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Montreux Jazz Festival to Feature 100 Performers

July 6, 2009

The Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland will start its 43rd annual round of show on Friday, featuring 100 artists from various genres, including rock, pop, soul, blues and of course jazz. British hip hop singer Lily Allen will do a gig, as will the rambunctious Jamaican vocalist Grace Jones. Jazz great Herbie Hancock and the virtuoso ...

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Attendance for Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Tops Last Year

July 6, 2009

With a strong artist lineup that included performances by Patti LaBelle, George Benson and Bettye LaVette, SPAC's 2009 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival had higher attendance than last year. The two-day festival attracted 12, 027 guests, a one percent increase over last year. The northeast's premier jazz festival, the Freihofer's event features more than 20 performances by ...

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The Great Taste of July in Edmonton

July 6, 2009

This July, there's something to suit everyone's taste on the Edmonton events calendar. For those who dig jazz, whether it's cool, slow and blue or red hot and hoppin', there's the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, which runs through Sunday, July 5th. Acts at the festival so far have included John Abercrombie Organ Trio and Branford Marsalis ...

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News: Award / Grant

Manfred Eicher and ECM Win Downbeat 2009 Award

July 6, 2009

Echoing the results of last year's poll, Manfred Eicher and ECM are voted Producer of the Year and Label of the Year in the 57th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll. This double-win is announced in the August issue of the venerable US jazz magazine (founded 1934). The awards arrive in ECM's 40th anniversary year. It was in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tim Warfield Appearing at the Bohemian Caverns July 17 and 18

July 6, 2009

Critically acclaimed saxophonist Tim Warfield, is returning to Washington D.C. this month with a cast of vibrant musical newcomers, including the electrifying pianist Neil Podgurski, Washington D.C. native and in the pocket bassist Eric Wheeler, and powerhouse drummer Chris Beck. The hefty toned tenor saxophonist known for his swaggering soulful tone, and emphatic style, will be ...

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Montreal International Jazz Festival by the Numbers

July 6, 2009

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 ...

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MIJF 2009 Opens Wonder-Fully

July 6, 2009

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 ...

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News: Music Industry

Judge Decides on Executors for Jackson Estate

July 6, 2009

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Monday that the lawyer John Branca and the music executive John McClain should serve as the executors of Michael Jacksons estate. The ruling, issued by Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff, denied the application of Mr. Jacksons mother, Katherine, to oversee her sons estate. Mr. Branca and Mr. McClain were named ...

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News: Music Industry

Michael Jackson's Estate: Saved by the Beatles

July 6, 2009

Will Michael Jackson's three children Michael Joseph Jr., Paris Michael and Prince Michael II end up paupers? The answer rests on the value of the performer's largest asset: his 50% stake of a music-publishing company called Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Jackson, who died on June 25, left behind as much as $500 million in debts. That includes ...

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Bulk of Jackson Wealth is the Beatles

July 6, 2009

Jackson Estate is Huge...and Growing. The singer's valuable share of a music catalog including songs by the Beatles and careful management of his image in the future could expand the vast fortune he leaves behind. Michael Jackson was one of the most famous people on Earth and also one of the most famously broke. Many who ...