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Newport 2009: One for the Ages
by Sandy Ingham
Newport Jazz Festival 2009George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State ParkNewport, Rhode IslandAugust 7-9, 2009“We have three stages now, and I wish we could have more to give all these young musicians a chance to be heard," Newport jazz festival founder (and ...
New Orleans Jazz Fest draws 400,000+
by Sandy Ingham
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LAApril 22-May 4, 2009There are hundreds of good reasons for jazz lovers to join the crowds at the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Reasons with names like Marsalis and Jordan, Batiste and Boutte--families whose musical heritage in the Birthplace of Jazz spans several ...
Cape May Jazz Festival's 30th Edition
by Sandy Ingham
Cape May Jazz FestivalCape May, NJNovember 6-8, 2008 Fifteen years and thirty festivals since its inception, the Cape May Jazz Festival continues to present a diverse lineup of music over two weekends--in mid-April and early November--each year in this picturesque resort town at New Jersey's southern tip.Fresh faces joined familiar favorites ...
27th Annual Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival
by Sandy Ingham
Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival Sedona, Arizona September 23-28, 2008 Sedona, Arizona, is surrounded by spectacular red rock formations looming up 1,000 feet or more, interspersed with evergreen-studded, cream-colored limestone hills. These make for dramatic backdrops for the annual six-day Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival. The focus ...
Chicago Jazz Festival: New Works, Old Favorites
by Sandy Ingham
Chicago Jazz FestivalChicago, IllinoisAugust 30, 2008Jazz is an ever-evolving art form, and the Chicago Jazz Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary by commissioning new works by four composers who drew on the music's century-long history while propelling it on toward its adventurous future. Three of the new suites had their world premieres on Saturday ...
New Orleans Celebrates Satchmo's 107th Birthday
by Sandy Ingham
It's no coincidence that trumpet players--many of them singers to boot - were front and center at the eighth annual Satchmo Summerfest in New Orleans the first weekend of August. Lots of the city's best-known musicians arrange to be on tour up North come sweltering summertime, but many others stay put. At least a dozen top-flight ...
Wein, Women & Song: Newport 2008
by Sandy Ingham
Sonny Rollins was there, in fine, blustery form. Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, too. So were Aretha Franklin and heartthrob Chris Botti.Yes, the superstars were shining at the 2008 Newport Jazz Festival Aug. 8-10. But for me, the best moments were furnished by George Wein, the founder of this granddaddy of all jazz fests, ...
39th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: April 25-May 4
by Sandy Ingham
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, Louisiana April 25-27, May 1-4, 2008 It's been nearly three years since the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, and New Orleans is well along on the bumpy road to recovery. If further testimony were required, the Big Easy's 39th annual Jazz & ...
Veteran Artists at Veterans Weekend Jazz Fest, Cape May, NJ
by Sandy Ingham
28th Cape May Jazz Festival “Favorites Return to Cape May" Cape May, New Jersey November 9-11, 2007 “Favorites Return" was the theme of the 28th Cape May Jazz Festival over Veterans Day weekend. Favorites indeed--not only for the several thousand regulars at this southernmost New Jersey beach resort but ...
New Orleans Celebrates Louis Armstrong
by Sandy Ingham
Satchmo Summerfest 2007 New Orleans, Louisiana August 2-5Jazz fans have myriad reasons to be thankful for Louis Armstrong. One of them is the annual birthday bash in his hometown, New Orleans. The first Satchmo Summerfest was in 2001, on Armstrong's 100th birthday. The seventh stretched over four sun-drenched days, August 2-5, ...
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