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Winona MN Dixieland Jazz Fest

July 13, 2008

The 21st annual Dixieland Jazz Festival brought standard jazz songs to the Winona area Saturday at Goodview Pavilion. Eric Meyer, 17, plays during the Dixieland Jazz Festival at the Goodview Pavilion Saturday. Meyer has participated in the jazz clinic, put on by the Winona State University music department, for the past four years. For the fourth ...

Miami's Jazz Scene

July 13, 2008

These cats have a plan for Miami's jazz scene! I feel the pieces are in place right now in South Florida. -Larry Rosen, Jazz Roots With a jazz series to debut in the fall and plans to open a jazz club on site this year, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is ...

Temecula Jazz Fest

July 13, 2008

TEMECULA: Jazz lovers turn out for festival Annual event ends Sunday Music fans turned out for shopping, a parade and, of course, live music at this weekend's annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival. The festival ends Sunday with several events, including Ruby and the Red Hots, a youth jazz festival, and a “wrap party ...

Chicago Glen Ellyn Jazz Fest a Draw Despite Weather Threat

July 13, 2008

Chicago Jazz Scene The forecast in downtown Glen Ellyn Saturday wasn't hazy at all, despite the darkening skies and light, rainy mist that threatened an otherwise pleasant midafternoon. By 2 p.m., a few hundred people had gathered on Main Street south of the train tracks, clearly expecting an afternoon and evening filled with cool, ...

Rocco Ventrella at 1st Annual Smooth Jazz Festival

July 13, 2008

Jazzdor-Strasbourg-Berlin: A French Jazz Festival in Berlin!

July 12, 2008

The 2007 event posed Jazzdor, the Jazz Festival of Strasbourg (France), itself a first challenge: a four-day Jazz festival in Berlin, in order to present the aliveness of the French scene to the citizen of Berlin. The absolutely positive balance of the first edition of the festival, the enthusiasm of all those involved and the artists ...

Denver's Five Points Community Hosts 7-Day Jazz & Blues Festival

July 12, 2008

Denver's historic Five Points will be the home of the After Five Jazz & Blues Festival 2008, a music extravaganza Aug. 23-29 during the Democratic National Convention. “The DNC will give Denver an opportunity to shine and we want to celebrate Denver's diverse communities, specifically the African-American culture in Five Points given its deep history in ...

OLG "Presents Music" Sponsors Windsor Bluesfest International

July 11, 2008

As Music Sponsor, OLG proudly supports the 13th annual Windsor Bluesfest International which has quickly grown into one of Canada's premier blues festivals. Featuring performances by top local, regional and international blues artists, such as Taj Mahal and David Wilcox, Bluesfest promises to be four full days of world-class music and entertainment. Running from Thursday, July ...

Ray Gonzlez Latin Jazz and Salsa Festival Hartford CT

July 10, 2008

The Ray Gonzlez Latin Jazz and Salsa Festival, a rousing success in its debut last summer, presents all-star regional and international musicians Saturday from 5 to 10 p.m. at Hartford's Mortensen Riverfront Plaza. At the center of the festival -- which features such luminaries as virtuoso trumpeter Charlie Sepulveda, singer/composer Miguel “Menique" Barcasnegras and top-ranked timbale ...

Savannah Music Festival Announces New Broadcast and Recording Projects

July 10, 2008

The Savannah Music Festival's fiscal year ended on June 30th marking the organization's fourth straight year with a balanced budget. Revised and renamed the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) in 2003, the organization cleared its debt after the 2007 festival and has since remained in the black with a positive cash flow. Ticket sales from the 2008 ...