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Jazz Festivals
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Friday, 20 July 2007 |
 Mose Allison © Andrea Canter
Entering its 13th year, the Lansing JazzFest is a two-day FREE music festival that brings national, regional, and local acts to an audience of roughly 15,000 people from across Michigan and nearby states. JazzFest's music truly is living music, history in the making. Each artist at the festival is asked to play an original composition, something that hasn't been played at any other festival. On Friday, August 3rd performers include: Kris Johnson Quartet, Neil Gordon Quartet featuring Dan Jacobs, Paul VornHagen Quintet, Jazz Karaoke, Mose Allison, Sunkwa, and Mike Skory's Jazz All Stars. And on Saturday, August 4 the lineup features: Lanswingers, Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan, Mike Daniels Drum Clinic, Message Makers Band, Community Dance Project, Jim Cooper Quartet, Organissimo, Sunkwa, Too Smooth for Notes, Caleb Curtis Quintet, Koke McKesson, Mose Allison, Ritmo, and Mike Skory's Jazz All-Stars — South Stage.
This year's festival will take place Friday, August 3, and Saturday, August 4, 2007, in the streets of Old Town, surrounded by the best of the Capital City's art galleries as well as unique retail stores and grand architecture. Vendors line the streets offering ethnic food, beverages, art, clothing, and crafts, and nearby galleries and boutiques open their doors during festival hours. Visit www.jazzlansing.com for more details. |
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
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 Diane Schuur Hot ribs, cool jazz! The Jazz & Rib Fest is one of the most anticipated downtown events in Columbus and the Midwest. The Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest takes place on July 20 - 22, 2007 in Bicentennial Park and Genoa Park. The tantalizing aroma of ribs on the grill mixed with the vibrant sounds of jazz makes a combination that is undeniably delicious. Now in its 28th year, The Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest brings together some of today's most popular and innovative jazz artists with mouth watering ribs from across the country. Don't miss this Columbus summertime tradition. Delfeayo Marsalis, Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion, Diane Schuur, James Moody, Groove Collective, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, Diego Urcola, The Winard Harper Sextet, Monk on Monk Too, The Headhunters, and Robert Glasper.
Jazz & Rib Fest is produced by Music in the Air and the Office of Special Events, programs of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. |
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
 Bernard Purdie
Kicking off on Wednesday July 25th and spreading over the next five days, the visionary folks from Sunset Promotions and Alistair Monroe bring you what has been lovingly referred to as the "Soul of San Francisco." The festival draws thousands to San Francisco's most hallwoed neighborhood and boasts an abundance of free programming, making it San Francisco's foremost urban music festival. In its thirteenth year, this independently owned and produced festival presents a collection of musicians who continue to push jazz into the future, while honoring its glorious past. Each show defines a theme, and then presents artists who represent its past, present, and future. |
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Tuesday, 03 July 2007 |
Celebrating Jazz Piano
RHK & BM At the State Theatre, SCJF'07 features two living piano giants (both of whom worked with Frank Sinatra): Bill Mays (Sarah Vaughan, Gerry Mulligan, Peggy Lee, Toots Thielemans) and Russ Kassoff (Bucky Pizzarelli, Rita Moreno, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis). Friday July 19, Mr. Mays leads The Inventions Trio featuring Marvin Stamm (tpt) and Alisa Horn (cello). Messrs. Mays and Kassoff share the State Theatre stage as a piano duo on Friday July 20. Saturday July 21's concert features the Russ Kassoff Trio (with Martin Wind (bs) and Dennis Mackrel (dr)), followed by a jazz jam featuring the best of SCJF'07. During SCJF'07, State Theatre 11p late sets feature trios led by local pianists Arthur Goldstein (7/19) and Bill Test (7/20). Tickets for all State Theatre concerts are on sale at the box office, by telephone (814-272-0606) or at www.statecollegejazzfestival.com. Discounted concert series tickets are available through the box office or by telephone only. All outdoor events for SCJF'07 are free and volunteers will pass the hat to collect donations for the State College Area School District Library Endowment Fund. Festival performers' recordings will be available for purchase. |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
 Barbara Morrison © Andrea Canter The Minneapolis weekend kicks off Thursday night on Peavey Plaza with Big George Jackson’s Chicago Blues at 5 pm, followed by a special Tribute to Duke Ellington concert at adjacent Orchestra Hall at 7:30 pm, presented by Delfeayo Marsalis and his octet, featuring brother Branford. (Click here for more information about this concert. ) |
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