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Jazz This Week: Chesterfield Jazz Festival, Patrice Rushen, Andre Delano, Wine Dine and Jazz Festival, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's jazz festival time across North America, with major events taking place in a number of cities including Montreal, Vancouver, Minneapolis -St. Paul, Washington DC, and more. And though our town no longer has a large-scale, multi-day fest since the unfortunate demise of the St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival a few years back, local jazz fans can take some solace in two smaller festivals plus many other jazz-related events happening around town this weekend. Let's go to the highlights... ...
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The Jazz Bakery Presents 2014 Angel City Jazz Festival Lineup Announced
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
Angel City Arts today announced the programming for the 2014 Angel City Jazz Festival presented by the Jazz Bakery. Los Angeles’s only non-commercial jazz and new music festival, Angel City, is a celebration of cutting edge music at the city’s most exciting and prestigious venues including LACMA, REDCAT, Blue Whale, The Aratani Theatre, Zipper Concert Hall at The Colburn School, and Barnsdall Art Park. The festival will feature innovative and original musicians from around the world. The curated programming will ...
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Las Vegas Jazz Festival Lineup A Guaranteed Winner
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Cameo, Keith Sweat, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Eric Benét, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Will Downing, Brian Culbertson, Euge Groove and more will put the soul into the September 19-21, 2014 music festival. Phoenix, Arizona: Since the roots of jazz are in rhythm and blues, it should be no surprise that a stellar cast of Grammy-winning and chart-topping R&B and funk artists have been booked to perform at the Las Vegas Jazz Festival slated for September 19-21, 2014 outdoors ...
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Earth Wind & Fire Experience Completes Line-Up For Love Supreme Jazz Festival
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Michael Ricci
Two weeks until the UK’s only major green-field jazz festival returns to Glynde Place The line-up for Jazz FM's Love Supreme Jazz Festival is now complete thanks to the addition of the Earth Wind & Fire Experience featuring five-time Grammy-winning original member Al McKay. McKay will line-up alongside a host of international stars including Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Gregory Porter, Soul II Soul, Imelda May, De La Soul, Snarky Puppy, Courtney Pine, Dave Holland, Curtis Stigers and Incognito, for what ...
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Last Chance To Buy $55 Discount Tickets For Newport Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
The Countdown Is On... $55 Newport Jazz Festival Discount Tickets End July 6 NEWPORT, RI – Don’t let a great local discount slip away... head to the Newport Visitors Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, by July 6 to take advantage of $55 General Admission tickets for Newport Jazz Festival concerts at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3. Beginning Monday, July 7, single-day tickets for Saturday and Sunday will be $74 in advance and ...
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Vision Festival 19 Concludes With Pianos And A Voice.
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Chris Rich
Along with the celebrations of Amiri Baraka and Roy Campbell on the final day of Vision Festival 19 are several ensemble situations for piano from a duet fir Angelica Sanchez, a trio for Connie Crothers and the venerable Dave Burrell in striking quartet with Kidd Jordan, William Parker and Hamid Drake. And the voice of Fay Victor in a drum duet makes a perfect contrast. It is a quintessence of the Vision Festival outlook that Art for Arts has carefully ...
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Vision Festival 19 Has The Matthew Shipp Trio In The Thick Of It
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Chris Rich
In many ways, Saturday is a miniature of the entire guiding outlook and purpose of this annual love labor from Arts For Art. All elements, discussion, youth support, poetry and a well sequenced array of distinct and personal performance statements are present and the stalwart Matthew Shipp Trio speaks to the element of continuity. A FUTURE OF VISION (Honoring the Next Generation) 12:30 Forum on : The legacy of Improvised Music Featuring Dave Sewelson, Connie Crothers, Michael T.A. Thompson, Lisa ...
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Vision Festival 19 Welcomes Whit Dickey And James Blood Ulmer
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Chris Rich
In addition to celebrations of Roy Campbell and Amiri Baraka, the creators of Vision Festival love to support under appreciated masters such as Whit Dickey. And they craft special gatherings such as a revisit of a ground breaking James Blood Ulmer unit called The Music Revelation Ensemble. Whit Dickey will lead his quartet in the opening performance and the Music Revelation Ensemble will close out the night. 7:00 Whit Dickey Quartet Whit Dickey – drums Mat Maneri – ...
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