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He established the Newport Jazz Festival-Saratoga and remained in New York City, retaining the Newport Jazz Festival-New York in what amounted to an expansion. [25] [26] The Saratoga addition began a trend of using the "Newport Jazz Festival" name outside of Newport, as in the Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan, from 1982 to 2004.
The Indy Jazz Fest is an annual jazz festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. It first took place on June 17, 1999. It first took place on June 17, 1999. It was created by a consortium of Downtown Indianapolis hospitality, civic and business interests as a way to spotlight Indianapolis' rich jazz heritage through an annual event.
This annual festival celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, so the music encompasses every style associated with the city and the state: contemporary and traditional jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, Cajun music, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk music, Latin, rock, rap music, country music, and bluegrass.
Most intriguing is the revelation that the Newport Folk Festival, which usually takes place on a three-day weekend, will now be spread across six days, July 23-28… which doesn’t mean that it ...
The Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals will both be returning to their home fort in Rhode Island in late July (overlapping into August by one day), although organizers caution that the two landmark ...
May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist [47] May 15 – Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader [48] June 21 – Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese saxophonist [49] July 4 – Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra) [50] July 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer [51]
Here are 15 shows — including one first-of-its-kind Hoosier music festival — you won't want to miss in April, May and June. Morgan Wallen. April 4-5. Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol Ave. $69 ...
Duke and his orchestra arrived to play at the Newport Jazz Festival at a time when jazz festivals were a fairly new innovation. Ellington's band was the first and last group to play at the Newport Festival. [5] The first, short set began at 8:30 and included "The Star-Spangled Banner", "Black and Tan Fantasy" and "Tea for Two". This set was ...