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In 2004 the official name of the festival was changed to the Calvin Jones BIG BAND Jazz Festival, in memory of Calvin Jones, director of UDC's Jazz Studies program and a legendary figure in the Washington, D.C. community. In subsequent years the festival has been organized as A Tribute to Count Basie (1988); A Celebration of the 25th ...
The DC Jazz Festival, originally the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, is a jazz festival held in early to mid June for nearly two weeks in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] It was established in 2004 by jazz manager Charles Fishman [2] and changed to its current name in 2010. It is sponsored "with a grant from the National Endowment for the ...
DC Jazz Festival [44] Washington Women in Jazz Festival [45] Florida. Clearwater Jazz Holiday [46] Encore Holiday Jazz Festival [citation needed] Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Jacksonville [47] Jazz In The Bay [48] Jazz on the Green in Fort Myers [49] Suncoast Jazz Classic in Clearwater Beach [50] Tampa Bay Blues Fest [51] Wesley Chapel Jazz ...
First time. April 30, 2012. Related to. Jazz. International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." [1] It is celebrated annually on April 30. [2]
The U Street Corridor was the location of many jazz clubs and theatres during the early years of the jazz age.. Washington, D.C., has been home to many prominent musicians and is particularly known for the musical genres of Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, bluegrass, punk rock and its locally-developed descendants hardcore and emo, and a local funk genre called go-go.
Years active. 1938–2013. Labels. Halcyon, Concord Jazz, Jazz Alliance, Bainbridge, Savoy, Capitol, RCA. Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (née Turner; [ 1 ] 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.
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.
Blues Alley. Coordinates: 38.9047°N 77.0623°W. Blues Alley entrance seen from the street. Blues Alley, founded in 1965, [1] is a jazz nightclub in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Musicians who have performed at Blues Alley include John Abercrombie, Monty Alexander, Mose Allison, Tony Bennett, Rory Block, Ruby Braff, Gary ...