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The First Jazz Museum in Europe

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2002

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Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces Winners Of Its Seventh Annual Essentially

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2002

The Best High School Jazz Bands In The Country! 1st Place - ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Seattle, Washington 2nd Place - GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, Seattle, Washington 3rd Place - NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Miami, Florida New York, NY, May 13, 2002: Tonight, three high school jazz bands two from Seattle, Washington and one from Miami, Florida took top honors in the Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) Seventh ...

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Tony Bennett to Repeat Starting Role at Newport Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2002

By Sheila Lennon projo.com features producer

NEWPORT / 2 p.m. -- Singer Tony Bennett and a performance conducted by Bill Cosby highlight this year's JVC Jazz Festival-Newport on Aug. 9-11, according to a schedule announced today.

Bennett will launch the Festival Friday night with one long set beginning at 8:15 p.m. on the lawn of the Newport Casino at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave.

The performance marks a return to the festival by Bennett, who had ...

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Manhattan Transfer, David Sandborn, Joe Sample, Bio Ritmo to Play Western Carolina Jazz Festival, June 14-15

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2002

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Tickets are on sale now for hot jazz in the cool Smoky Mountains this June as Western Carolina University hosts the CulloWHEE! ArtsFest, a summer celebration of live music and fine art featuring national recording artists The Manhattan Transfer, David Sanborn, Joe Sample and Bio Ritmo.

The new outdoor festival, set for Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, will be held on the campus of Western Carolina on intramural sports fields near the Ramsey Regional Activity ...

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Woodside California School Student Wins Downbeat Jazz Student Competition

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2002

Down Beat's Student Music Awards are 25 years old. That's more than one-fourth the time that jazz has been tickling eardrums. For 25 years the awards have honored and acknowledged the students and teachers that have cultivated and nurtured the growth of jazz education. For the first time, a student at Woodside School has been honored with this prestigious award for her jazz vocals.

Seventh grader Haley (Hale) Baskin has not been singing jazz for years as one might expect. ...

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Third Annual Jazz Festival in Furiani, Corsica

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2002

The Jazz Equinoxe Corsica association has organized its 3rd Annual Jazz festival. On this little mediterranean island, whose residents have included Napoleon and Paoli, and also the Bastia soccer team, this year we're featuring special guests Joshua Breakstone and Masters of Groove.

May 30th - Joshua Breakstone Trio, Lucien Ferreri Band May 31th - Hoochie Coochie Men , Part JanJack Trio June 1st - Masters of Groove (feat. Reuben Wilson-Grant Green Jr.-Bernard Purdie), Michel Sardaby/Joshua Breakstone ...

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Two-day tribute to The Music of John Coltrane by the Montclair Office of Art and Cultural Development

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2002

Local and youth jazz ensembles will perform in several business districts during the early evening hours followed by a restaurant/pub crawl on May 10th. Saturday afternoon will be filled with afternoon concerts in the Montclair High School Amphitheater showcasing some of the finest in jazz ensembles, followed by an evening musical extravaganza in the High School Auditorium with the 21-piece AFRICA BRASS PROJECT and St. Paul's Baptist Church Gospel Choir.

Sponsored by Montclair Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, ...

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Malandro Records Announces New Releases by Trio Da Paz and Duduka Da Fonseca

Source: All About Jazz
May 9, 2002

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