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The Chicago Jazz Festival is an admission-free, four-day annual jazz festival in Chicago's Millennium Park.It is run by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and programmed with the assistance of Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating international and local artists playing many forms of jazz music.
Charlie Allen (trumpeter) Hayes Alvis. Albert Ammons. Chris Anderson (pianist) Chuck Anderson (jazz guitarist) Fred Anderson (musician) Ray Anderson (musician) Lil Hardin Armstrong. Austin High School Gang.
Chicago, Illinois is a major center for music [ 1] in the midwestern United States where distinctive forms of blues (greatly responsible for the future creation of rock and roll ), and house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed. The "Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South into the industrial cities brought ...
1954–present. Founders. George Wein, Elaine Lorillard. Website. newportjazz .org. 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.
Joel Ross (born 1995 [2]) is an American jazz vibraphonist currently living in Brooklyn. Born and raised in Chicago, he was introduced to music by playing drums at his father's church, and got a musical education in high school and college. He later moved to New York City, where he developed into a professional jazz musician, signing with Blue ...
Ron Dewar. Ron Dewar (July 22, 1941 - January 4, 2024) was an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player who grew up in Plainfield, Illinois and worked in the Chicago area. His father, Robert Dewar, worked in a bowling alley. His mother, Ruth Jahneke Dewar taught music. [1] His younger brothers Roger and Randy grew up to perform and teach music.
Years active. 1984–present. Founders. Jeff Parks. Website. www .musikfest .org. Musikfest is an American music festival that has been held annually since 1984 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. [ 1] The festival begins on the first Friday in ...
Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City [citation needed] Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia [ 72] Nebraska. Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival in Omaha. Nevada. Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival in Las Vegas [ 73] Reno Jazz Festival in Reno [citation needed] New Jersey.