Monday, July 15, 2013

USA/UK/Canada Jazz Festivals News

Jazz Festival, Swing-Dance and Julian Joseph comes to Alton College
East Hampshire News
On Saturday 29th June, the Berkoff Performing Arts Centre was alive with the sound of jazz. During the day, eight different bands and over 40 different young musicians from across the region performed at the Southern Jazz Centre's inaugural Jazz Festival.
Jazz Festival at Riverside Cemetery features music and food trucks
Plain Dealer
The third annual Jazz Festival at Riverside Cemetery, featuring the J. Blues Quartet and Joe Miller, takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 21. The event is free, and food and dessert trucks will roll up to feed the crowd.
Jazz Festival Unveils First Two Shows of 2013 Season
ChrisD.ca
The Winnipeg Jazz Festival has unveiled its first two acts of the 2013 season. The new season gets underway November 14 with a performance from Michael Kaeshammer at the West End Cultural Centre. Kaeshammer has been called a triple-threat combo
South Shore jazz festival canceled
Chicago Tribune
“There were only three weeks left to produce a show,” said Williamson. “We just couldn't do it this year.” In past seasons, the festival presented Dizzy Gillespie, Muddy Waters, Count Basie, Von Freeman, Dianne Reeves, Orbert Davis
Saxophonist Tia Fuller set for date at 2013 Edinburgh Jazz Festival
The List
On the opening night of the 35th Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Tia Fuller aims to blow the roof off the Queen's Hall. Best known outside jazz circles for touring the world with Beyoncé Knowles' troupe, the young American has made a name for herself
Ghostpoet set for date at 2013 Edinburgh Jazz Festival
The List
'A lad with a lisp with some stories to tell,' is how Obaro 'Ghostpoet' Ejimiwe describes himself. With his sleepy, half-sung, half-spoken delivery, Ejimiwe has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in British music this decade.
An estimated 400 to 500 crowd Central Square
Youngstown Vindicator
Heads nodded, feet tapped and bodies swayed to the sounds of Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Kirk Whalum, headliner for Sunday's Jazz Fest in Central Square to conclude the 15th annual Summer Festival of the Arts. SounDoctrine, a local jazz group