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Montreal Jazz: A Conversation with Andre Menard

July 2, 2010

The Montreal International Jazz Festival is enormous, and it grows a little bit every year. The 31st edition, with more than 700 concerts over 12 days, ends on Tuesday with a festival first: a Mardi Gras parade through the city, complete with floats from New Orleans and music by Trombone Shorty and Allen Toussaint. The organization ...

Newport Riot, 50 Years Later

July 2, 2010

As I write in the Wall Street Journal today (here), Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival riot. On July 2, 1960, upward of 12,000 teens and college students poured into tiny Newport, R.I., for a weekend of excitement. Unfortunately for the partying crowd, 16,500 jazz fans had already purchased all the tickets ...

New Orleans is the Theme at 10th Annual Berklee Beantown Jazz Fest in Boston, September 15-25

July 2, 2010

New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, is the theme of this year's Berklee BeanTown Jazz Fest, taking place in Boston from September 15-25, 2010. Jazz greats such as Terence Blanchard, Jonathan Batiste, and the Wild Magnolias, will bring the Big Easy to Boston, in part to commemorate the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that devastated ...

Wilco Solid Sound Festival set for August 13-15

July 2, 2010

On August 13-15, MASS MoCA will be transforming the sleepy Western Massachusetts town of North Adams into a paradise city for fans of critically acclaimed rock band Wilco. The Wilco Solid Sound Festival - a Wilco-curated 3 day music, art, comedy, and film event - will showcase numerous Wilco side-projects. In the same spirit, Ars Nova ...

Newport Folk Festival & Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival Partner with Hotels

July 1, 2010

George Wein's Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Partner with Newport Hotels for Special Promotions NEWPORT, RI - George Wein's Newport Folk Festival (July 30 - August 1) and the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) are partnering with some of Newport's finest hotels to offer special room and ticket promotions. The ...

Enjoy a Handful of Keys at Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival

July 1, 2010

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2010

June 30, 2010

Taking note of newcomers, up-and-comers The Saratoga Performing Arts Center's annual jazz festival in bucolic Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is many different things to the thousands of attendees, some of whom seem to be there every single year. It's a chance for summer weekend reunions of families, extended families and groups of friends - ...

Monterey Jazz Festival and Monterey Bay Aquarium Announce Weekly "Evenings by the Bay" Summer Concert Series

June 29, 2010

Monterey Jazz Festival and Monterey Bay Aquarium Announce Weekly Evenings by the Bay" Summer Concert Series Performances Feature Live Jazz by Professional Musicians and Students in MJF's Jazz Education Programs, Saturday and Sunday Evenings, July 3 - September 5, 2010 Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the third year of the Evenings ...

ER Doctors Call for End to Raves at L.A. Coliseum

June 29, 2010

Several emergency room physicians Monday called for an end to raves at the Los Angeles Coliseum and Exposition Park after a massive weekend event sent scores of teenagers and young adults to hospitals, mostly for drug intoxication. At least two people were in the intensive care unit for drug intoxication at California Hospital Medical Center, including ...

Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival in September

June 28, 2010

Jazz 88.3 FM, Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association Re-launch Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival: 26 bands, Seven stages, One Fun-filled Day of Music and More! SAN DIEGO (June 2010): Jazz 88.3 and the Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association will make waves in San Diego this fall with its newly expanded Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music ...