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Stevie Wonder Opens the Place Des Festivals with a Concert Inaugurating the 30th Edition of the Festival

May 12, 2009

Stevie Wonder opens the Place des festivals with a concert inaugurating the 30th edition of the Festival Grand vnement General Motors, Tuesday, June 30 at 9:30 p.m. Montreal -- The Festival International de Jazz de Montral is extremely proud to offer our loyal fans another gorgeous gift as part of this 30th anniversary: a very special ...

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2009 Montreal Jazz Festival Line-Up

May 11, 2009

The Montreal Jazz Festival has announced the artists who will be performing at 170 indoor, ticketed concerts during its 30th anniversary event this summer. The festival runs June 30 through July 2. Special events at this year's festival will include a celebration of Blue Note's 70th anniversary, along with concerts from the Maria Schneider ...

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Maryland's Capital Jazz Fest 2009

May 11, 2009

17th annual Capital Jazz Fest, featuring live contemporary jazz and soul music on two big stages. This year's Fest will be held June 5-7, 2009 at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Since its inception in 1993, the Capital Jazz Fest which guitarist Chuck Loeb once referred to as the “Woodstock of jazz festivals" has continually showcased the biggest ...

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Seattle Times: Newport's Ariel Pocock Could Be Next Ellington-Tapped Star

May 10, 2009

The Seattle Times' reporter Hugo Kugiya is covering the Essentially Ellington competition in New York City. NEW YORK CITY -- Newport High School sophomore Ariel Pocock was just one of about 400 student jazz musicians who filled the Frederick P. Rose Hall Friday afternoon for the official start of the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band ...

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Virgin Music Fest Expands to Five Canadian Cities

May 9, 2009

The Virgin Music Festival will hit five Canadian cities this summer, including Montreal, the event’s organizers announced today. The festival, which launched in 2006, is sponsored by Virgin Mobile Canada, which was fully acquired by Canadian telecommunications giant Bell Canada today. Event organizers didn’t disclose which cities the festival would be hitting, naming only Ontario, British ...

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Maceo Parker, Zappa, STS9 Anchor Jam Cruise Lineup

May 8, 2009

Now in its eighth year, the popular Jam Cruise will embark January 3, 2010 with a host of funk, techno, and roots-rock related acts on board. STS9, Maceo Parker, Zappa Plays Zappa, and the John Medeski/Robert Randolph/North Mississippi Allstars vehicle The Word are some of the top acts scheduled to play. The five night concert voyage ...

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Sierra Nevada World Music Fest

May 8, 2009

SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS BRINGS REGGAE, WORLD MUSIC & EXPANDED DANCEHALL HOURS TO MENDO Femi Kuti Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (SNWMF) is still going strong after sixteen years as the region's premier World and roots Reggae music festival. Held annually during the summer solstice weekend, this year's event takes place June ...

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Midnite Disturbers: A Jazz Fest Supergroup

May 8, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, some of the best music happens miles from the Fairgrounds, hours after the crowds have gone and the last of the crawfish bread has been consumed. It happens with the arrival of Midnite. At 1:18 a.m., Bonerama -- a brass-funk rock band lead ...

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Jazz Fest | 04.30-05.03 | New Orleans, LA

May 8, 2009

Words by: Amanda Anderson | Images by: Adam McCullough & Tamara Grayson New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival :: 04.30.09 - 05.03.09 :: Fair Grounds Race Course :: New Orleans, LA Jazz Fest 2009 by McCullough After four straight days of live music in the Louisiana sunshine, sweating among crowds of thousands, swallowing Cajun delights, ...

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Indoor Program of the 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

May 5, 2009

A program that comes straight from the heart! Tickets go on sale this Saturday at noon Montreal, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - The 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal marks a genuine turning point in an already remarkable history! The world's #1 jazz event, presented by General Motors of Canada in collaboration ...