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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, ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Members of 2009 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
22 High School Musicians From 6 States Comprise MJF's Renowned National Big Band NGJO To Perform On 10-Day US Tour from Kansas City To Washington DC's Kennedy Center, July 5 - 15, 2009 NGJO Performs With Wynton Marsalis At 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Premiering Winning Piece By Next Generation Festival’s Composition Competition Winner Andy Clausen ...
Kermit Ruffins: Shake and Bake
By: Jim Welte There's only one thing that New Orleans jazz man Kermit Ruffins handles better than a trumpet - a barbecue. And if that barbecue happens to have a smoker with a handle shaped like a trumpet? Fuhgeddaboutit. Ruffins' barbecue, so big that it's attached to a hitch hooked onto the back of his pickup ...
First Acts Announced for Ornette Coleman's Meltdown
Following weeks of speculation about the acts that curator Ornette Coleman would select to include in his Meltdown, which begins at London's Southbank on Saturday June 13th, the mystery is almost over. With more acts still to be revealed, those already announced have raised eyebrows and set pulses racing. Despite Coleman being the festival's first jazz ...
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