Hears Looking At You Photo – A Visual Essay of Jazz and Blues Jazz and Blues Art Photography of Kamau Amen-Ra, Tasin Sabir, Edward Miller, Charles Rhone, James Knox Location: San Leandro Public Library Street: 300 Estudillo Avenue City/Town: San Leandro, CA Exhibit Dates: July 1 – 31 2010 Artists’ Reception: Thursday, July 15, 6:30PM [...]
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Fillmore Jazz Festival – July 3 & 4
Two days of great music this weekend Fillmore Street in San Francisco. For full details, www.fillmorejazzfestival.org Enjoy your music and have a safe holiday weekend! Photo of the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra at the 2009 Fillmore Jazz Festival by James Knox.
Festival season is in full swing!
One of the things I love about the Bay Area is that the music festivals and local events are jumping from now through end of September. If I have missed any, please let me know. This is the final weekend of the Stanford Jazz Festival with the Stanford Jazz Workshop All-Star Jam on Friday and [...]
Singer Ernestine Anderson needs your help
From www.ernestineanderson.com ERNESTINE NEEDS YOUR HELP Dear Friends, We hear stories daily of people who are being forced to foreclose on their homes and it is truly heartbreaking. Recently, celebrities such as Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield are in foreclosure. Unfortunately, that is a reality for many in this troubled economy and now, it has [...]
San Jose Jazz Leads Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month – April 2008
For Immediate Release SAN JOSE JAZZ LEADS CELEBRATION OF JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH – APRIL 2008 – IN SILICON VALLEY Smithsonian drives national effort to promote America’s native art form SAN JOSE, CA. March 18, 2008 – San Jose Jazz today announced programs to celebrate April 2008 as Jazz Appreciation Month in Silicon Valley. Programs include [...]
Flashback Friday – Ella Fitzgerald – These Are The Blues
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald – These Are The Blues (listen here!) It is a hard to believe that this great lady left us 10 years ago. I have [...]
2006 Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival Lineup Announced
SAN JOSE JAZZ SOCIETY ANNOUNCES HEADLINE ACTS FOR 2006 COMCAST SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 17th Annual Festival in Downtown San Jose to features Tribute to New Orleans Jazz; Neville Brothers, Dr. John, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Bud Shank and Eldar Scheduled to Perform SAN JOSE, Calif., April 26, 2006 — The [...]
The 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Lineup Announced
March 31, 2005; Monterey, California; With an appetizing array of over 500 artists appearing on 7 stages for 3 nights and 2 days of nonstop jazz, the 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by MCI offers fans a taste to please every palette. From reunions reflecting its storied past to today’s “New Grooves”, from vocal [...]
San Jose Jazz Festival – August 5-8
From the San Jose Mercury News: Slated for Aug. 5-8, the nation’s biggest free jazz festival is once again bringing in hundreds of top musicians for a long weekend of music. Among this summer’s headliners are tenor saxophone legend James Moody, trombonist Steve Turre, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, young singing star Lizz Wright and three of [...]
