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The 30th Anniversary of the MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
 Experience Quebec's Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM), also called the Jazz Fest, the largest jazz festival in the world.
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2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Features Kurt Elling, John Pizzarelli, The Count Basie Orchestra, Bob James
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 08:59 PM |
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 On Saturday, September 4, at 2 pm, the 2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival will open with “Radio Deluxe,” co-hosted by John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey. The program will be taped live at the festival for later broadcast on more than 60 stations nation-wide. Normally broadcast from their living room “high above Lexington Avenue,” the Tanglewood program will be the second consecutive year they have taken it on the road since the program’s inception in 2005. The show’s format, marked by the duo’s urbane, sophisticated humor, inventive playlist, and extensive knowledge of the Great American Songbook, is expanding its repertoire to include such rock era voices as Randy Newman and Joni Mitchell. “Radio Deluxe” from Tanglewood will feature two such special guests to be announced at a later date.
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The 27th Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Features World Renowned Artists
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 08:34 PM |
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 The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, celebrating its 27th year in 2010, brings together world renowned artists, local and regional performers and student musicians from around Vermont.
Throughout the 10 days of the Festival jazz reverberates from every corner of downtown Burlington - at Waterfront Park concerts, street parties on Church Street Marketplace, cruises on Lake Champlain, meet-the-artist sessions, workshops and performances in venues as varied as the celebrated Flynn Theater MainStage, intimate FlynnSpace, Nectar's, neighborhood clubs and restaurants and more.
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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal's Presents an Exciting Line-Up for the 31st Edition!
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 08:05 PM |
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 Montreal, 2010 - March heralds the return of springtime… and a whole new batch of concerts springing up at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal! And with this early glimpse of the 31st edition presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, we can guarantee that the Festival marquee will shine more brightly than ever, lit up by the biggest names in the music! Fans of jazz and its source music, and musical expeditionaries hunting for new discoveries can start loading up their musical agendas! Tickets for the concerts of this 31st edition, running from June 25 to July 6, are on sale now.
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Quebec City Summer Festival Celebrates 43 Years with Headliners Iron Maiden, Santana, and The Black Eyed Peas
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 06:05 PM |
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 Québec City, May, 2010 – Music lovers are invited to brush up on their French, pack their bags, and head to North America’s most unique music festival experience: the Québec City Summer Festival. Celebrating its 43rd year, this eleven-day festival features a wide range of musical genres and over 1000 artists performing at three main outdoor venues.
Passes will be on sale on Saturday, May 1 at 10 a.m.at the regular price of $50 - taxes included, plus service fees – on the Festival website at www.infofestival.com. Festivalgoers can also purchase passes by calling 1-877-841-2010. The flashing pass for the Festival d’été de Québec is sold with a unique “Smart” bracelet containing a microchip valid for the entire Festival. Both items, the pass and the bracelet, are mandatory for admission to the sites and re-sale of this wristband is strictly forbidden. Visit www.infofestival.com for details on the sale of Hydro-Québec passes.
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Highlights of the 30th Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, May 03, 2010 - 09:26 PM |
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By Kris King
The 30th anniversary of the FIJM started off with a bang! Stevie Wonder performed a free outdoor concert for over 200,000 people, while the Lincoln Centre Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis performed at the sold-out Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Theatre in the Place des Arts. The evening was capped with a nearly half-hour fireworks display in the heart of Montreal that got the 30th Anniversary party off to a magnificent start.
It was also the premiere of their new festival headquarters and outdoor festival site that included a newly renovated building that houses the Maison du Festival de Jazz on the all-new Place des Festivals, a traffic-free site in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles. The Maison du Festival de Jazz features a performance hall, a restaurant, a great new press room, a Hall of Fame, an exhibition space and a major audiovisual documentation centre open to the public.
Note: Photos: Kris King
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Saint Lucia Jazz to Feature Grammy Award Winning Line-up
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Posted by: Publisher on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 05:44 PM |
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 CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (March 15, 2010) - The Saint Lucia Tourist Board has announced that world renowned, Grammy-winning recording artistes Ne-Yo, Corinne Bailey Rae, Shaggy and Steel Pulse are set perform at the destination's premiere festival from May 1 - 9, 2010.
Also joining the impressive musical line-up for Saint Lucia Jazz is 22-year old R&B singing sensation, Laura Izibor; the music of popular Cuban ensemble Buena Vista Social Club; the electrifying Haitian kompa band T-Vice; reggae veteran Maxi Priest, along with singing greats Jeffrey Osborne, Freddie Jackson, and Saint Lucia's own Teddyson John and Ronald "Boo" Hinkson.
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2010 Barbados Jazz Festival Heats Up with Smokey Robinson
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Posted by: Publisher on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 01:03 AM |
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 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados ~The 17th Annual Barbados Jazz Festival January 11-17, 2010 is the perfect escape from the winter blues, giving visitors a chance to soak up the sweet sounds and sights on the sun-drenched island.
This year’s festival will be headlined by 1970’s Motown star Smokey Robinson, and will also feature a wide range of both contemporary and classic jazz vocalists including Etienne Charles, Babyface, Lalah Hathaway, Robin Thicke, Warren Hill and the Cuban Classics, among others.
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42nd Quebec City Summer Festival Features A-List Line-Up
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Posted by: Publisher on Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 05:51 PM |
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By Kris King
 The 42nd Quebec City Summer Festival began with a video interview with Thomas Lauderdale, founder, artistic director, pianist and primary songwriter for Pink Martini behind the massive festival stage on the Plains of Abraham. Lauderdale, a funny and engaging man talked about the early days of playing for political and environmental causes as a student studying history and literature at Harvard.
Singer China Forbes was also a student at Harvard, although neither of them were studying music, their late-night musical get-togethers eventually evolved, and in 1994 Pink Martini was formed. Beginning with four members, over the years it grew to twelve members that have since performed with symphonies around world. They have performed at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Centre and opening party for the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Note: All video interviews are posted on wwww.youtube/ejazztv.
Photos at: www.kriskingphoto.com
Loreena McKennitt photo: Bill King
All other photos: Kris King
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Daily Dispatches: Bruce Lundvall at the 30th Montreal Jazz Festival
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Posted by: Publisher on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 05:41 PM |
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July 1:
 Our action packed day began with a press conference with the President of EMI/Blue Note Records since 1984. Lundvall was attending as the first recipient of an award named after him to recognise the achievements of non-musicians who have contributed to the development of music, through media, concert or record industries. It has been said that Lundvall, a warm and engaging man with great stories of his years in the world of jazz is gifted with a pair of ears directly connected to his heart.
Says Lundvall “It’s a survivor award – that’s really what it is. Jazz artists are my heart. The most wonderful people in the world are jazz musicians, they are the most talented, the most witty and the most wonderful people to work with.” When asked how he found Nora Jones he simply said, “I answered the phone. Michelle White brought her in, I thought she might sell maybe three thousands records; her first CD sold 23 million copies.”
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Daily Dispatches: 30th Anniversary of Montreal Jazz Festival Explodes with Wonder…Stevie Wonder
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Posted by: Publisher on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:36 AM |
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June 30, 2009:
 Our first flight on Porter Airlines to attend the Montreal Jazz Festival allowed us to fly with ease from downtown Toronto, a short ferry ride to the island airport delivered us to check-in and ease our way through security for the one-hour and ten minute flight to Montreal. Food and beverage are offered FREE by their friendly staff.
I hit the road running after landing in Montreal and went straight to the festival press centre where Stevie Wonder was doing a press conference at the Montreal Jazz Festival opening day.
Note: See the Stevie Wonder press conference at:www.youtube.com/user/ejazztv
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