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Announcing the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 21-23, 2012
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Monterey Jazz Festival
Tickets Go on Sale Today for the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 21-23, 2012 Headliners Include Tony Bennett, Esperanza Spalding, Pat Metheny Unity Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Bill Frisell, Melody Gardot, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Jack DeJohnette, Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, Monterey Jazz Festival’s 55th Anniversary Celebration with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter, Benny Green, Lewis Nash, and Many More Monterey, CA: Tickets go on sale ...
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Copenhagen Jazz Festival Announces Headline Acts
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Michael Ricci
Legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter (US), sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar (IN), and afrobeat inventor Tony Allen (NG) will all be playing at this summer’s Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Also, three new festival posters have been revealed. The poster has been an important part of Copenhagen Jazz Festival since 1980. Every year a new artist is commissioned to design the poster. A tradition that throughout the years has resulted in very varied expressions. “This year’s festival posters are done by graphic designer Leo ...
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14th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival Set to Be a "Roy-al" Affair
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Michael Ricci
The Healdsburg Jazz Festival will take the wine country by storm for the 14th consecutive year with a power-packed roster of jazz “Roy-alty”—that's Roy as in Haynes, the legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master—and a bevy of veterans and jazz rising stars. The festival is proud to present for the first time, NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, a unique vocal force in the music for over half a century. Healdsburg, which has never compromised its vision of presenting authentic jazz ...
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17th Annual Jazz On Fourth Street Festival Lineup Announced
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
Presented by Fourth Street Merchants and KCSM/Jazz 91, the 17th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival, benefiting the jazz programs at Berkeley High School, will feature free performances from famed radio host and pianist Dick Conte’s Quartet with Steve Webber on bass, Steve Heckman on saxophones and Bill Moody on drums; the classic blues sounds from three-time Grammy Nominated vocalist Lady Bianca; and the classic and contemporary Cuban and Salsa repertoire from Rumbaché. The Berkeley High School Combo A, awarded ...
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DC Jazz Festival Announces 2012 Travel Package
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Chris M. Slawecki
The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) today announced that the Washington Marriott Wardman Park hotel and Amtrak are extending special discounted travel packages to out-of-town jazz enthusiasts planning to attend the 2012 Festival, which will take place June 1-10 in venues throughout the nation’s capital city. “We have been enthused about the considerable number of out-of-town fans who have attended the Festival in prior years," said DCJF Executive Producer Charles Fishman. “This year, thanks to the generous support of the Washington ...
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North East Florida Jazz Association To Host Jazz Festival
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Barbara Salter Nelson
The North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) is celebrating their 25th anniversary by presenting a one-day Jazz Festival featuring some of the best national and local musicians on the jazz scene today. The Jazz Festival will be from 1:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Ormond Beach Center for the Performing Arts. “For 25 years our mission has been to keep jazz alive in northeast Florida,” said NEFJA president Muriel McCoy. “This festival celebrates what we ...
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NJPAC to mount major jazz festival in October
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Michael Ricci
Newark, a city once teeming with jazz, will be filled with those glorious sounds again in October, when the New Jersey Performing Arts Center presents the James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival. The first major jazz festival in Newark in 15 years, it will take place the week of Oct. 15 to 21. There will be two star-studded concerts—featuring George Benson, the Manhattan Transfer, Terence Blanchard and others—plus more events at NJPAC and other venues, including Newark public schools. More ...
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NJPAC & Radio Partner WBGO 88.3 FM Announce Moody Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NJPAC AND WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM ANNOUNCE JAMES MOODY DEMOCRACY OF JAZZ FESTIVAL AND SARAH VAUGHAN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ VOCAL COMPETITION Newark, NJ: The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and WBGO Jazz 88.3FM announced today that they will inaugurate The James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival, a weeklong celebration of jazz and the musical legacy of longtime Newarker and beloved jazz musician James Moody. Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer Christian McBride serves as Artistic Adviser to the Festival, which will ...
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