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Legendary Downbeat Magazine Devotes a 16-Page Insert to the "Best of the Fests"
Montreal - In its October 2009 edition, bearing the signatures of influential jazz journalists and critics Ed Enright, Michael Bourne, Joshua Jackson and Michael Jackson, highly respected DownBeat magazine paid the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal a very special tribute, describing it as the jazz festival par excellence: “Bigger! Better! Best, actually..." A 16-page insert ...
A Real Boy, Seven Decades Later: Dick Jones, the Voice
Next year marks the 70th anniversary of “Pinocchio," my favorite Disney film, and Dick Jones, the actor who gave voice to the beloved title character, will be a special guest at the Lone Pine Film Festival next weekend (Oct. 9-11). If you're not familiar with that festival, it's got a wagon-wheel ethos with its emphasis on ...
Eclectic Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Unites Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens in San Francisco
Warren Hellman is the kind of billionaire investment banker who makes it hard to hate billionaire investment bankers. Every year, Hellman a successful venture capitalist and an amateur banjo player organizes something called the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, a three-day celebration of picking and strumming in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park. Opened to all and 100 ...
13th Annual Edgefest 2009: Reeds of Change in SE Michigan
The 13th annual Edgefest (October 14-17, 2009) will feature an international roster with a focus on reed instruments as it presents some of the most celebrated and creative multi-instrumentalists on the scene today. In the tradition of Edgefest, the roster also includes performers and ensembles that live in our home community of SE Michigan. This year, ...
40,000 Fans Attend 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon Wraps Up Emotional Weekend. 40,000 Fans Celebrate The Joy Of Jazz, September 18 - 20, 2009. Four-time Grammy-Winning Vocalist Dianne Reeves Named As MJF/53 Artist-In-Residence Once again, the festival organizers have brought together fantastic music and a warm community atmosphere for an experience that will be remembered for ...
Line-up Announced for 39th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert
International jazz greats will convene at the University of Pittsburgh Nov. 3 through Nov. 7 for the 39th annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert-the longest-running event of its kind in the country. Legendary musicians taking part this year include George Cables, piano; Terri Lyne Carrington, drums; Leon Lee Dorsey, Pitt assistant professor of jazz studies and ...
Jazz at Seattle Weekly Reverb Festival
Saturday, October 3 Volterra Restaurant festival website 5:00 p.m. ~ WMS Jazz Quartet and String Ensemble Every year, Seattle Weekly donates five percent of the proceeds from REVERB to a music-related nonprofit. This year, it’s Friends of Washington Music, which helps fund the music program at South Seattle’s Washington Middle ...
41st Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival Announces Lineup
Photo Credit: Ricard Cugat41st VOLL-DAMM BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUPHEADLINERS TO INCLUDE WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET, CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON, BRAD MEHLDAU, MARCUS MILLER, BELA FLECK, AND KIND OF BLUE @ 50 - JIMMY COBB'S SO WHAT BANDFestival to conclude with Chano Dominguez in NYC At ...
Los Angeles to Host City's First Asian American Jazz Festival
The first annual Asian American Jazz Festival aims to be the world's premiere festival celebrating the creative and innovative artistic visions and achievements of Asian American and Asian jazz artists from around the world. Although all artists come from different experiences, their interconnected identities unite them through a common musical medium to create a unique, expressive, ...
First Annual Asian American Jazz Festival Launches October 30 Through November 1, 2009
Asian jazz artists from around the world will appear together for the first time at the Asian American Jazz Festival (AAJF) in Los Angeles, celebrating their unique contributions to the international jazz scene. Headliners include Japanese piano genius Hiromi, Filipina “jazzipino” sensation Charmaine Clamor, Korea’s #1 jazz quintet Prelude, and the champion of the 2006 London ...
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