This was the first festival on the continent where jazz and pop music were brought together. Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend The Festival was an opportunity for The Golden River City Jazz Band to showcase their repertoire and to mingle with international musicians Performing artists included John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Stéphane Grappelli, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, and Woody Herman.įocusing on Jazz.

produced the Cavalcade of Jazz at Wrigley Field, with jazz giants such as Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington, Frankie Laine, Perez Prado, Sarah Vaughn, Valdez Orchestra, Ray Charles and over a hundred more artists.įor eight years, between 19 at the initiative of a GI who survived the Rundstedt Offensive, the small Walloon village turned into one of the landmarks of the jazz world. 2021 marks its 50th anniversary, making it one of the longest running jazz fests in the U.S. The festival drew tens of thousands and has been held every year since. The jam session at a local hotel afterwards was so hugely popular that the idea to hold it annually was born. This 3 day jazz festival in Bix Beiderbecke's hometown of Davenport, IA began when a group of East Coast musicians came to Davenport to pay homage to Bix by playing over his grave. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu holds an annual trad and modern jazz festival in the ground of Beaulieu estate, in the New Forest.

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