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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Announces Lineup For 12th Edition June 21-29 With Record Number Of Artists, Concerts And Venues
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
Rochester, NY: John Nugent and Marc Iacona, Producers of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) today announced the lineup for their biggest festival ever, to be held over nine days June 21-29, 2013. The XRIJF 12th Edition will feature Bob James & David Sanborn with Special Guest Steve Gadd, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Roger Hodgson, Pink Martini, Willie Nelson & Family (SOLD OUT), Frampton’s Guitar Circus, Trombone Shorty (his fourth appearance at XRIJF), Sharon Jones & The Dap ...
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The Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari Blazing Through The Islands
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Reed Hadley
“Caribbean Jazz Shines Brighter” Initially conceiving the idea some twenty years ago Barbados Businessman/promoter Tom Hinds saw his vision of more than 20 years become a reality last month at the debut of the first of a series of Caribbean music festivals titled The Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari. His concept was to take a simple plan that worked for many years at his Naniki Amphitheater/Resort and expand it throughout the Caribbean islands, particularly those islands that have not hosted music ...
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Newport Jazz Festival Swings With The Ages
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
From Emerging Geniuses to Established Giants The Newport Jazz Festival Swings with the Ages Newport, RI: Jazz, like life, begins at 40! That is around the age when jazz musicians sift through their early impressionable years; when they go through the necessary period of trying to emulate their heroes, and eventually sound like themselves – singing and swinging with their own unique voices. The Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which itself turns 60 next year, has ...
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Ballard Jazz Festival and Bellevue Jazz Festival Announce Lineups
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Saxophonist Gary Bartz, drummer Allison Miller, pianist Cyrus Chestnut and vibraphonist Stefon Harris (pictured here) are all headed this way, as the Seattle area’s two spring jazz festivals gear up for action. In Ballard the excitement takes place over four nights (April 17-20) in 15 venues in its namesake neighborhood. A popular highlight is the Ballard Jazz Walk, Friday, April 19, when 12 clubs provide non-stop entertainment and the sidewalks overflow with fans, Mardi Gras style. The Ballard Festival also ...
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Newport Jazz Festival Presents Swinging Young Stars
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
2013 Newport Jazz Festival Continues Tradition of Showcasing Swinging Young Stars of Today and Tomorrow August 2-4 “We now have so many music schools graduating people who major in jazz, and there’s amazing talent out there. I want to give these young people exposure and be a part of what they’re bringing to music while still respecting the jazz that I love. I want Newport and what I do to relate to the music that’s happening now and what all ...
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36th Annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Announces 2013 Lineup
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Michael Ricci
SAT, JUNE 29 - SUN, JUNE 30 Tony Bennett, Buddy Guy, David Sanborn & Bob James, McCoy Tyner Quartet with special guest John Scofield, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Kevin Eubanks, Gregory Porter and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Gamak, among others The 36th annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest running jazz events in the world, will be held on Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Following the ...
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Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway Maturing Into A Stellar Vintage
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Single-day tickets go on sale as the festival partners with Bay Area radio station KBLX-FM Los Angeles, CA: Eager wine and jazz enthusiasts voraciously scooped up all the multiday VIP and Silver ticket packages for the second edition of Brian Culbertson’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, the flourishing festival slated for June 5-9, 2013 in Napa, CA, but single-event tickets are now on sale for concerts featuring a luminous lineup of performers. San Francisco Bay Area’s R&B 102.9 FM KBLX has ...
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Newport Jazz Festival: Natalie Cole, Freddy Cole, Gregory Porter, Dee Alexander
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
2013 NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL GIVES VOICE TO AN EXCITING SLATE OF SOULFUL LEGENDS AND RISING STARS FEATURING NATALIE COLE, GREGORY PORTER FREDDY COLE AND DEE ALEXANDER NEWPORT, RI: Continuing the rich tradition of presenting the best of emerging and established musicians, the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival, produced by Newport Festivals Foundation, will feature an eclectic slate of legendary and rising vocalists who skillfully embody the power and history – and the swing and groove – of the uniquely American musical ...
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