Festival News

BET Jazz To Sponsor Summer Jazz Festivals in the U.S.

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2005

BET Jazz: The 24-Hour Jazz Channel announces festival sponsorship initiatives with major jazz festivals in the United States, from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day. Known for its long-running success in sponsoring and presenting festivals in the Caribbean from such exotic locations as St. Lucia, Barbados, Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman and Turks and Caicos Islands, BET Jazz continues its outreach to some popular jazz festivals stateside, such as the Atlanta Jazz Festival; JVC Jazz Festivals in Miami Beach, FL; New ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Auctons Front Box Seats for 2005 Festival; Auction Ends June 1st

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2005

MEDIA ALERT! May 20, 2005 For Immediate Release Contact Jason Arnold 510/326.4353 [email protected] MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL AUCTIONS FRONT BOX SEATS FOR 2005 FESTIVAL ENTHUSIASTIC BIDDERS RAISE MONEY TO BENEFIT MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL’S JAZZ EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUCTION ENDS JUNE 1st AT 4PM – TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO MAKE A BID! May 20, 2005; Monterey, California; Bidding has commenced for the Monterey Jazz Festival’s 2005 Front Box Auction with 4 seats up for bid. However, time is short and bidders have ...

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The 15th Annual Houston International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2005

Asian Jazz Night Highlights The 2005 Houston International Jazz Festival Contact: Tracy Scott 713.839.7000 Sheldon T. Nunn 281.773.9346

Houston, Texas - The Houston International Jazz Festival kicks off its 15th year with three days of exceptional musical entertainment at Bayou Place and the Verizon Wireless Theater. The event begins its international focus with Asian Jazz Nite on August 5th featuring Heads Up International recording artists Hiroshima, and Houston Five time Grammy nominee, drummer Bubbha Thomas. On August 6th, ...

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Ninth Annual Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2005

Ninth Annual Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music June 15th - June 18th, 2005 Empty Bottle 1035 N. Western Ave Chicago, IL 773-276-3600 Since January 1996, reedist KEN VANDERMARK and writer/musician/producer JOHN CORBETT have brought established stars of the vanguard and emerging artists from all over the world to the Empty Bottle for an extraordinary gathering of Jazz and Improvised music. In its Ninth year, this ...

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Oregon Festival of American Music 2005 - "Cole Porter: Night & Day"

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2005

The Shedd Institute Presents: Oregon Festival of American Music 2005 COLE PORTER: NIGHT & DAY August 4-13, 2005 John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts Hult Center for the Performing Arts Eugene, Oregon

Cole Porter. The very name conjures an image of the sophistication and elegance of American and European high society in the 1920s and 30s. His incomparable catalogue of songs includes some of the most finely crafted, most beloved entries in the ...

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Maynard Ferguson Headlines this years Barnum Festival Champions on Parade Concert

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2005

Bridgeport, CT, May 16, 2005/Barnum Festival/ The Barnum Festival today announced Big Band leader Maynard Ferguson will be the headline performer for this years Champions on Parade event. The concert will take place June 25, 2005 at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT. He will be joined on the ticket by the nations finest drum and bugle corps including the Buglers Hall of Fame. the Hawthorne Caballeros Alumni, the New York Skyliners, Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights, and the Park City Pride. ...

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Jazz and Classical music to reach sublime heights during opening days of Montreal Chamber Music Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2005

Solzhenitsyn, Doxas, Neidich and Rouleau join an international array of artists presenting works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Gershwin and Messiaen Montréal, May 16, 2005 — The Montreal Chamber Music Festival, which runs from May 26th to June 18th 2005, starts its 10th season off on a high note by presenting three evenings of back-to-back concerts immediately after its prestigious gala event on the 25th of May. Jazz and classical music lovers are invited to congregate at the Festival’s signature site, the ...

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Wine Promotions - Food and Wine Festivals and Jazz music at Sydney, Australia

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2005

Nothing is more appropriate that a French style jazz and swing band for wine promotions and food and wine festivals. Viva the band is such a band, they perform a rich tapestry of music skillfully blending a mixture of: jazz, swing, latin, gypsy jazz , salsa, French , cabaret and classic show tunes providing a distinctive continental and “French” ambiance Viva the band have performed at food and wine promotions at Manly and the Hunter Valley The band has been ...

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