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Bologna Jazz Festival - The Italian Autumn Jazz Event
Bologna has been loving jazz since 1958. All the greatest musicians played at its Jazz Festival, the most ancient one in Italy: Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis... After a few occasional editions, the Bologna Jazz Festival (previously Festival Internazionale del Jazz) was born again for good in 2006, keeping ...
Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper and More in Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense + MP3
When you ask most people, “name a jazz musician today," 9 out of 10 times you will get the name of someone who is already dead. But jazz today is undergoing some monumental changes and in this documentary film—Icons Among Us: jazz in the present tense, by filmmakers Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson and Peter J. Vogt, ...
On The Sunny Side Of Jazz
by Dan Bilawsky
Summer is a time of joy for many people. Children are treated to a well-deserved vacation, allowing them to recharge for the following school year, and barbecues are held in backyards, en masse, throughout every corner of America and beyond. Those fond of the surf and sand flock to the beach, and it's all-too-common to see ...
2010 Jazz Legends Gala Honors George Wein, September 16 at Mission Ranch in Carmel
2010 Jazz Legends Gala Honors George Wein, September 16 at Mission Ranch in Carmel Hosted by Clint and Dina Eastwood, Gala Celebration Features Dinner and Entertainment from 2010 MJF Artist-In-Residence, Vocalist Dianne Reeves Proceeds Support Monterey Jazz Festival Education Programs The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that it will honor the legendary impresario, pianist ...
Pharez Whitted: Transient Journey
by Mark F. Turner
The intimidating yet dapper looking man on the cover plays his horn in the same striking manner of his appearance. Chicago trumpeter Pharez Whitted as they might say on the street, “Ain't No Joke" as witnessed by his serious musicianship-- chops that are emotive, filled with technique and touch, and soulful swagger. It's hard to believe ...
Musical Musings from Montreal
Two and a half days into my Montreal International Jazz Festival stay, or even minutes into it for that matter, one thing is apparent. This is a jazz festival that never gets tired - and keeps evolving and improving year after year after year. This 31st edition, which began June 25 and runs through July 6, ...
Blue Note Records Signs Ambrose Akinmusire
JAZZ TRUMPETER & MONK COMPETITION WINNER “DESTINED FOR MUCH WIDER RECOGNITION" (NEW YORK TIMES) EMI's Blue Note Records has signed jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Ambrose Akinmusire. The 28 year-old winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition will head into the studio this Fall to record his major label debut with labelmate Jason Moran as ...
Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2010 Jazz Award Winners
The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2010 Jazz Awards at the City Winery in New York City on Monday, June 14, honoring honoring more than 40 musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 14th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, ...
2010 JJA Jazz Awards Winners
The winners for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. = winner 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston 2. Musician of the Year Dave Douglas
2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
by Gary Firstenberg
The city of New Orleans is riding high these days. With the beloved football team winning the Super Bowl, a new mayor promising a brighter future, a rebuilding of structures and economy, and a new HBO television show, Treme, extolling the virtues of the unique culture of this musical mecca, times could not be better for ...
