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SFJAZZ Announces Artist Lineup for SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012

November 9, 2011

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ—the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival—today announced the complete artist lineup for the SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012. The dynamic and expansive four-month-long concert series begins on February 9 and will continue through June 17. The season will ...

News: Career

Monterey Jazz Festival Names Paul Contos as Director of Education

November 2, 2011

The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce that saxophonist, jazz educator, and director Paul Contos has been named as the Festival's Director of Education. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Paul Contos has been an essential part of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Jazz Education Programs ...

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News: Recording

Todd Rundgren's Live Performance of Classic album 'Todd' Coming On DVD and CD

November 1, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—By the time he recorded the eponymous Todd in 1973, Todd Rundgren had charted with such evergreen hits as “Hello It's Me," “I Saw the Light" and “We Gotta Get You a Woman," and had also been dubbed “Rock's Renaissance Man" by Rolling Stone after releasing studio masterpieces Something/Anything? and A Wizard, A True ...

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Henry Kuntz: Classic OPEYE: 2 Discs: Free Downloads!

October 31, 2011

Silk! is a companion release to Moss 'Comes Silk (Humming Bird CD 1). It was recorded by engineer Myles Boisen the same two days in September 1995 as the earlier release. It is the only time all of the instruments OPEYE was using in performance were individually miked and recorded in a studio setting. The music ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Stanford Lively Arts Kicks Off Jazz Series with Josh Roseman Sextet, November 12 At Campbell Recital Hall

October 27, 2011

Brooklyn-based trombonist, composer, and all-around musical mad-scientist Josh Roseman celebrates his Jamaican heritage with a musical tribute to the founding fathers of dub and ska, presented by Stanford Lively Arts on Saturday, November 12 at 8:00 p.m. in Campbell Recital Hall. A onetime Skatalite himself and a DownBeat “#1 Rising Star" trombonist, Roseman will be joined ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications

October 22, 2011

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications from Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians Next Generation Jazz Festival Includes Free Concerts, Clinics, Workshops, and Jazz Competition, March 30 to April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey Country's Top Young Players Compete for Performance Opportunities at 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band at Royce Hall on December 29th

October 19, 2011

Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band will perform at Royce Hall on December 29 for one unforgettable night. Tickets go on sale Saturday, October 15 at 10:00 AM. For more than thirty-five years, Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band have been delighting audiences with a hot mix of New Orleans inspired music. ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Receives $300,000 Grant from James Irvine Foundation

October 7, 2011

Monterey, CA and San Francisco, CA—The Monterey Jazz Festival and the James Irvine Foundation have announced that Monterey Jazz Festival is the recipient of a $300,000 grant. The Monterey Jazz Festival's award is part of the James Irvine Foundation's $3.7 million in grants to 13 arts institutions on the California Central Coast. The organizations selected this ...

News: Recording

Contemporary jazz vocalist Anne Walsh released her latest album "Go," on September 27th with original songs and lyrics written by the artist

October 3, 2011

Is there time to explore and reflect on musical beauty in the frenetic pace of modern life? It's a question vocalist Anne Walsh asks on her latest CD “Go," which was released September 27th on AtoZink Music. “The title sums up my wish to move forward as an artist, and strike out into areas of the ...

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54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Wraps up Sensational Weekend of Music

October 1, 2011

Monterey, CA: The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival wrapped up Sunday, September 18th after a weekend of stunning weather and incredible performances by debut artists and old favorites alike. 38,000 fans came through the gates of the Monterey County Fairgrounds during the weekend of September 16-18, which featured music from around the globe and from all styles ...