Jazz News

San Antonio Summer Art and Jazz Festival, June 4-6

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival, also known as SAS Fest (San Antonio Summer Festival) is an annual free 3-day event held on the first full weekend of June. SAS Fest features 10 great jazz concerts, an Arts and Crafts Fair and delicious Texas cuisine.The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival is in its 8th year of presenting great fun and entertainment for the whole family. Friday night's Headliner is Jeff Lofton. Saturday night's headliner is Guillermo ...

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Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Album Now Available

Source: AMT Public Relations
June 1, 2010

Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Available June 1st “Every tune a classic, every player a master, every tune sounding new, every player keeping the spirit of Charles Mingus alive and swinging!" --Michael Bourne, WBGO “A spirited blend of the lush harmonies and boisterous blues sections, interwoven ensemble passages and sudden tempo shifts that made the late bassist Charles Mingus one of the most challenging and celebrated artists in jazz." --Los Angeles Times “[the Big Band] is ...

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Continuum, a Journey Through Jazz - "Spoleto Festival USA"

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

SoulandJazz.com Presents: Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz Episode 8 - “The Spoleto Festival USA" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Available to download NOW - absolutely free, completely legal, and offered in rich CD quality stereo. This week our journey through jazz takes us to the lovely city of Charleston, South Carolina where they are currently hosting one of the foremost International Arts Festivals in the world; The Spoleto ...

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Jazz Arts Group of Columbus Awarded 2010-2011 NAMM Foundation Program Grant

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

Columbus, OH -- NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, announced that the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is one of 25 recipients worldwide to receive a NAMM Foundation Program Grant. The NAMM Foundation's 2010-2011 program grants will allocate $585,000 in funding to support innovative community-based music learning programs that allow more people the opportunity to experience the proven benefits of active music-making. JAG will receive $5,000 to support a new program initiative entitled “Adventures: The ...

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MOCA: Dennis Hopper Double Standard

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

The actor's death casts a shadow over a retrospective of his work, opening July 11 at MOCA, but his close involvement with the event makes it a personal reflection of his role as an artist.

Dennis Hopper was 'closely involved' in upcoming MOCA show, says museum director Jeffrey Deitch.

There have been many tributes to renegade actor Dennis Hopper since he died Saturday at age 74 of complications from prostate cancer. But what might be the biggest tribute to the ...

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Television Singer Starts Myspace Contest to Find Web Developers

Source: MM Entertainment Publicity
June 1, 2010

New York, NY -- Courtney Salter, a neo-soul artist on the Premier Musique Group (PMG) record label, has initiated a contest for all webmasters to design her MySpace page. The winner of the challenge will be allowed on the set of her upcoming music video; be the first to receive her highly anticipated EP Album prior to release; and be invited to her album release party.

The sultry artist's claim to fame in her career thus far, was her past ...

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8th Annual Sol Harvest Manifestivus Announces Line up for 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2010

Be a part Vermont's party of the summer at the eighth annual Sol Harvest, THE MANIFESTIVUS from July 9-10, 2010 in Cabot, VT. The forward thinking, groove-heavy (Jambase) Toubab Krewe based in Asheville, NC will perform both nights with an additional Toubab and Friends performance on Saturday. Friday night will also include a rare backwoods performance by Grammy-winning, film icon, and all around rock star, Mos Def. Other performers include John Browns Body, Sierra Leones Refugee ...

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"American Dreams," New CD by Jazz Vocalist Laurie Antonioli, Due June 22 from Her Intrinsic Music Label

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 1, 2010

Deeply valued as a musician's singer throughout her career, Laurie Antonioli is sure to come into wider awareness and appreciation with the release on June 22 of her fourth album, American Dreams. The stunning new disc, on her Intrinsic Music label, is her first U.S. release since 1985's Soul Eyes (a duo album with George Cables) and amounts to a belated and much-welcome American debut. Years in the making, and in the dreaming, American Dreams is an eclectic project held ...

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