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Jazz Port Townsend Pulls out All the Stops
Jazz Port Townsend, Washingtons largest summer jazz festival turns the Victorian seaport and arts community of Port Townsend into the summer jazz getaway July this weekend. The festival, headlined by such internationally renowned musicians as Taylor Eigsti, Wycliffe Gordon, Ernie Andrews, Sarah Gazarek, Benny Green, and Ambrose Akinmusire, among others, features jazz in the clubs as ...
31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival in Grant Park
The Chicago Jazz Festival, now in its fourth decade as one of the city's great free lakefront festivals, continues to be the place where a rich history meets innovative sound. The 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, produced by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and programmed by the Jazz Institute of Chicago, is Sept. 4-6, 2009, ...
Luanda International Jazz Festival
Many in the African diaspora trace their rhythmic roots to Angola's drumming; from Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August, this musical heritage returns to its source. Musicians from Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa and United States will descend on Cine Atlantico in Angola's capital city, Luanda, to participate in the launch of the Luanda International Jazz ...
Salzburg Music Director Will Leave After 2011
Officials at the Salzburg Festival said that its musical director, Markus Hinterhuser, would not extend his contract past 2011. Organizers of the Viennese music and drama festival said Mr. Hinterhuser, a pianist who has been musical director since 2003, said he had made the decision after discussions with Alexander Pereira, the festivals artistic director designate. In ...
Montreux Jazz Festival Attracts 230,000
The 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival attracted an estimated 230,000 people this year, organizers said Friday. While many shows were free, some required a fee and still attracted 90, 000 fans to performances by acts like Wyclef Jean, pop princess Lily Allen, blues great BB King and a special performance by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, who played ...
Farm Aid 2009: 10/4 St. Louis
Farm Aid 2009 Set For 10/04 In St. Louis Young & Nelson :: Farm Aid 2007 by McCullough Twenty-four years after the first Farm Aid, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp are back with pal Dave Matthews for the annual benefit concert. Farm Aid 2009 will be held in St. Louis on October 4 at ...
Chaka Khan Replaces Etta James at George Wein's Carefusion Jazz Festival 55
Chaka Khan with the George Duke Trio kicks off George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 on Friday, August 7, at 8:00 pm at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, 194 Bellevue Avenue. Due to illness, Etta James has cancelled her August concerts, including her performance in Newport. Hosted by radio announcer Ron ...
Northwest String Summit: The Weekend at Horning's Hideout
Northwest String Summit at Horning's Hideout Northwest String Summit 2008 by B. Ball Returning to Horning's Hideout for the 8th year running, the Northwest String Summit has established itself as one of the few festivals to remain at this unique and beautiful venue, 20 miles west of Portland, Oregon. Fans can spend a weekend at Horning's ...
All Good Festival | 07.09 - 07.12 | WV
Words by: Andrew Bruss | Images by: Kenny Pusey All Good Festival :: 07.09.09 - 07.12.09 :: Marvin's Mountaintop :: Masontown, West Virginia All Good 2009 While Ben Harper and Relentless7 drove through their headlining slot, Ivan Neville of Dumpstaphunk told JamBase, “All Good Festival is an absolutely wonderful festival. It's awesome. You've got a ...
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz 2009 Schedule
2009 Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz continues to be the largest FREE jazz festival in Southern New England. The tradition continues in 2009 in Bushnell Park, America's oldest public park, when the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz presents its 18th annual event featuring three nights and two days of hot and cool jazz on ...
