Marla Dixon – trumpet & vocals. Marla Dixon, originally from Toronto, is now at the very heart of the burgeoning New Orleans jazz scene and is the leader of the hugely popular “Shotgun Jazz Band”.
This is a highly subjective calendar of things going on around the lower mainland of Vancouver in the next week – mostly jazz but not always I announce the A-Trane Calendar every Friday afternoon around 4:30 on The A-Trane (2:30 – 5:30) 100.5FM or .
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The 2014 Jacksonville Jazz Festival is the second largest jazz festival in the USA and this year will be held from 22rd – 25th May. It has been dubbed by m
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana.The term Jazz Fest also refers to the days surrounding the festival and the many shows at unaffiliated New Orleans nightclubs scheduled during the festival weekends.
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. Although musicians continually expand its parameters, the term Latin jazz is generally understood to have a more specific meaning than simply “jazz from Latin America”.
The Department of Music Programs, seven-time national winner of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming, annually presents over one hundred concerts featuring leading international and local ensembles in programs of classical, jazz, Latin and new music.
During Beaches Jazz Festival StreetFest, on the nights of July 26th, July 27th, and July 28th, Queen Street E. will be closed from Woodbine Ave. to Beech Ave. from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm nightly.
By Félix Contreras, NPR It’s hard to overstate the importance of both Bebo Valdés and Chico O’Farrill to Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban music in general.
16 th Annual FIVE POINTS JAZZ FESTIVAL Saturday, May 19th – Performance Schedule: Parade: starts at 11 a.m. sharp! Beginning at 26th and Welton featuring the Dinosaurchestra Marching Band and Grand Marshals Wende Harston & Dr. mandio parading up to the Main Stage.