Rosnes Quartet 2:45 PM The Jon ...

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JVC Jazz Festival – New York Presents: "Portrait of Jaco" Remembering Jaco Pastorius at Beacon Theater June 22

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2005

NEW YORK, NY – Don’t miss an evening of fusion at its finest Wednesday, June 22, at 8:00 p.m. at the Beacon Theatre when the JVC Jazz Festival – New York presents Seven Steps to Jaco starring Steps Ahead (2005) featuring Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Steve Smith, Mike Stern and Richard Bona plus a dynamic tribute Portrait of Jaco: Remembering Jaco Pastorius featuring Steve Bailey, Jeff Berlin, Richard Bona, Oteil Burbridge, Matthew Garrison, Will Lee, Christian McBride, Felix Pastorius, Gerald ...

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Oliver Jones, Ravel, Poulenc, Saint-Saens, and Tchaikowsky close the Montreal Chamber Music Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2005

Rosemarie Landry, David Jalbert, Wonny Song, Gabriel Gascon, Nina Hellman among featured musicians and artists Montreal, June 13, 2005 ─ The Montreal Chamber Music Festival closes its 10th year of programming with an enchanting series of classical and jazz concerts at the Chalet atop Mount Royal. Memories of childhood will be reawakened by Thursday’s concert, featuring Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Poulenc’s The Story of Babar and Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. Friday night is Jazz night and this year’s season ...

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