Jazz News

Jazz Forum Arts Presents 2nd Annual Berkshire Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz

August 24 & 25 Events at Butternut Ski Basin in Great Barrington, MA

Jazz Forum Arts will present the 2nd Annual Berkshire Jazz Festival in Western Massachusetts from August 22 through August 25. The Festival kicks-off with a free performance by Festival founder/producer and trumpeter Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars on Thursday August 22 from 6 until 7:30pm at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Route 183 in Stockbridge. Berkshire Club Night will take place Friday August 23, and feature ...

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Exhibition: Skip Bolen | New Orleans Jazz - Photographs of Jazz Fest and the soul of New Orleans

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LOS ANGELES, CA - August 9, 2002 -- An exhibition of Skip Bolen's 20 x 24 inch black & white photographs entitled “New Orleans Jazz - Photographs of Jazz Fest and the soul of New Orleans" will be shown from August 9 through October 3, 2002 at Bakery Art Exhibitions, located in the lobby of famous Los Angeles jazz club, The Jazz Bakery.

Shooting primarily in black & white, using only available light with a Leica camera system, Skip Bolen ...

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Kendra Shank Performs At Fifty-Five Bar In August 23

Source: All About Jazz

“She has her own sensuous way of phrasing, stretching time to suit her taste, a lithe voice, and a knowing repertoire." ~ Gary Giddins, The Village Voice

Jazz vocalist Kendra Shank returns to the intimate Fifty-Five Bar on Friday, August 23rd from 6pm until 9pm. Fifty-Five Bar is located at 55 Christopher Street, at Sheridan Square, in the heart of Greenwich Village. There will be a two-drink minimum with no cover charge. Shank will be joined by long-time collaborator John ...

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KLON Changes Call Letters to KKJZ

Source: All About Jazz

LOS ANGELES - The nation's leading jazz and blues radio station is changing its call letters.

KLON-FM (88.1) will be known as KKJZ-FM (88.1), effective Friday, August 9. The station's position on the FM dial, 88.1, and its programming are unchanged.

“We wanted call letters that accurately reflect the best jazz and blues radio programming in the country," KKJZ-FM General Manager Judy Jankowski said. “KKJZ remains joyfully committed to its mission of preserving and sharing the truly American art forms ...

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Vermont Jazz Center Presents Annual Workshop And Concerts: August 11th to 17th

Source: All About Jazz

The Vermont Jazz Center will present its twenty seventh annual summer workshop this year from August 11th to the 17th at the Putney School in Putney, Vermont. As a part of this workshop, the VJC will offer two concerts to be held at the Loft at Cotton Mill Hill in Bratttleboro, VT, on August 15th and 16th. The Faculty Gala will take place on Thursday, August 15th at 8:00 PM and will include artists Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton (vocals), ...

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1st Annual Masters of American Music Film Festival Swings Into New York

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The 1st Annual Masters of American Music Film Festival premieres at the Anthology Film Archives (2nd Street & 2nd Avenue) on August 24th and 25th.

Conceived by Peter M. Hargrove, an ardent music fan and CEO of the film &

television distribution company Hargrove Entertainment, the film festival has been designed to highlight the people and personalities whose performances put American musical creative genius on the international map with rare public screenings of definitive profiles, many authorized by each performers ...

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Panamanian Flutist Mauricio Smith Dies

Source: All About Jazz

Panamanian flutist Mauricio Smith passed away Saturday, August 3 at 11 p.m.

Mauricio Smith emerged briefly as a solo star in the mid- to late '60s after a long association with Vincentico Valdes, the La Plata Sextet, Joe Valle, and the Joe Cuba Sextet. The son of a flautist who played with the Panama Symphony, he studied at Panama City's National Conservatory of Music, and became a fixture on television and in nightclubs in South and Central America, Puerto Rico, ...

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The Blue Note Proudly Presents Ray Brown Tribute

Source: All About Jazz

Featuring: Russell Malone, Jon Faddis, Regina Carter, Marlena Shaw, Monty Alexander, Nicholas Payton, Kevin Mahogany, Benny Green & Many Others

Tues-Sun Sept 3-8, 2002 Showtimes @ 8:00pm & 10:30pm

Some of the biggest names in jazz will gather at the Blue Note to celebrate the life and music of legendary bassist Ray Brown, who died unexpectedly on July 2, 2002. Ray and his trio were scheduled to perform at the Blue Note for 2 weeks from August 27-September ...

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