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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival: E.S.T.
Swedish jazz trio e.s.t. announced today the cancellation of their Canadian tour due to the untimely death of the group's leader Esbjrn Svensson. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of such a brilliant pianist. Our condolences go out to his family as well as Dan Berglund and Magnus Ostrom," says Patrick Taylor, Executive Producer of ...
2008 Playboy Jazz Festival Review
Young performers impress (not that Herbie Hancock and Al Jarreau don't). Music at the Playboy Jazz Festival always has been inextricably connected to the sun, the wine and the partying, and this year was no exception. But what was particularly interesting about the 30th anniversary event at the Hollywood Bowl Saturday and Sunday was the youthful ...
Preservation Hall's Ben Jaffe "Jolts Jazz Tradition"
Preservation Hall creative director Ben Jaffe is praised in the June issue of SPIN Magazine for breathing new life into the New Orleans institution. The son of Pres Hall founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe is “No fusty embalmer," says SPIN, adding “the younger Jaffe jolts jazz tradition by inviting unlikely musicians such as Sun Ra sideman ...
Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fathers Day with the Playboy
30th Anniversary Celebrations With Hef At The Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl Sunday Herbie Hancock and The River of Possibilities Tour featuring Dave Holland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Potter, Linonel Loueke and Sonya Kitchell Keb' Mo' Roy Hargrove's Big Band Guitars & Saxes featuring Gerlad Albright, Jeff Golub, jeff Lorber & ...
Playboy Jazz Festival Day One
You Should be In The Bowl Playboy Jazz Festival Al Jarreau, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band with special guest Eddie Floyd, James Moody Quartet, Dr. John, Tower of Power, Rick Braun and Richard Elliot, Hiromi's SonicBloom and many others will be featured on Day One of this year's fest. Bill Cosby will emcee. Saturday & Sunday ...
For 3 Days, 2 Jazz Festivals Will Go Head-to-Head
FOR 14 years, the jazz acts at the Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah have been presented on two consecutive Saturdays at the end of July and the beginning of August. This year, they will be presented on three straight days, Aug. 1 to 3. That coincides precisely with the schedule of the Litchfield Jazz Festival, ...
Jazz Fest New Orleans Finale
Something Odd Happens Over a Full Weekend of Jazzfest. Between performances and parades, and the geography of where stages are situated, it's virtually impossible not to run into a brass band, Mardi Gras Indians or both. I assume that's by design; those traditions infuse all sorts of other New Orleans music and they are the main ...
Bill Cosby to Get in Some Licks on Drums at Jazz Festival
Bill Cosby had to opt for comedy over being jazz drummer, but loves role at Playboy jazz fest (NEW YORK) Bill Cosby quips that he gave up his dreams of becoming a professional jazz drummer and turned to comedy after seeing how easily the pioneer bebop drummer Max Roach handled rhythmically complex tunes that he struggled ...
Aretha Headlines Newport Jazz
ARETHA FRANKLIN TO HEADLINE SATURDAY AT 2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL NEWPORT NEW VERVE ARTIST MELODY GARDOT ALSO ADDED TO LINEUP Aretha Franklin “The Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin will headline this year's JVC Jazz Festival Newport on Saturday, August 9 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, ...
New York's JVC Jazz Fest Ready to Evolve
A Venerable Jazz Festival Seems Ready to Evolve The summer jazz festival season is upon us, and as usual, the JVC Jazz Festival New York will be the most visible. Under new management this year, the festival will feature concerts in new theaters and clubs and some curious and challenging double bills, like the pairing of ...
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