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Houston International Festival, also known as iFest, was a contemporary, multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural arts and music festival held annually in Houston, Texas. This North American festival takes place every April on 16 acres (65,000 m 2) in downtown Houston's parks and plazas. By city ordinance this annual 10-day event is Houston's ...
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. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts ...
He formed his band Njacko Backo and Kalimba Kalimba in 1990 and has independently released a total of 11 full-length albums to date. Njacko has performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Louisiana Folk Festival (Lafayette, LA), and the Houston International Jazz Festival (Houston, TX), among countless other events.
Career. Sung is a native of Houston, Texas, and is of Chinese heritage. [1] She attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, [2] and went on to receive undergraduate and master's degrees in classical piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] She first heard jazz music during that time and eventually ...
Robert L. Steele ("Lanny") (December 30, 1933 – October 21, 1994) was an American jazz pianist, educator, composer, [1] and jazz festival promoter. He founded the Texas Southern University Jazz Ensemble. [2] Steele graduated from Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. He studied music at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he ...
Formerly of. Stan Kenton Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band. Anthony Sebastian "Tony" Campise (January 22, 1943 – March 7, 2010) [1] was an American jazz musician. He primarily played tenor saxophone and flute though he was a multireedist who also used clarinet and oboe. He was known for his exceptional technique and fluid style on all reed ...
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) [1] was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His pioneering works often abandoned the harmony -based composition ...
International Jazz Festivals Organization ( IJFO) is an umbrella organization including 15 leading jazz festivals worldwide. [1] IJFO sponsors an international jazz award presented in partnership with the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) at their annual conferences, and rewards upcoming talents in the genre of jazz. It was ...