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The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (English: Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival.
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years.
The Hampton Jazz Festival is a major musical event started in 1968, and features many of the world's major jazz artists. It is held during the last full weekend in June each year, with the primary venue being Hampton, Virginia's Hampton Coliseum. Festival organizers describe it as "the best available jazz, R&B and blues artists that are on tour ...
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the largest music festivals in New England.
Syracuse Jazz Fest and was ranked as "One of the top five free jazz festivals in America". (Fest Press: A Guide To US Music Festivals) Referred to by Down Beat and Jazz Times Magazines as "The Northeast's Largest Free Jazz Festival". History. Aretha Franklin headlined the 2015 festival, which also featured Lake Street Dive, Wynton Marsalis ...
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder orbits the Mondavi Center at UC Davis on April 18 with a familiar warmth of classical-jazz piano and more pointedly daring synthesizer-driven compositions.
The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival, the largest west of the Mississippi River, that takes place in April on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. In 2007, the festival was awarded the National Medal of Arts , the nation’s most prestigious arts award.
The Blue Note Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival that takes place in June in various venues across New York City. Hosted by the Blue Note Jazz Club , the festival features performances by renowned jazz artists who have been integral to the Blue Note Jazz Club or to jazz music in general.