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Detroit Jazz Festival lines up a star billing — for free
If you love a gratis groove, you may want to hit Motown for Labor Day. Though the Detroit Jazz Festival has concerts year-round, the main event happens over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Now in its 33rd year, the Detroit Jazz Festival is the...
Tags: Terence Blanchard, Sonny Rollins, Wynton Marsalis, Lincoln Center, Festive Events
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A world of music at Flights and Sounds Summer Festival in O.C.
Bluegrass legend Del McCoury has been touring for more than 40 years, but the 73-year-old still likes to shake it up when he performs. "I do an all-request show where the audience shouts out what they want to hear. The band doesn't know what we are...Tags: Paul Simon, Cameron Crowe, Lollapalooza, Entertainment Events, Festive Events
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Louis Armstrong Satchmo Summer Fest Is Keeping His Spirit Alive
WGNO NEWSOn Sunday a jazz mass was held at the historic St. Augustine Church in the Treme to honor jazz musician, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Afterwards a second line parade known as the "Satchmo salute" took over the streets. The festivities were all part of...Tags: Human Interest, Louis Armstrong, Festive Events, Music Industry, Entertainment
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Young blues standouts Robert Martin Walters and William "MoBetta" Ledbetter to jam at Mary Helen's in Hampton
In a story published in the Daily Press on Sunday, Aug. 5, I wrote about a pair of young Peninsula musicians who recently attended a national Blues Camp in Chicago. That same pair is set to play at Mary Helen's in Hampton on Thursday, Aug. 9. As part...
Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Music, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Swing and country featured at Rhythms on the Riverwalk free concert series in Yorktown
You won't find a better backdrop for a night of live music than the panorama at Yorktown's historic waterfront. Taking advantage of that vista is Rhythms on the Riverwalk, a free concert series that will return Sept. 7. Those who bring a lawn chair or...
Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Yorktown (York, Virginia), Country and Western (genre), Entertainment, Music
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Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88
Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles...
Tags: Gene Ammons, Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, Muhal Richard Abrams, Bars and Clubs
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Gypsy jazz, healing world music and great singer-songwriters (final platz picks)
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGMichael Duck: The forecasts say it's supposed to be great weather today, though frankly after the past few days I don't know what to think anymore. Regardless, it's the final day of Musikfest! It's your last chance, so get out...... -
7 Things to Do This Weekend (July 28th and 29th)
Unsure of what to do this weekend to pass the time? Consider paying a visit to any of these events, festivals, shows and celebrations taking place on July 28th and 29th. Connecticut Wine Festival What: A celebration of Connecticut’s wine industry....
Tags: Museums, Meriden, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), The Beatles (music group), Lyme
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Jazz giants Ben Tucker and Lou Donaldson still have the music in them
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comLouis Armstrong once said, “Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.” Jazz legends and old friends Ben Tucker and Lou Donaldson still have the music in them. That’s why the octogenarians are...Tags: Radio Industry, Quincy Jones, Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Air Force, Redman
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Leadership change planned at Cumberland Valley School of Music
The Cumberland Valley School of Music soon will be getting a new maestro. Andrew Sussman, who has led the Cumberland Valley School of Music as executive director for the past 18 years, will be retiring from that position effective Sept. 1, according to a...
Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Students, New York City, Music Theater
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Gayle on the Go for Sunday, July 8
KTLA NewsAdmission Free! Sunday @3p.m. Concerts in the Park: Dawn Mitschele Peter Strauss Ranch 30000 Mulholland Highway @ Troutdale Drive Agoura It's a Sunday filled with all kinds of music! This is singer/songwriter Dawn Mitschele. The 2007 winner of the Best...Tags: Arts, Imperial and Royal Matters, Science, Diana, Princess of Wales, Oprah Winfrey
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs at Columbus Park in Stamford on July 18
New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band is taking a break from sitting in with My Morning Jacket at festivals this summer to play a free outdoor gig in Stamford on Wendesday as part of the Jazz Up July series. The group was founded in 1961, and they've...
Tags: My Morning Jacket (music group), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Preservation Hall Jazz Band (music group), Columbus Park, Stamford
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