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Sedona Jazz on the Rocks returns after one-year hiatus
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Patricia Myers
By Patricia Myers Sedona, AZ- It's being termed the re-jazzination" of the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival, the outdoor event returning after a year's hiatus related to financial issues. The daylong program on Saturday, Oct. 2, is aimed at increasing attendance by moving beyond the modern and contemporary jazz formats of the past 28 years to feature more blues and rhythm-and-blues bands. The lineup will feature jazz-Motown vocalist Dennis Rowland, guitarist Craig Chaquico, blues vocalist Maysa, Cuban pianist Alfredo ...
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No Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival This Year
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Michael Ricci
By Patricia Myers Financial problems cited, 'angel' or sponsor sought
There will be no Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival this year, said Bettye Wilson, president of the board of directors, citing the one-two punch of the economy and less income from last year's weeklong presentation. The decision was based on whether the current economy would sustain the festival, which would have been our 28th."
Wilson said she has been encouraged by reaction from the jazz musicians' community. We've had ...
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Legendary Bobby Hutcherson Receives Jazz Fest Lifetime Achievement Award in Sedona, Arizona
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All About Jazz
Jazz Classical Music in Sedona and Beyond
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All About Jazz
The cream-colored cliffs and vermilion spires of Sedona will reverberate with classical music and jazz as the Red Rocks Music Festival opens Saturday and continues through Aug. 31. Typically, summer music festivals are staged in a beautiful area with cooler weather. Sedona is so unique and beautiful, even if it isn't quite as cool as other places, it's still the perfect location. They aren't always distinct styles of music. Sometimes the elements of one can influence or be ingrained into ...
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Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival Expands in 27th Year
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All About Jazz
By Patricia Myers
The photogenic red rocks of Arizona will be the backdrop for the 27th annual Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival, a week-long schedule of events between September 23-28. The festival has expanded this year with more free outdoor concerts, a dinner-dance, film showing, house party and wine-maker dinner leading up to the all-day festival.
The main event is an outdoor festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Radisson Poco Diablo Resort in the heart of red-rock country. ...
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