Golden set showcases jazz classics
For jazz lovers worldwide, summertime is festival time, with roughly a thousand events from the Azores to Estonia and from Montreal to Monterey, Calif. Here in the islands, the Hawaii International Jazz Festival will mark its 11th year from July 30 to Aug. 7... starbulletin.com

INSIDE STANFORD'S JAZZ FEST
This year's Stanford Jazz Festival, which began with a concert by blues great Ruth Brown on June 19 and concludes with a performance by powerhouse saxophonist Eric Alexander on Aug. 7, offers 33 concerts cutting across a wide range of styles, generations and cultural influences..... sfgate.com

But is it jazz?
Some accuse the Montreal festival of not having enough 'pure jazz.' This year's concerts by Wynton Marsalis and genre-busting Me'Shell Ndegeocello neatly reflect the music form's ongoing identity crisis... canada.com

Yellowjackets, the double Grammy Winners, back at the Malta Jazz Festival
For more than two decades of recording & performing, over a dozen Grammy nominations, and two Grammy Awards, the Yellowjackets - keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip, tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer & drummer Marcus Baylor show no signs of slowing down.... di-ve.com

Jazz Fest balances music and profit motive
NEW YORK (Billboard) - San Francisco has Indy Jazz Fest organizers are floating a new catch phrase as part of this year's advertising campaign: "There are two kinds of music. Jazz, and the music jazz inspired." The tag line alludes to the biggest names playing next weekend's event.... indystar.com

Steve Lacy, 69, Who Popularized the Soprano Saxophone, Dies
Steve Lacy, an American soprano saxophonist who spent more than half of his 50-year career living in Europe and helped legitimize his instrument in postwar jazz, died yesterday in Boston. He was 69..........nytimes.com

The 23rd Annual Mt. Hood Jazz Festival
Coming August 7-8, 2004
The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival announces headliners Abbey Lincoln and the Heath Brothers for its 23rd year, with Cyrus Chestnut, Charlie Hunter, James Carter, Los Hombres Calientes, Frank Morgan and Madeleine Peyroux, among others, filling out the line-up all day Saturday and Sunday..... mthoodjazz.com

Singers Chaka Khan, Michael Franks and Bobby Caldwell, Brazilian guitarist Toninho Horta, drummer Harold Jones' big band and the contemporary- jazz trio of Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown will headline the Jazz on the River festival Sept. 11-12 on Johnson's Beach in Guerneville... sfgate.com

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Lineup for 2004 Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 3-5, Lenox, MA
PRWEB) April 1, 2004 -- The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the lineup for its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival to be held September 3-5 at the Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis Quartet, Dave Brubeck Quartet and Symphonette, Marian McPartland, Eliane Elias, Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta II, Doug Wamble Quartet and Miguel Zenon Quartet....... prweb.com

Major events reach milestones in 2004
When a festival or attraction marks a major anniversary, it generally entails a host of special events or rare opportunities to take part in historic celebrations. That's certainly the case with several of the events in 2004 listed below. ..... canoe.ca

Black-tie gala to celebrate jazz festival's 50th birthday
NEWPORT - The Preservation Society of Newport County will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Newport jazz festival this summer with a gala party featuring Bill Cosby as emcee..... newportdailynews.com

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