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Folk with a Touch of Jazz
Jazz festival fans can rejoice with something tangible in Newport. The 50th anniversary edition of the folk festival - George Wein's Folk Festival 50 - opened without a hitch today, under brilliant sunshine. It means Wein's revised jazz festival is less than a week away.You've doubtless read elsewhere, or in postings below, of the ...
Jazz and Tourism Can Go Hand-in-Hand
In a year when more than a few jazz-related entities have been on the ropes, closed their doors or reinvented themselves, it is interesting to see that the aura of jazz remains alive and well.The hipness, the essence of cool, the going against the grain, a music that doesn't appeal to our least-common-denominator culture ...
What's Wrong with This Picture?
I got an e-mailed announcement today concerning the lineup for Jazz Apen Snowmass's annual Labor Day Weekend festival. One hopes to see jazz from a sponsoring nonprofit that has jazz in its name, Here's the complete listed lineup for the three days (September 4,5 and 6): Michael Franti and Spearhead, Citizen Cope, Black Eyed Peas, Elvis ...
Add Detroit to a Year of Big Numbers for Jazz
50, 30, 55. The numbers have been all over the lot this year with significant anniversaries for historic recordings, jazz festival foundings or longevity. You name it, there's been or will be a lot of hoopla.Now you can add 30 and 91 with the Detroit International Jazz Festival to the mix this Labor Day ...
The Week of the Sponsorship
Just a day after George Wein announced that CareFusion will be the title sponsor for his jazz festivals in Newport starting this year and New York starting in 2010, The Montreal International Jazz Festival today announced that it has a new presenting sponsor.TD Financial Group (Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries) is stepping up to ...
Health Care Rescues Wein's Revived Operation
Yes, there is life for George Wein's New Festival Productions operation beyond his commitment to stage both jazz and folk festivals this August 7-9 in Newport, where it all began.Wein and CEO David Schlotterbeck of CareFusion announced today that the health-care corporation will be the title sponsor for George Wein's Jazz Festival 55 in ...
Montreal International Jazz Festival by the Numbers
6 - major award winners in 2009. (Bruce Lundvall, Stevie Wonder, John Pizzarelli, Ornette Coleman, Susie Arioli, Toots & The Maytalls)13 - The number of days of the festival this year not counting several preview concert events.30 - When this 30th annual festival began in 1980, a ticket to see opening headliner ...
MIJF 2009 Opens Wonder-Fully
What a way to kick off the Montreal International Jazz Festival's 30th edition, a 13-day programming marvel that opened June 30 and runs through July 12. Montreal pianist Oliver Jones opened the festival's newest venue, MIJF's year-round cabaret-style jazz club L'Astral, located in the festival's new multiple-purpose Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan (House of the ...
CDs of Note...
Here's a dose of CDs of interest, as I head out for a week of travels to Freihofer's Jazz Festival in Saratoga NY and the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Yes, the sun is out today and my summer festival season is getting under way. Hope to see you here and/or there.Burgstaller Martignon 4, Mozart's ...
Montreal's Amazing Block Party
One of these years, I am truly tempted to go to the Montreal International Jazz Festival strictly for its free, outdoor concerts. The great variety of talent for the paid, indoor concerts in 10 or more venues each night makes it difficult.But the outdoor stages transform downtown Montreal's Place des Arts (soon to be ...
