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Lollapalooza 2009: Sunday Wrap-Up

August 13, 2009

Lollapalooza 2009 is a wrap, with 11 more hours of music Sunday. As usual, the hour-by-hour report is courtesy of yours truly and my comrades Bob Gendron (BG) and Andy Downing (AD). Thanks, guys. 11:14 a.m. Theres not a cloud in the sky, and the official air temperature at OHare is already a balmy 87 degrees. ...

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Listen and Learn: Rashied Ali, Charles Gayle and William Parker

August 13, 2009

The free-jazz group By Any Means brings its chemistry and history to the Newport festival Newport’s jazz festival - which this year has been christened George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival 55--once again will bring some of the music’s biggest and most popular practitioners to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island. But buried within this weekend’s ...

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OSPAC Jazz Festival 2009

August 13, 2009

A wealth of top jazz artists will perform at the Seventh Annual Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Jazz Festival, Sept. 12 and 13. Among those appearing at the OSPAC amphitheater, 4 Boland Drive (off Prospect Avenue near Route 280) in West Orange, are the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars with bassist John Lee and trumpeter Claudio Roditi ...

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2009 Red Hook Jazz Festival

August 12, 2009

The new Cabrini GREEN Urban Meadow presents the second Red Hook Jazz Festival Sunday, September 13th 2pm-5:30pm. The show is free and open to the public. Families are encouraged to bring their friends and family and have a picnic in the Meadow. Children are encouraged to attend. Hungry March Band The Underground Horns Ras ...

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A Special Weekend Indeed

August 11, 2009

Once something goes away--or is threatened with going away--you find out how much it is appreciated. That was the case this past weekend for George Wein, whose jazz festival in Newport lived on, thanks to his efforts to ensure his Newport legacy survives.He had help from longtime staff, an army of fellow musicians, some ...

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Newport Folk Festival | 08.01 and 08.02 | RI

August 11, 2009

Words by: Bear Connelly | Images by: Jim Brueckner Newport Folk Festival :: 08.01.09 & 08.02.09 :: Fort Adams State Park :: Newport, RI Newport Folk Fest 2009 The Newport Folk Festival is one of the longest running music festivals in America, and this year she celebrated her 50th anniversary (the festival did not take ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2009 Update

August 10, 2009

September 4 - September 6, 2009 The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 4-September 6, 2009 at the Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Paquito d’Rivera, Regina Carter, Nnenna Freelon, Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller, John Pizzarelli, Jessica ...

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Saxophonist Benny Reid at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival

August 10, 2009

Alto saxophonist Benny Reid made an auspicious debut as a leader on his first Concord Records CD, “Findings," last year. Born in Westfield, New Jersey on October 7, 1980, Reid grew up in a musical household where the records of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, {Stan Getz}} and Pat Metheny provided a soundtrack for daily life. “Since ...

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Second-Stage Acts and Other Surprises Steal the Show in Newport

August 10, 2009

NEWPORT, R.I. - One of the great moments in Newport jazz festival history went down this weekend, and it happened away from the main stage. Pianist Hiromi Uehara had been enthralling the crowd at the midsize stage with her wild brand of fusion when she asked her sidemen to step away for a moment so she ...

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Jazz Festival 55 Recorded by NPR Music

August 9, 2009

One of the most diverse and intriguing lineups in recent memory comes to the annual jazz festival in Newport, R.I., celebrating its 55th year this August. NPR Music, with partners WBGO and WGBH, will present live coverage and recording archives of George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55. Download sets from Day 1, including the Vijay Iyer ...