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The 7th Annual Maryland Summer Jazz Festival | July 19th-29th, 2011

Maryland Summer Jazz Announces Seventh Sensational Season

 


ROCKVILLE, Md., May 18, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — Now in its seventh year, the Maryland Summer Jazz
Festival returns for another sensational season of workshops and jams
for musicians and public concerts for jazz fans.

From July 19 through 29, residents and tourists will have many rich opportunities to hear and learn about America’s homegrown musical heritage at the Rockville campus and in historic jazz clubs in nearby Washington, DC. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 5th Annual “Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo” | May 22nd, 2011

New Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, Leah Chase at Bayou Boogaloo Festival



New
Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, and Leah
Chase will perform together on stage on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 3:45
p.m. during the 5th Annual “Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, ” a community music
festival held on the banks of Bayou Saint John in New Orleans. Backed
by the Stephanie Jordan Big Band, this performance will provide music
lovers an opportunity to enjoy some of New Orleans most renowned jazz
divas in Bazzle, Chase, and Jordan performing traditional jazz standards
from the era of the Big Band sound. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 5th Annual “Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo” | May 22nd, 2011

New Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, Leah Chase at Bayou Boogaloo Festival



New
Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, and Leah
Chase will perform together on stage on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 3:45
p.m. during the 5th Annual “Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, ” a community music
festival held on the banks of Bayou Saint John in New Orleans. Backed
by the Stephanie Jordan Big Band, this performance will provide music
lovers an opportunity to enjoy some of New Orleans most renowned jazz
divas in Bazzle, Chase, and Jordan performing traditional jazz standards
from the era of the Big Band sound. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 5th Annual “Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo” | May 22nd, 2011

New Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, Leah Chase at Bayou Boogaloo Festival



New
Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, and Leah
Chase will perform together on stage on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 3:45
p.m. during the 5th Annual “Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, ” a community music
festival held on the banks of Bayou Saint John in New Orleans. Backed
by the Stephanie Jordan Big Band, this performance will provide music
lovers an opportunity to enjoy some of New Orleans most renowned jazz
divas in Bazzle, Chase, and Jordan performing traditional jazz standards
from the era of the Big Band sound. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Playboy Jazz Festivals’ FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT in Beverly Hills | May 1st, 2011

PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS JUSTO ALMARIO’S AFRO-COLOMBIAN ENSEMBLE AND AWARD-WINNING ISRAELI JAZZ PIANIST TAMIR HENDELMAN’S TRIO, IN FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT, SUNDAY MAY 1ST AT THE BEVERLY HILLS CIVIC CENTER   The Playboy Jazz Festival will launch its annual free community concert series with Justo Almario’s Afro-Colombian Ensemble and award-winning Israeli …

The 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival | June 24th – Aug 6th, 2011

Announcing the 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 24 – August 6

Founder and Artistic/Executive
Director Jim Nadel has put together a compelling mix of styles and
talent for the 2011 festival, as he’s done for each of the Festival
seasons since 1972. Stanford is unique among jazz festivals in the way
it brings great jazz artists together to collaborate and to work closely
with students–a result of Nadel’s vision.

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) April 15, 2011

Providing an intimate interaction of jazz and community found nowhere else, the Stanford Jazz Festival
is pleased to announce the lineup of its 40th season. Commencing on
June 24 with Grammy®-winning, New Orleans-based living legend Allen
Toussaint, presenting rare appearances by the great Brazilian songwriter
and singer Milton Nascimento, and winding up in August with an all-star
week that includes Joe Lovano and the Bad Plus, the Festival will
present upwards of 100 of the world’s greatest jazz artists in the
comfortable and convenient setting of the Stanford University campus. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival | June 24th – Aug 6th, 2011

Announcing the 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 24 – August 6

Founder and Artistic/Executive
Director Jim Nadel has put together a compelling mix of styles and
talent for the 2011 festival, as he’s done for each of the Festival
seasons since 1972. Stanford is unique among jazz festivals in the way
it brings great jazz artists together to collaborate and to work closely
with students–a result of Nadel’s vision.

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) April 15, 2011

Providing an intimate interaction of jazz and community found nowhere else, the Stanford Jazz Festival
is pleased to announce the lineup of its 40th season. Commencing on
June 24 with Grammy®-winning, New Orleans-based living legend Allen
Toussaint, presenting rare appearances by the great Brazilian songwriter
and singer Milton Nascimento, and winding up in August with an all-star
week that includes Joe Lovano and the Bad Plus, the Festival will
present upwards of 100 of the world’s greatest jazz artists in the
comfortable and convenient setting of the Stanford University campus. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 30th Annual Blue Note Jazz Festival | June 1st – 30th, 2011

Blue Note Jazz Club Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York City


 

Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Chaka
Kahn, Bobby McFerrin, The Roots and Many More to Perform in June at this
Year’s Largest New York Jazz Festival

NEW YORK, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Blue Note Jazz Club is opening its doors throughout New York City
during the month of June for the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival.
 More than 80 shows featuring many artists who have performed at the
Blue Note for years will take the city by storm at this year’s largest New York jazz festival. More than 60,000 tickets are available. Ticket information and a complete schedule of events are available on the official festival website, www.BlueNoteJazzFestival.com.

The festival will feature a diverse group of high-profile artists including Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti, Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Brian Wilson, The Roots, Chaka Kahn, Roberta Flack, El Gran Combo, Jon Hendricks, Kathleen Battle, McCoy Tyner, Youssou N’Dour, Bill Frisell, Meshell Ndegeocello, Madeleine Peyroux
and many more. In addition to presenting a special series of shows at
the Blue Note, the club has scheduled shows at the Beacon Theatre, Town
Hall, BB King Blues Club & Grill, Highline Ballroom, Terminal 5,
Joe’s Pub, Mercury Lounge, Rose Hall at Lincoln Center, Le Poisson Rouge, The Lehman Center for Performing Arts, and the Katonah Museum of Art. To continue, please click “MORE”!

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