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Jazz Aspen June Festival overcomes myriad obstacles for memorable …
Aspen Times
“There’s an absolute limit for amplified sound” he said. Rock fans however can take heart from another announcement Horowitz made from the stage: Elvis Costello with his recent band the Imposters were added to Jazz Aspen’s Labor Day Festival set for early September in Snowmass Village. Jazz Aspen followers could also take comfort in the knowledge that jazz music — or at least something firmly rooted in jazz — could put a charge into the audience. Take Cullum who opened the festival Thursday night. Playing a style that combined lounge crooning Billy Joel-style piano rock contemporary r&b and jazz Cullum electrified the night. It is fair to say that Cullum himself was the attraction; a decent singer and solid keyboardist he was described by most as above all a great showman. But his sense of showmanship relies not so much on flashy gimmicks but on charisma and an ability to connect with the audience.
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Worcester Telegram
Christenson is one of 10 faculty and staff members on the trip. He and other volunteers feel a kinship with the city where jazz music originated because Berklee is such a jazz-oriented school. He’s brought his laptop and hopes to keep up with the journal he’s writing for his daughter. Some members of the crew will be blogging at.
Sila & the Afrofunk Experience Will Appear at Salem World Beat …
Salem-News.Com
? Global Rhythm said that ?the sources of inspiration are many [yet] the sound is consistent and cohesive? while Afropop Worldwide called the band ?impeccably tight recalling the crisp punch of James Brown the sweltering groove of the Meters and the irresistibly danceable feel of Prince. jpg’>Another shot of Victor Sila by Sequoia EmmanuelleSila & the Afrofunk Experience won ?Funk Artist of the Year? at the 2007 Los Angeles Music Awards and have played such prestigious events as the inaugural utside Lands Music Festival Stern Grove Festival Fillmore Jazz Festival (headliners for five years in a row including at the 25th Annual festival occurring on July 4th & 5th 2009) and Berkeley Jazz Music Festival. The San Francisco Weekly wrote “Mixing the legendary sounds of Fela Kuti with some tricks gleaned from James Brown and P-Funk Sila and company create a dancefloor-ready throb guaranteed to move you. The band?s current lineup consists of tenor saxophonist David Boyce (a founder of Afro-futurist jazz ensemble the Broun Fellinis) bassist Wendell Rand guitarists Ken House and David James drummer Bennie Murray trumpeter Mike Pitre trombonist Andre Webb and master African percussionists Karamba Kouyate (from Guinea) and Samba Guisse (from Senegal). In keeping with his mission to combine music with humanitarian efforts Sila has for the past four years co-produced the Afrofunk Festival raising musical consciousness among audiences from Seattle to San Diego to raise much-needed funds for education medical and health services for East African children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. Playing benefit shows Sila explains is his way ?to stay connected to other people to remember that it’s not only about us but community.
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5th Annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival Honors Beloved Musician
Voice of America
Standing in the shadows of the Washington Monument The Duke Ellington rchestra honored its founder with a performance of Ellington’s “New rleans Suite. ” Meantime across town at the Embassy of France the Festival’s Artistic Director Paquito D’ Rivera presented an evening with New rleans clarinetist composer and noted music historian Dr. The 5th Annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival culminates with an all-star show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts “Celebrating a Jazz Master: Ellis Marsalis. ” Joining the Marsalis family on closing night were pianist Dr. Billy Taylor drummer Herlin Riley bassist Eric Revis and crooner Harry Connick Jr.
America’s top summer music festivals
Montana's News Station
Part of the allure of summer music festivals is the location. Rothbury Music Fest in Rothbury Mich. offers tranquil lakes and campgrounds with private cabins for VIP members. The New rleans Jazz Fest extends beyond the daytime fairgrounds and every club and bar in the city hosts live jazz. “We're uptown it's almost midnight and the street is full of people. When people come to New rleans they know its okay to have a good time” says Gregory Davis one of the founders of the NLA-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Each night the Jazz Fest party pours out into the streets where revelers dance drink hard lemonade cold Abita beer and catch crawfish in their mouths.