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Is Jazz Dead?: Stretching the Festival Definition of Jazz

June 26, 2009

With Canadian summer jazz festivals featuring everything from the gospel sounds of The Sojourners and straight-ahead jazz saxophonist David Sanborn to Nigerian superstar King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, the definition of jazz has become fluid. Okay, so here's another question: What is jazz? And another: Is jazz a meaningless term? Or even: Is jazz ...

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Info-Festival - Thursday, June 25, 2009

June 26, 2009

Official opening in 4 days! Only five days remain before the opening of the 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, which will be held from Tuesday, June 30 to Sunday, July 12, 2009! The press room-the heart of the Festival New this year, the Festival press room is located in the Maison ...

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Reggae Rising Artist Additions

June 26, 2009

Reggae Rising Music Festival Announces Lineup By Day Plus New Additions Toots and the Maytals Reggae Rising Music Festival is proud to announce our latest lineup additions (Toots and the Maytals, Sister Carol, Rebelution and DeMarco) plus artist lineup by day, the all new late night dancehall “Club Umoja" with special appearances by Million Stylez, Norrisman, ...

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Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, September 22-26, 2009

June 25, 2009

Now in its ninth year, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival—Boston's largest and most popular outdoor festival—has expanded to five days and seven stages at locations in Boston and Cambridge, and has named world-renowned drummer and Berklee professor Terri Lyne Carrington its new artistic director. From September 22 to 26, superstars and local artists will come together ...

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Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Wraps up Spectacular Record-Setting 8th Edition

June 24, 2009

Mark Your Calendars for the Ninth Edition, June 11-19, 2010 Rochester, NY--The 8th Annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival presented by M&T Bank wrapped up a spectacular nine days of music presented by some of the world’s greatest artists. Attendance this year was 133,000 topping last’s year’s record of 125,000 and marking the seventh straight year ...

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Ron Della Chiesa: Aficionado Hosts Friday Night Jazz Festival Concerts

June 23, 2009

George Wein and his jazz festivals have been a tradition in Newport for the past 55 years, but there's another mainstay that music lovers have come to anticipate--Ron Della Chiesa as the host of the Friday night concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, 194 Bellevue Avenue. This year, Della Chiesa ...

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Vico Jazz Festival in Naples

June 23, 2009

One of the most eagerly anticipated annual musical events in Naples is set to make its return to the city in just a few weeks. Now in its eighth year, Vico Jazz aims to promote the art for on a national and international scale and has worked hard over the last few years to set up ...

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Free Fest Announces 1st Artists

June 23, 2009

HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2009 FREE in Golden Gate Park - First Round of Artists The 9th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will once again come to San Francisco's Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park. Set to go down October 2-4 2009, the first round of artists has been announced. And did we mention ...

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Bobby Sanabria at the Aspen Ideas Festival

June 21, 2009

International percussionist and drummer Bobby Sanabria joins world leaders from all over the globe at The Aspen Ideas Festival, to be held June 29th through July 5th 2009 in Aspen, Colorado. Presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic Magazine the annual event has sizzled up a stimulating and inspiring festival of presentations, lectures, panels, and ...

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Telluride Brews Additions: Farka Toure and Osborne

June 20, 2009

Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Adds Vieux Farka Toure and Anders Osborne to the Lineup Vieux Farka Toure The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival has added Vieux Farka Toure and Anders Osborne to an already impressive lineup. The little known world music up and comer Vieux Farka is turning heads with his radical idea ...