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Jersey City Jazz Festival: 2013–present Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. An annual festival in June based out of Hudson County. The festival (previously known as Riverview Jazz Festival) was started to create an awareness of the internationally known jazz musicians living in Jersey City. Tobago Jazz Festival: 2004–present Trinidad and Tobago
The festival, organized by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center has been a fall gathering of musicians and audiences held at various Newark venues since 2012. [3] Jazz musician Christian McBride oversees and curates the event. [4] The festival is named for jazz saxophonist James Moody. [5]
However, the course of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that this arrangement simply wasn't feasible. The festival pushed back the release of new music until the 2021-2022 school year, and encouraged participating schools to submit one song from the entire Essentially Ellington library in either a synchronous or asynchronous fashion.
Jazz Foundation of America, New York City, New York. Jazz House Kids, Montclair, New Jersey. Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Jazz Interactions, New York City, New York. Jazz Loft Project, University of Arizona and Duke University. Jazz on the Square, Woodstock, Illinois.
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. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island.
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The annual jazz festival is held every early March and was designed to be one of the largest jazz festivals globally. It was held for the first time in 2005, when approximately 125 groups and 1,405 artists performed in 146 shows. The first festival was attended by 47,500 visitors during its three-day stretch.
Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has received government support, and the government Buddy Award was for several years awarded at this festival.