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• With 80 acts, New Orleans Jazz Fest hopes for another splash

  March 31, 2013 in Features, Travel on Page D7 NEW ORLEANS – As this year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s detailed lineup was released Tuesday, a month before the gates open, organizers said they are energized and expecting …

• Mead High students jazzed by Grammy winner’s visit

  December 20, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 In the past three years, the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival has engaged in more outreach to regional schools. Last week it was the Mead High School jazz …

• Manager: Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World HARTFORD, Conn. — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. 5

• Jazz pianist’s Montana memories to be heard in local shows

  September 6, 2012 in Features on Page C1 George Winston spent his first 12 years in Eastern Montana. There was no TV, one radio station. “The seasons were the entertainment,” he said. “In fall, the color of the …

• ‘World’s Best Cajun band’ to play benefit for Spokane Public Radio

  May 10, 2012 in Features on Page C1 With two Grammy Awards and nearly a dozen nominations to its name, it’s no secret the BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet is one of the world’s greatest Cajun bands. With its …

• Spotlight: Bing will host accordion-fest

  February 5, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Spokane this fall will play host to a prestigious accordion competition. Really.

• Clayton-Hamilton brings the big sounds

  January 12, 2012 in Features on Page C1 Their sound is boisterous, their rhythm infectious. If you think big band music has gone the way of pin curls and shoulder pads, think again. Or better yet, check out …

• Hip harmonies

  November 11, 2011 in Features on Page C1 “Cool and Swingin’ ” is the title of Saturday’s Spokane Symphony SuperPops concert, which should be your first hint that this will not be a solemn evening of Baroque harpsichord. …

• Spotlight: Much ado about Shakespeare

  August 7, 2011 in Features on Page D6 We have plenty of Shakespeare in the region this month, including: • “Much Ado About Nothing,” on the lawn at Gonzaga Prep, 1224 E. Euclid Ave., weekends through Aug. 21 …

• SJO caps year with Latin twist

  May 13, 2011 in Features on Page C3 The Spokane Jazz Orchestra closes its season Saturday night with a Latin flair. San Francisco vocalist Sandy Cressman joins the 17-piece big band for “Brazilian Fire,” a program of Brazilian …

• In addition to jazz, Brubeck Brothers will hit other notes as well

  April 28, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Growing up the son of jazz giant Dave Brubeck meant hanging around with some big musical names: Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Leonard Bernstein. That heady combination of jazz and …

• Jazz virtuoso Benny Green plays Friday

  April 28, 2011 in Features on Page C5 Jazz legend Benny Green made his name with the Ray Brown Trio, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and Freddie Hubbard. Now you can see the virtuoso in person on Friday at …

• Spotlight: Martin, Lang, Moody Blues highlight bookings

  March 27, 2011 in Features on Page D7 We have a solid list of new concert bookings to announce: • Steve Martin and his banjo act, July 22, 8 p.m., Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox – This …

• Sandoval crashes party at Whitworth

  November 5, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Is Arturo Sandoval the best-known jazz artist Whitworth University has ever hosted? Dan Keberle, the college’s director of jazz, thinks he just may be. He called Sandoval “one of the …

• Seattle’s Matassa joins Spokane Jazz Orchestra for finale

  May 7, 2010 in Features on Page C1 When jazz fans debate the question, “Who’s the Northwest’s best jazz singer?” the name Greta Matassa always emerges near the top of the list. Earshot, the Seattle jazz magazine, has …

• Pianist Edstrom might even pull some strings

  March 12, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Brent Edstrom is a nationally known jazz piano master. He has arranged music for the likes of Freda Payne and Dee Daniels. He’s shared the stage with such artists as …

• Sure to swing

  February 19, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Wednesday Young lions take the spotlight in a relatively intimate setting in the University of Idaho’s SUB Ballroom:

• Think Swing! serves up three courses of jazz, blues

    October 23, 2009 in Features on Page C4 In its fourth year, the Think Swing! Jazz and Blues Festival is adding a couple of new twists. Spokane’s annual vintage swing festival maintains its comprehensive focus of music ranging … 1

• Molter-led SJO kicks off with Freelon

  September 25, 2009 in Features on Page C4 As a longtime trombonist for the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Tom Molter had the privilege of playing with world-renowned conductors, Grammy-caliber artists and the region’s top talent. Now Molter is in …

• ‘Mind-boggling’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra sure to entertain

  September 10, 2009 in Features on Page C1 If you’ve already experienced Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, then you probably don’t need to be persuaded to buy tickets for Wednesday’s concert. You probably bought …

• Jazz legend Brubeck brings Quartet to Fox

  September 10, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Dave Brubeck, 88, has been piling up the honors and achievements over the last couple of decades: • A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

• Spokane Jazz finale presents five ‘divas’

  May 8, 2009 in Features on Page C4 The Spokane Jazz Orchestra’s final concert of the season features five jazz “divas,” all of them well-known in the Inland Northwest: • Ann Fennessy – One of the region’s most …

• SJO showcases Ellington’s brilliance

  March 6, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Duke Ellington is more than just a revered former bandleader. “I’ve heard musicologists say that Ellington is one of the greatest American composers ever, of any kind,” says Dan Keberle, …

• Victor Goines Quintet

  February 6, 2009 in Features on Page C3 What: New Orleans-bred saxophonist/ clarinetist; closing concert of the 2009 SFCC Jazz Festival. When: Saturday, 8 p.m.

• Feel the beat

  November 9, 2007 in Features on Page D1 Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, guest artists for the Spokane Symphony SuperPops concert on Saturday, are widely considered one of the most popular Latin jazz bands in the …