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Lack of Cash Could Mute Portland Jazz Festival
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland Jazz Festival plans to stop operating next week because it lacks money following the loss of its title sponsor. Without an infusion of roughly $100,000, the February 2009 festival will be canceled, organizers say. The annual festival began in 2004 and has bolstered Portland's small jazz community. But Qwest, the ...
Newport Jazz Festival Founder is Now on the Bill Instead of Worrying About the Bills
NEWPORT, R.I. - For the first time since he founded the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein didn't have to sign any checks or worry about how the fickle weather might affect the bottom line. Instead, his biggest concern at the recent festival was whether he could keep up on piano with his Newport All-Stars band during ...
Solvang Jazz Festival Adds to 2008 Artist Lineup
James Moody to perform Sept. 26 With a world-class lineup of international jazz legends and bright new stars, the 2008 Solvang Jazz Festival is set to bring the excitement of jazz and other forms of music to the Central Coast, Sept. 25 to 28. The Universal Guild for Jazz and Progressive Music has announced that Grammy-nominated ...
2008 Beantown Jazz Festival Line Up
Saxophone Summit: The original summiteers were Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, and the late Michael Brecker. Since Brecker's passing, Ravi Coltrane has joined the unit, helping push it ever further in adventurous directions. Sept. 24-25, Regattabar. 617-395-7757, Randy Weston: At 82, Weston is the foremost authority on the piano's percussive possibilities; his work manifests both Eastern rhythmic ...
Feeling Bluesy? Check out Macomb Jazz Festival
MACOMB -- As notes of jazz waft through Chandler Park in the coming days, the artists traveling to Macomb to perform are as varied as their musical styles and histories. The seventh annual Al Sears Jazz Festival runs Friday through Sept. 14, with a full day of music in Chandler Park on Saturday. Events kick off ...
Wine and Jazz Festival a Success
WHEELING-Cooler temperatures and the threat of rain didn't keep jazz lovers and wine aficionados from Wheeling's Heritage Port on Saturday. Despite the gray clouds looming above, the atmosphere at the first Wheeling Wine and Jazz Festival was bright and sunny, as hundreds of smiling wine tasters ventured from one tasting station to another while jazz music ...
Antoinette Montague Live!
Antoinette Montague will perform at The Many Colors of a W*O*M*A*N XXIV Free Jazz Festival (Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Hartford, CT on Saturday Sept. 6 and at The September Concert: The Heart of Jazz in New York on Thursday, September 11. Born and raised in Newark, Antoinette Montague recently released her ...
The 2008 Hamilton Jazz and Blues Festival
THE Hamilton Jazz and Blues Festival kicked off yesterday (Friday). And top of the bill will be saxophonist Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra who will play at Hamilton Town House to mark the opening of the three-day event. The concert will feature the music of Joe Williams and the incredible Ray Charles, while ...
Iconic Queenstown Jazz Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary
An iconic Queenstown jazz festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary with an exhilarating ten-day programme of live music and a star-studded line up of performers. From 18 to 27 October more than 50 bands and 200 performers will inspire and entertain at the ASB JazzFest Queenstown with a programme of 80 free events and ticketed headline ...
Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival Promises Musical, Actual Fireworks
The free seven-hour Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival brings a high-quality parade of performers on Saturday to either the Riverfront Amphitheatre or the Palace Theatre (19 Clinton Ave., at N. Pearl St., Albany), depending on another parade — of tropical storms or hurricanes. Visit albanyevents.org for an update on Saturday morning. For now, check out the lineup, ...
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