Windsor Star (blog)Detroit Jazz Festival boasts big name performers
Headed by Joshua Redman, 2014’s artist-in-residence, the lineup includes
names like the sax-powered Phil Woods Quintet, bassist Dave Holland,
legendary Detroit trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, organist Joey DeFrancesco
and vocalist Diane Schuur.
Elmira jazz festival to share Dixieland sounds
Elmira Star-Gazette
The free event — hosted at Wisner Park from 12 to 6 p.m. — focuses on
Dixieland jazz, the earliest style of the American genre that developed
in New Orleans. It combined earlier brass band marches, French
Quadrilles, ragtime and blues with collective, polyphonic improvisation.
Orinda Jazz Festival attracting top talent
San Jose Mercury News
Joining them for the one-day
event at the Orinda Library Auditorium on Sunday, Aug. 17 are two-time
Grammy Award-winning violinist Mads Tolling, bassist Marc Levine,
pianist Ben Flint and other star performers in what they say is starting
to feel like a community reunion.
Baritone Mahogany highlights jazz festival
South Bend Tribune
Mahogany, who will perform at the third annual South Bend Jazz Festival,
always possessed the baritone voice that adds depth and resonance to
his covers of the Great American Songbook, Motown and his original
material..
Reykjavík Jazz Festival Starts Today
IcelandReview
Reykjavík Jazz Festival
kicks off today with a parade leaving from Lucky Records (near the bus
terminal at Hlemmur) at 5:30 pm and marching down to Harpa Concert Hall.
An opening ceremony will follow at Harpa, including speeches, musical
performances and the opening of photographer Slawek Przerwa’s new
exhibition.
Jazz festival in Idyllwild will get underway this afternoon throu the weekend
KESQ
Singer-songwriter Casey Abrams, who finished in the top 10 of
contestants on American Idol in April 2011, will be among the featured
acts at the three-day fest. Others scheduled to play include Black Swan
Blues, Euphoria Brass Band, Greg Jones Band, the Peter Sprague Quartet,
Rocky Zharp, Stars on the Water, The Straight Jackets and international
performer Yve Evans
City gears up for another music-filled jazz festival
Daily Liberal
The 24th Dubbo Jazz Festival will get under way this afternoon and one
of the first acts to hit the stage at Club Dubbo will be local band the
Footwarmers.
Jazz festivals in Montclair and Morristown on Saturday
NorthJersey.com
Morristown will see the return of New Jersey Hall of Fame member and Bergen resident Bucky Pizzarelli's popular Guitar Summit with guests guitarists Frank Vignola, Vinnie Raniolo and Ed Laub, in addition to other performers including Jersey City-based sextet Winard Harper and Jeli Posse and Trio Da Paz, a Brazilian jazz group based in New Jersey.
'Where Rivers Meet' jazz festival comes to New Bern next week
New Bern Sun Journal
The “Where Rivers Meet” summer jazz festival, a first-of-a-kind event for New Bern, is on tap next week. The Aug. 23 concert will feature three performances by major jazz stars on the South Lawn of Tryon Palace.
