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Gift of Jazz: Holiday Discount Tickets Offered for 2012 Newport Jazz Festival

December 1, 2011

$50.00 Tickets Available at Convention & Visitors Bureau: December 1-January 1 NEWPORT, RI, November 30, 2011—If you're looking for the perfect holiday surprise or a special treat for yourself, give the gift of jazz and present family and friends with tickets to the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival®. George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation and ...

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Jazz Featured at Boston Conservatory's New Music Festival, December 1-4

December 1, 2011

This year's annual New Music Festival at the Boston Conservatory, December 1-4, 2011, is entitled Jumpin into the Future: New Music Evolved From Jazz. Gunther Schuller is the musical director. The program features works by renowned composers such as Bernard Lang, Edison Denisov, Robert Graettinger, Pierre Hurel, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Schuller. The concerts take ...

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DC Jazz Festival Receives NEA Art Works Grant

December 1, 2011

On November 30, the DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) proudly announced that it will once again receive a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the 2012 Festival, which will take place June 1-10, 2012. The DCJF is receiving one of 863 grant awards, which total $22.543 million, encompass 15 artistic ...

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Jazz Returns To Tropical Island Of Penang, December 1-4

November 27, 2011

Jazz is back on the tropical island of Penang from the 1st-4th December, with the always eagerly anticipated Penang Island Jazz Festival. Now in its 8th year, the PIJF will once again draw jazz fans from Malaysia and abroad to the beautiful grounds of the Bayview Beach Resort Hotel for a packed program featuring local and ...

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FloydFest 2012: Franti, Salmon, Hornsby, Galactic, Matis, Alo

November 25, 2011

JULY 26-29 AT BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN FLOYD, VA FloydFest returns for it's 11th year on July 26-29 at Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd, VA. Click here for all ticketing information, and check out the lineup below. FloydFest Lineup Michael Franti & Spearhead Brandi Carlile Leftover Salmon Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Matisyahu Galactic Ozomatli Gary ...

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Cuneifest 2011 in Baltimore, MD - Venue Change

November 16, 2011

Important news for all attendees. Cuneifest 2011 in Baltimore, MD—venue change. Due to electrical issues, we have had to move the festival for JAZZ DAY only. The new location for Sunday, November 20 is: METRO GALLERY 1700 North Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 Everything else (start times, line-up, etc) remains the same. ...

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SFJAZZ Announces Artist Lineup for SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012

November 9, 2011

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ—the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival—today announced the complete artist lineup for the SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012. The dynamic and expansive four-month-long concert series begins on February 9 and will continue through June 17. The season will ...

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Earshot Jazz Festival Reaches Its Peak with Keith Jarrett

November 5, 2011

I had never seen Keith Jarrett perform live before. I had only heard his wonderful recordings and heard some interesting stories about the demands he has on his audience. The trio, made up of Keith Jarrett on piano, Gary Peacock on bass and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette on drums, is considered by many to be ...

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Jazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song @ Barbica (London) 11 November

November 4, 2011

The London Jazz Festival kicks off in high style with its annual jazz vocal extravaganza featuring a triumphant blend of stellar singing talents and unexpected musical twists and turns, all set to sumptuous arrangements performed by a 40-piece orchestra. Arranged, scored and conducted by internationally acclaimed trumpeter/composer Guy Barker, Jazz Voice travels through the decades to ...

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Sonny Rollins to open Jazztopad 2011

November 3, 2011

Jazztopad is back and celebrating its eighth edition in some style, with a star-studded program featuring some of the very best jazz musicians from Europe and the United States. Legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins gets things rolling on the 6th November, in what will be one of only four European shows for the tireless octagenarian. Other highlights ...