I've always wanted to go to one, but haven't been so far. Anybody else here been to one? Which one and how was it?

I just got an E Mail about the Capital Jazz Festival in Columbia, MD. Maybe I'll go this year.

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That's funny you should mention that when you did.

I am going to one tomorrow, a combination gourmet food/wine tasting/dancing/ Blues band (Mora)/Mardi Gras festival/charity bonanza, and the tickets are expensive, as it's a "high society" event (to the extent such exists around here!!!)

Not only that, also I have a hot date, a "real melter!!"

She likes Coltrane and Miles, too, and is really vivacious, articulate, and elegant, quite sexy looking and accepted the invitation with enthusiasm. She is the marketing director here.

The Mercedes is still in the shop getting painted, so I will need to use the Subaru Outback or maybe some rental car....grrrr


I will report back...

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That's great, Jim. Big boobs?

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A great city and great music. It goes for about 2 weeks in early July. Many, many free concerts from noon until after midnight.

You're a newby to jazz! It's GREAT! Jazz concerts attract a more upscale, better educated, more polite crowd than the average rock or rap concert venues.

I really ONLY like contemporary "smooth jazz". Artists such as "The Rippingtons", "Rick Braun", "Richard Elliot", "Chris Botti", "Nils", "Peter White", "Boney James", "Sade".

Go to the festival. You'll have fun. Expand your musical horizons...

Went to the Jazz fest in Detroit, back in the mid 80's. Nice, friendly atmosphere.

Not sure if there is anybody left in Detroit now though. - A blues fest might be more apropo.

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Never could get the Jazz thing,,, way over my head, I guess. Give me The 4 Seasons or the Skyliners .

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Yeah, I'm more of a smooth jazz fan. I never really got classical jazz. It must be over my head, too, Pete. You'd probably like smooth jazz, I bet.

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Yes, The Montreal festival is really worth the trip. Fantastic international fireworks competition too.

I was also a regular at the Newport Jazz festival some years ago. Jazz crowds are indeed different. In a good way.

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I've been to many, many Jazz Fests in New Orleans. From what I remember, they were great!

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Here's a rare little diddy for any jazz fans in the house...

My high school closed down a couple years after I left, and with it went an incredible run of delivering excellent musicians. This was mostly due to Bob Soder, our music director who inspired so many kids...the guy was a true character. Jazz was his love, and the annual jazz concerts were the musical highlight of our then small town.

Bob's most talented prodigy was, without a doubt, the most screaming trumpet player you'll ever hear - Jon Faddis. This guy has chops! The closest in terms of raw power was probably Maynard Ferguson in his prime. Even if one doesn't "get" the jazz thing, he's not to be missed live, in a small venue.

Anyway, every year, Pleasant Hill High School cut an album of their jazz concert. A couple hundred were sold to the students. I was just a kid in attendance for Jazz Trac 12, a.k.a.Camel Lips, circa 1975. I remember it vividly...I'd never heard anything like it. I was hooked, and have been a Faddis fan ever since.

Well, enough with the trip down memory lane...a few pops/cracks and not great quality given the album-mp3 conversion, but this track is rare as hen's teeth. By high school standards, the band was pretty dang good. Jon tosses in a couple short blasts as teasers to start things off, followed by a decent teenager piano solo. You then have to sit through a couple minutes of a very painful alto sax solo, but at 5:35 in, prepare to be floored...Jon kicks in with a solo entrance that still gives me goose bumps. And remember - this kid was 18! Jazz fans will recognize the Dizzy Gillespie influence...Jon studied with him as well at an early age.

Here's a link to "Why Not" (8MB). Yup, it's a legal download...don't worry about the RIAA knocking on your door.

The jazz festival in Detroit still go's on. 3 or 4 stages, from campus martias to heart plaza.

Last time I went was 2 years back. The Funk Brothers played (all that remains of them) it was an amazing show.



Paul Keller orchestra usually plays. Always a good show. They play the firefly club in a2 every few weeks.

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No, never. I pretended to be interested in Jazz because I wanted to get into the pants of the girl I was hot for.

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Went to the Chicago Jazz Fest years ago and really enjoyed it. Nothing like a nice summer evening with Lake Michigan on one side and Chicago skyline on another. I enjoy the outdoor events the best when the weather's nice.

Heard Montreal is also awesome, but I've never been. I'd probably go to the Formula 1 race in Montreal before I go to the Jazz Fest.

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I always wanted to go to the New Orleans jazz festival. I love their posters.

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