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More Performers Added to Toronto Jazz Festival
Several new shows have been added to this summers line-up making the 23rd edition of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival a little bigger and a lot more eclectic as it takes over the city from June 26 July 5, 2009. With the addition of Room Eleven, Van der Graaf Generator, Alain Caron Band and ...
Jam Cruise 8 Lineup: STS9, Word, Kdtu, Hips
Jam Cruise 8 Artist Lineup Announced Jam Cruise 7 by Smith Jam Cruise 8 will set sail January 3-8, 2010 on board the beautiful MSC Poesia. Departing Port Everglades in Ft Lauderdale, the boat will visit the tropical ports of Ocho Rios, Jamaica and George Town, Cayman Islands over the course of five glorious days and ...
Triple-Clarinet Set Puts Woodwinds in Jazz Fest Spotlight
Mozart didn't know Jazz Fest, but he knew about the power of the clarinet. He wrote some of his most gorgeous concertos for the instrument, knowing its clear, clean timbre could lift melodies to soaring heights with the right person behind the reed. Evan Christopher, Tim Laughlin and Gregory Agid all know a thing or two ...
Midnite Disturbers: Jazz Fest's Mystery Masters
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 by three trombones -- has ...
New Orleans' Ponderosa Stomp: Bringing Music History to Life
Before Kansas City was recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Peggy Lee, the song was first released in 1952 as K.C. Loving by an obscure Houston pianist named Little Willie Littlefield. The single became a regional hit in the Los Angeles area, where Littlefield was recording for Federal Records, but it would be up to ...
Tony Bennett Donates Instruments During Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz crooner Tony Bennett handed out dozens of new instruments Thursday to students at a charter school founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, hoping the tubas, trumpets and trombones would be used to carry on New Orleans' vibrant musical tradition. Meanwhile, the second half of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage ...
Giant Steps Jazz Guitar Weekend
World famous guitarist and TV/radio celebrity John Etheridge and Oxford-based guitarist, band-leader and promoter Pete Oxley will be running their highly successful Jazz Guitar Weekend for the fourth successful year 31st July to 2nd August 2009. Highlights of the weekend include an icebreaker event on Friday night, a concert at The Spin Jazz Club on Saturday ...
25,000 Expected for Jazz Festival
Over 25,000 people are expected to attend the 8th annual City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival. The festival runs from Thursday to Sunday and features 170 events at venues across the city. This year's headline acts include Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Soweto Kinch, and jazz pianist Eri Yamamoto. “The city ...
Jazz Fest | 04.24-04.26 | New Orleans, LA
Words by: Jim Welte | Images by: Adam McCullough & Tamara Grayson New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival :: 04.24.09 - 04.26.09 :: Fair Grounds Race Course :: New Orleans, LA Second Line Parade Jazz Fest 2009 by McCullough From the moment you set foot inside the main gate at the Fair Grounds ...
30th Anniversary of the Detroit International Jazz Festival
Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the 30th Anniversary of the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, in downtown Detroit. At a challenging time in Detroit, this year's jazz celebration will serve as a reminder of the greatness of Detroit and its musical soul. Subtitled “Keepin' Up with the Joneses, ...
