A Guide to Annual Events & Major Festivals In & Near Lake George NY / Jazz Festival. In 1984-2008 it was called 'JVC Jazz Festival' (named after Japanese company producing audio, video equipment, etc.). Enjoy a weekend of world-class jazz in Lake Georges Shepard Park.
Held in 1954-71 in Newport (Rhode Island), in 1972-80 in New York, in 1981-2008 at two venues (Newport and New York), since 2009 held in Newport. Rochester, NYJune 26, 2022The 19th Edition CGI Rochester International. City Parks Foundation is proud to celebrate this histories festival, featuring contemporaries of Charlie Parker as well as young jazz musicians that continue to shape and drive the art form. Newport Jazz Festival, the largest American jazz music festival in the United States. The Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF) is one of the worlds leading. Concert: Winard Harper and Jeli PosseConstantly in reverence of his predecessors while remaining innovative in his own right. Rakim & Bilal to Perform New York City Shows for the Blue Note Jazz Festival In June, Blue Note Jazz Festival will hold special engagements at Sony Hall, with. He was born in1920 and almost sixty years since his death in 1955, he is universally celebrated for single-handedly inventing bebop and bringing jazz into the modern era.Ĭharlie Parker Jazz Festival is New York City's annual salute to the legendary saxophonist. Join the Jazz Foundation of America in celebration of jazz legend Charlie Parker with a concert and film screening on the rooftop of the Hansborough Recreation Center. Wein inaugurated the Playboy Jazz >Festival in 1979, where Weather Report was the headliner. In a world of modern music - not just jazz - few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as saxophonist Charlie Parker, best known as "Bird" (short for "Yardbird") to generations of musicians. When the festival was moved to New York City the following year, Weather Report took part, as it did in 1973.
Each year we assemble some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Charlie Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist.