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10th Annual Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival
The first college of jazz celebrates the birthplace of jazz as the 10th annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival pays tribute to music and culture of New Orleans five years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. From September 15-25, world-renowned superstars and popular local acts perform free and ticketed concerts throughout the city. The 10-day event culminates on ...
Trumpets Sound at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 6 - 8
Writer Eugene Holley, Jr. gives his take on trumpet masters performing at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI--Buddy Bolden blowing on the Mississippi, the clarion call of Louis Armstrong's “West End Blues," the revolutionary, reordering of modern music proclaimed by Dizzy Gillespie's “Night in Tunisia," to the walking-on eggshell artistry of Miles Davis; trumpeters have always ...
Allen Toussaint is All Smiles at the Montreal Jazz Festival
A standing ovation is a pretty great way to start a concert--and with more than 50 years of songwriting and recording to his credit, Allen Toussaint deserves nothing less. The warm welcome came at 6PM in a church basement just outside of the Montreal Jazz Festival grounds, and from there the evening unfolded like the best-kept ...
Lou Reed's Free Jazz Gets Hostile Reception in Montreal
There must have been something in the water this past weekend--first LCD Soundsytem were subjected to a spate of bottle throwing in London, and now comes a report that Lou Reed received a less than kind welcome at a show for the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Reed subjected the crowd to some of his free jazz ...
A Spectacular Night - Marred by One Idiot
Guitarist John Scofield was a great choice to open the New Orleans portion/final phase of the 2010 Montreal International Jazz Festival. His Piety Street Band released an exceptional funky New Orleans-gospel and blues-based CD under the Piety Street name earlier this year. The band was even better in person last night at the Theatre Maisonneuve. Pianist/B3 ...
Crowds throng Fillmore Jazz Festival
By lunchtime, Stephanie Woodford had drawn an impressive crowd around her waist-high Casio keyboard, which she was playing with a serious, intense frown on her face, her eyes on her hands and her head bowed over the sheet music. She hit the last notes and the crowd whooped--and the frown disappeared. Stephanie grinned and bowed, and ...
Philly jazz festival a state-funded extravagance
In successfully seeking $1 million from Pennsylvania's taxpayers, the organizers of last month's West Oak Lane Jazz Festival said they expected a crowd that would rival Woodstock. “We anticipate in excess of 500,000 festival attendees from around the world," reads a portion of the grant application for the June 18-20 event, which was approved with the ...
Manchester Jazz Festival Announces the Full 2010 Line Up
As some readers of this blog will know, I'm involved with the annual Manchester Jazz Festival that's coming up very soon now. Our lovely team have just put out a press release, so I thought it'd be handy to include it here. The fest is gonna be a goodun:Manchester Jazz Festival (mjf), celebrates its ...
Musical Musings from Montreal
Two and a half days into my Montreal International Jazz Festival stay, or even minutes into it for that matter, one thing is apparent. This is a jazz festival that never gets tired - and keeps evolving and improving year after year after year. This 31st edition, which began June 25 and runs through July 6, ...
Sonny Rollins in Montreal
Sonny Rollins in Montreal. June 27, 2010.Set list:1. Patanjali2. My One and Only Love3. Global Warming4. They Say It's Wonderful5. Low Down Dirty ShameYes, Sonny sings the blues!Check out Russell's Malone impressions on playing with Sonny:“He's an encyclopedia of songs and ...
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