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Freedom of the City Festival Returns
2008 was not a particularly auspicious year for improvised music in London. The loss of the Red Rose club as a venue, combined with the loss of Arts Council funding for the London Musicians Collective, delivered body blows to the music. One consequence was that in 2008 the annual Freedom Of The City festival did not ...
800 Saxophones on the Streets of London
In 2006, saxophonist Andy Shepherd famously opened the London Jazz Festival with a piece for 200 saxophones. This summer's City Of London Festival looks set to dwarf that achievement--with a performance by 800 saxophones. Fittingly, the performance is called the Leviathan Project. It is the brainchild of renowned saxophonist and composer John Harle, Professor of Saxophone ...
Ornette Coleman Curates Meltdown 2009
Over the years, London's annual Meltown festival has had an impressive list of guest curators. They include Elvis Costello, Scott Walker, John Peel, Patti Smith, Jarvis Cocker, Lee Perry and Robert Wyatt. This June's festival will break new ground with its first jazz curator--Ornette Coleman. The city is already buzzing with speculation about the acts that ...
Toronto Jazz Festival Announces Complete Line-Up
On Monday, April 6, the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival will unveil its 2009 line-up, including the addition of British sensation Jamie Cullum. Previously confirmed artists for the 23rd edition of the Festival include Sonny Rollins and the Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with special guest Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez. This years Festival ...
B.B. King, Herbie Hancock Join Montreux Jazz in Switzerland
B.B. King, Herbie Hancock, Dave Matthews Band and, surprisingly, the Black Eyes Peas have joined the bill at this years Montreux Jazz Fest. The Jazz festival is taking place in Switzerland between July 3rd-18th. Steely Dan and Rock Hall inductee Jeff Beck have also scheduled gigs at the famed European event. Founder Claude Nobs announced the ...
New "Jazz at D.B.I.F." Series Brings Biggest Names, Brightest Stars
DAYTONA BEACH, FL The 17-day Daytona Beach International Festival (DBIF), April 16 through May 2, will include a new series of concert performances devoted to jazz music. The Jazz at DBIF concert series features an incredible lineup of some the biggest names in jazz from the iconic Chuck Mangione to the charismatic Chris Botti. The series ...
Prudential and WBGO Present Kids Jazz Concert Series
WBGO-FM/Jazz88.3 kicks off the 16th annual Kids Jazz Concert Series, bringing jazz culture and performance to young people in New York and New Jersey on Saturday afternoons, beginning April 4 and ending May 2. These free interactive, hour-long programs give young people opportunities to learn about the distinct qualities of jazz, and why it is a ...
Jeff Beck to Headline Montreal Jazz Fest
Soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Beck will make his first ever festival appearance at the Festival International de Jazz de Montral. As part of the massive lineup for the 30th anniversary of the summer concert event, Jazz legends Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter, Jackson Browne, a blues pairing of Buddy Guy & ...
Ford Amphitheatre Announces '09 Summer Season
Does fighting the crowds at the Hollywood Bowl give you the summer blues? The Ford Amphitheatre, located just up the street, has long served as the Bowl's funkier younger sibling, offering an eclectic cultural menu in a relatively more intimate setting (1,241 seats versus the Bowl's approximately 18,000). This summer, the Ford's lineup is typically diverse ...
Duke Ellington Festival at UCLA Has Got That Swing
Two days of music events are lined up to celebrate the jazz great's 110th birthday. When it comes to describing Duke Ellington, it's easy to run out of superlatives. One of the defining figures of American music? Sure, with a 50-year career that includes standards such as “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got ...
