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Vision Festival 16 Opening Night; Echoes of Ascension, Marion Brown and John Tchicai.
Having covered the Panel Discussion for Sunday the music needs its due. Where else but the Vision Festival, in the US at least, would you find a night given to two participants in that legendary extended fanfare the world knows as Ascension. One still works among us, John Tchicai, and the other left us since Vision ...
David Longoria To Perform At Temecula Balloon And Wine Festival
Hollywood, CA— International recording artist David Longoria will bring his Latin infused jazz and pop music to the stage at the 2011 Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Saturday June 4th at 4pm at Lake Skinner. The singer and trumpet player is known by jazz and pop audiences from both his releases, and his work performing ...
AACM | Great Black Music, 6/4-13
Presented in Philadelphia by Ars Nova Workshop from June 4-13, AACM | Great Black Music is a festival of performances and public discussions with scholars and writers celebrating the past and present work of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Founded in Chicago in 1965, the AACM's motto is “Great Black Music, Ancient ...
Vision Festival 16: A Focus On The Panel Discussions
Vision Festival 16 begins, as it generally does, with some discussion. These events tend to get shorter shrift in what passes for coverage but they speak to conditions well. The short shrift problem in some form or another is endemic and has been since jazz became the runt of the music industry without even the pious ...
The "Work" Week Begins and the Jazz Continues: My Picks for June 13 of the XRIJF
This is the point where, for those of us that are “all nine day"-ers, the collision with the working week begins and the (usually) late nights of Friday-Sunday are beginning to take their toll. While my schedule for Monday, June 13th, at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival may be a bit ambitious, it's within the ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, June 3-23
OK, call this the “pre-festival lead sheet" as it is the only one I will be posting before Twin Cities Jazz Festival weekend. I'm heading west for 12 days of driving, hiking, camping, driving, hiking....no laptop, no email. Plenty of jazz but all on CD. So for the most part, this is a preview of what ...
Wigan's 26th International Jazz Festival
Wigans Big Band theory WIGANS 26th International Jazz Festival will herald the return of the big band sound to the borough. Throughout the four day event starting 14 July—some of the worlds top jazz musicians will descend on the town and organisers hope the popularity of the big band sound will once again ensure sell out ...
Jazz Around Town: We Are T-Minus 10 (9?) Days and Counting to XRIJF
Thursday, June 2, 2011 ECMS Nights of Jazz @ Eastman School of Music-Kilbourn Hall, 5:00 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Soul Express @ Pane Vino, 8:30 pm Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village ...
"Africa's Grandest Gathering!"
Striving to live up to its boast as “Africa's grandest gathering" the 2011 edition of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival presented a rich cornucopia of sounds—including jazz, jazz extensions and jazz cousins in a colorful melange. Being an inveterate crowd watcher comes with the territory for those who present jazz, and particularly jazz festivals, and ...
Kevin Eubanks to perform at OKC’s Charlie Christian music festival
For 18 years, Kevin Eubanks and his guitar came right into America's living room through the television set. On Thursday, the former music director of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" will bring his eclectic musical interests, tight-knit band and, yes, his guitar to the Civic Center Music Hall to perform as part of the 26th ...
