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The Oslo Jazz Festival 2011 Program is Complete
The Oslo Jazz Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and having confirmed Humcrush/Sidsel Endresen, Fredrik Kronkvist Quartet and Desafindao, the anniversary program is complete. The festival is also proud to announce this year's Young Star and Showcase bands. Keyboardist Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent) and drummer Thomas Strønen (Food) are Humcrush. As a duo Storløkken and Strønen ...
George Wein’s Foundation Already Set for Newport Festivals in 2012
By Dan Kassell As impresario and swing jazz pianist, George Wein is best known for creating the first Newport Folk Festival (NFF) in 1954 and Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) in 1959, supported almost entirely by jazz fans Louis and Elaine Lorillard and, at that point in time, nonprofit entities. In a telephone interview, just before this ...
Roxbury International Film Festival Runs in Boston July 28 Through July 31
The 13th annual Roxbury International Film Festival is taking place in Boston from Thursday, July 28 to Sunday, July 31, 2011 in various cultural venues around the city. Produced by The Color of Film Collaborative, RIFF was launched in 1999 to celebrate films written, produced and directed by filmmakers of color. The opening night film, The ...
Jazz in the Valley - This Weekend
Jazz Port Townsend is not the only major jazz festival this weekend in Washington. The 14th annual Jazz In The Valley takes place July 29-31 in Ellensburg, a two hour drive east of Seattle on I-90. This year' performers include Gail Pettis, Gary Hobbs Quartet, Lloyd Jones Struggle, John Gross Trio, Little Bill and the Bluenotes, ...
23rd Annual Bayfront Blues Festival: Ready to Rumble August 12th - 14th in Duluth, Minnesota
The Bayfront Blues Festival is one of the largest annual outdoor music events in the upper Midwest. Each year nearly 20,000 fans come to Duluth's Bayfront Festival Park to listen to the who's who of the blues and blues/rock world. Downtown Duluth, Minnesota is where Bayfront Park is situated right on the beautiful harbor of the ...
Announcing Taste In San Pedro, Featuring Local Cuisine, Music And Art At The Port Of Los Angeles
Featuring Live Music By Legendary Latin Jazz Sensation Poncho Sanchez And His Latin Jazz Band, and Tribute Bands FanHalen, INXSive and LedZepagain San Pedro's premiere family, music and food festival will take place on the Waterfront Promenade at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro from August 5-7. The event will showcase local cuisine and ...
Brass Masters Sound Off at Newport Jazz Festival
August 5-7, 2011 International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino Fort Adams State Park NEWPORT, RI—From its inception in the fifties, the Newport Jazz Festival has been the place to hear the full scope of the jazz trumpet tradition: from the promethean horn of Louis Armstrong and the re-birth of the ...
A Joyful Noise: Big Bands x 2 at Newport Jazz Festival
August 5-7, 2011 International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino Fort Adams State Park Newport, RI—From Duke Ellington's “rebirth" in 1956 and Count Basie's Sixteen Men Swinging, to Dizzy Gillespie's bebop sounds and the soulful strains of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival has presented the full ...
The 23rd Edition of the Earshot Jazz Festival Runs October 14 to November 6, 2011
The 23rd edition of the Earshot Jazz Festival—"Seattle's most important annual jazz event"—runs OCTOBER 14 to NOVEMBER 6, 2011 Featured artists include the Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette Trio, Brad Mehldau, and The Bad Plus Seattle's annual Earshot Jazz Festival returns October 14 and continues through November 6 with more than 50 distinctive concert events in venues ...
Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival Set for Saturday, September 17
The Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival has announced the lineup for its 2011 event, which is scheduled from noon to 11:00 p.m., Saturday, September 17 in and around the intersection of Lockwood and Gore in the old business district of Webster Groves. The free festival's two stages will feature ten bands, with a roughly equal ...
