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Chevy Chase to Host Newport Jazz Festival
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Actor and comedian Chevy Chase will host the Newport Jazz Festival this weekend. The former “Saturday Night Live" star will introduce musicians on the festival's main stage on Saturday and Sunday. He's a pianist and jazz fan. Among the artists slated to perform on that stage this weekend are the Branford Marsalis ...
2007 Festival of New Trumpet Music Schedule Announced!
Director/curator Dave Douglas, along with new curators for 2007, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mark Gould and Jeremy Pelt, proudly announce the 2007 Festival of New Trumpet Music - aka FONT Music, taking place September 15-30! The 5th edition of the critically-acclaimed Festival will launch with a benefit concert on September 15 at St. Mark's Church, followed by ...
City of Compton (CA) Summer Jazz Jam Set for Saturday, August 18th
COMPTON, CA -- The City of Compton is the place to be on Saturday, August 18th, when some of the biggest names in the jazz community will converge on the city for the first ever Summer Jazz Jam, from 12 noon to 6 p.m., at the Compton Par Three Golf Course, 6400 East Compton Blvd. Bring ...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival in San Francisco Announces Tribute to Armando Peraza
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival today announced, a Tribute to Armando Peraza, on Saturday, September 1 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. One of the most important and revered figures in the world of percussion, Armando Peraza continues to inspire and influence percussionists of all genres and ages around the world. ...
Kokopelli's Named as Venue for the Savannah Jazz Festival Kick-off and Evening Events
(SAVANNAH, Georgia) Kokopelli's Jazz Club and Restaurant has been selected as the venue for the Savannah Jazz Festival Kick-Off event which will be held on Sunday, September 23rd from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The area's best jazz musicians join with nationally based jazzbos for this event which traditionally has been the beginning of “Jazz Week" ...
Downtown Berkeley, CA Jazz Festival Announced
JUPITER Presents the 3rd Annual Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival (DBJF), Wednesday, August 22 through Sunday, August 26, Made Possible By the Downtown Berkeley Association. The summer festival celebrates music from around the world, presenting over 45 events in 13 different Downtown Berkeley, CA venues including Jupiter, Anna's Jazz Island, Jazzschool, Shattuck Down Low, La Note, Bobby ...
Icelandic Music Export Supports Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2007
The Reykjavik Jazz Festival, to be held between 29th August and 1st September 2007 in Iceland, will feature internationally-renown jazz artists Uri Caine and Jerry Bergonzi as well as rising Nordic stars Eivor Palsdottir, Sigurdur Flosason and Eythor Gunnarsson. Philadelphia-born Uri Caine will play on 29th August alongside Drew Gress on bass and Ben Perowsky on ...
2007 Chicago Jazz Festival Line-up Announced
The City of Chicago is proud to announce the lineup for the 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, August 30-September 2. The festival begins with a ticketed concert at the Chicago Symphony Center on August 30 and then moves to Grant Park for three days of free music, August 31-September 2. Opening night will feature An Evening ...
The Great American Jazz Event Hits Five-0
Fifty years ago, Dizzy Gillespie blew “Star Spangled Banner" on his bent trumpet to herald the birth of the Monterey Jazz Festival. No one ever had seen or heard an all-star lineup like this: Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Gerry Mulligan with Art Farmer, Benny Carter, Harry James, Max Roach, Shelly Manne, Dave ...
Following Monk: A 20-Event Festival From September 15 through October 30
Duke Performances, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will present FOLLOWING MONK, a twenty-event festival taking place over six weeks and celebrating the 90th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer/pianist Thelonious Monk. FOLLOWING MONK - running September 15 through October 30, 2007 - offers three world premieres, special ...
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