Results for "Festival"

Pacific's Jazz Ensemble Selected to Compete in Next Generation Festival

February 16, 2009

Stockton, CA Pacific's Jazz Ensemble, a group composed of Conservatory of Music students studying jazz, was selected to participate in this year's “Next Generation Festival." The “Next Generation Festival" is put on by the Monterey Jazz Festival to showcase the best emerging talent in the world of jazz. Only six university groups are selected each year ...

Ninth Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party

February 15, 2009

2008 Bonnaroo Photo Galleries W. Streaming Audio Just Released

February 15, 2009

The 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival was an amazing time for the almost 100,000 music fans in range of the speakers from the six stages there. Since the first Bonnaroo Music Festival back in 2002, live music photographer David Oppenheimer has photographed some of each summers' musical highlights as all-star musicians from many genres graced Bonnaroo's stages. ...

All Good Festival 2009 Lineup

February 15, 2009

INITIAL ASSORTMENT FOR 13TH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA JEWEL Ben Harper by Melissa Nicholson The 13th annual All Good Music Festival will be held July 10-12 at to Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. Featuring an extended weekend of music and camping amongst the scenic West Virginia mountains, the All Good Festival presents fans with a showcase of ...

Jazz Fest: Neil Young In, Aretha Out

February 14, 2009

Neil Young will join a slew of other first-time performers at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a bittersweet announcement given that the “Queen of Soul" canceled her coveted appearance. Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis said Aretha Franklin's activities surrounding President Barack Obama's inauguration, scheduling and travel issues led to the cancellation. “She decided ...

Seattle Times: Improvised Music is Made for Listening

February 14, 2009

While all jazz is improvised music, not all improvised music is jazz. And that is about as good a place to start a discussion about the experimental art form collectively called “improvised music.” Starting tonight and continuing for two consecutive weekends, the Seattle Improvised Music Festival will feature a dozen musicians in various combinations, performing one ...

RVAjazzfest: Boots of Leather

February 13, 2009

Boots of Leather will perform at RVAjazzfest with Steven Bernstein, Fight the Big Bull, and Glows in the Dark on February 21, 2009, 8pm, at The Camel. Tickets are $10, all ages welcome. by Nathan GoodwynDrummer Brian Jones wants to record 40 records by the time he's 40. Last week, he ...

Frank Demiero Jazz Festival Backs out of Agreement with Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

February 13, 2009

A bit of controversy has erupted in advance of the Frank DeMiero Jazz Festival which takes place later this month in Edmonds. The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) had been contacted by Executive Producer Joe DeMiero in mid-January to back up vocalist Carmen Bradford on Saturday, February 28. According to members of SWOJO, a fee had ...

Grammy Week: Magical Music Moments All over Town

February 13, 2009

Uncontrollable Urge While crack-is-wack-ster Whitney was staging another “comeback” at the Davis affair, we favored Saturday night’s more real-feeling rock- flavored happenings over the R&B/pop-machine-driven mashes. The Rhino/Los Angeles mag event with The New York Dolls saw a spindly and spectacled David Johansen and youthful looking Sylvain Sylvain kiss and hiss onstage for fellow ...

Dave Brubeck to Perform "Time Out" for 50th Anniversary

February 11, 2009

Legendary composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck will perform Time Out, the first jazz album to sell more than 1 million copies, for the 2009 Brubeck Festival. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the timeless album that made Brubeck a household name. The concert is at 7:30 pm April 3 in the ...