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1970–2019, 2022–. Founded by. George Wein. Website. nojazzfest .com. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (commonly called Jazz Fest or Jazzfest) is an annual celebration of local music and culture held at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jazz Fest attracts thousands of visitors to New Orleans each year. [1]
History. The festival is held annually on the 20-acre (8 ha), oak-studded Monterey County Fairgrounds, located at 2004 Fairground Road in Monterey, on the third full weekend in September, beginning on Friday. Five hundred top jazz artists perform on nine stages spread throughout the grounds, with 50 concert performances.
Winelight. (1980) Come Morning. (1981) Winelight is a 1980 studio album by jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. The record received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1982. The album was released by Elektra Records. It includes the Grammy Award -winning [1] hit "Just the Two of Us" sung by Bill Withers.
Events January. 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16). July. 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4). Album releases
Events May. 2 – The 5th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (May 2 – June 24). July. 2 – The 18th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5). September. 17 – The 14th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19). Album releases
A. After the Riot at Newport. At Newport '63 (Joe Williams album) At Newport (Cecil Taylor and Gigi Gryce album) At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan album) At Newport 1958. At Newport 1960.
Events. The first American Jazz festival takes place at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in the autumn. This festival precedes the first Newport Jazz Festival. The tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, a Coleman Hawkins influenced player, joins the group of Miles Davis. Album releases. Stan Kenton: City of Glass; Oscar Peterson: 1951
"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond. It was first recorded in 1959 and is the third track on Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Frequently covered by a variety of artists, the track is the biggest-selling jazz song of all time and a Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.