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2010 Chicago Jazz Festival presented by CareFusion Expands to Four Days of Music, September 2-5

July 29, 2010

Ramsey Lewis 75th Birthday Celebration in Millennium Park, September 3 As a music genre known for riffs and improvisation, it seems only fitting that the 32nd Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, presented by CareFusion has grown throughout the years from a two-day event to a four-day with several locations. The Chicago Jazz Festival is proud to once ...

Folk, Funk, and a Firestorm - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Two

July 28, 2010

Magic Hat Ensemble, Glazz, Tony Woods Project, Huw Jacob, Liane Carroll Trio. Festival Pavilion, Albert Square, Manchester. Saturday 24th July 2010What can you say about the Magic Hat Ensemble? Always good. Always fast. Always lots of tempo changes. It's straight ahead boppy stuff, if a little twisted and mangled, all delivered with panache and ...

Gathering of the Vibes Preview

July 28, 2010

By: Dennis CookJamBase Associate Editor Gathering of the Vibes :: 07.29.10-08.01.10 :: Seaside Park :: Bridgeport, CT Once again the pilgrimage to the Vibes begins as folks gather along the Connecticut shoreline to enjoy headliners including Primus, Furthur, Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Damian “Jr. Gong" Marley & Nas. With Wavy Gravy as ...

Cape May Jazz Festival Announces New Officers and Directors

July 28, 2010

The Friends of Cape May Jazz, the sponsoring organization of the semi-annual Cape May Jazz Festival, announces the election of a new slate of officers and directors for the coming 2010-2011 season. Gene Boyd was elected to the post of president. Formerly the organizations treasurer, Boyd has owned and managed several radio stations, and has been ...

Space is the Place - Manchester Jazz Festival Day One

July 27, 2010

Ralph Alessi with the Jim Hart Trio, Festival Pavilion, Albert Square, Manchester. Nat Birchall Quartet. Friday 23rd July 2010.Marshall Allen & James Harrar's Cinema Soloriens and the Cosmo-Drama, Band on the Wall. Friday 23rd July 2010.So it was finally here, the launch of the fifteenth Manchester Jazz Festival. The proceedings started in ...

Moogfest Adds Big Boi, Jonsi, Caribou

July 27, 2010

NEW ASHEVILLE FEST ADDS THREE MORE ACTS Big Boi The full lineup announcement for MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer Robert Moog to be held in Asheville, NC during Halloween weekend, October 29-31, has been postponed to August 10th, with tickets now going on sale three days later, Friday, August ...

Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band, Free Concert 10/3, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

July 27, 2010

Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF), today announced the 2010 'Latin Jazz Tardeada,' a free outdoor concert with Grammy-winning conguero Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco from 1:00pm--3:00pm. “Tardeada," meaning afternoon gathering or party, will be a celebration ...

The Nice Guy Trio + Strings, World Premiere, 9/4, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

July 27, 2010

The 10th Anniversary Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) presents the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from San Francisco's The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston's “Waking Music" and accordionist Rob Reich's ...

2010 Stanford Jazz Festival in Final Week

July 27, 2010

Ybor Jazz Festival Set for Nov. 2-7 at the HCC Campus

July 26, 2010

Jazz festivals in Tampa have come and gone, and most--like the USF Jazz Festival and the Ybor Jazz Festa--have been short-lived, if often impressive. Now here comes the first Ybor Jazz Festival, and its slogan and lineup make clear its musical intentions: “There's nothing smooth about it!" Some of the area's finest jazz artists, including pianists ...