The Caramoor International Music Festival i

The Caramoor International Music Festival is considered to be one of the top five music festivals in the US. Caramoor has a longstanding reputation among musicians, listeners and the press as a wonderful celebration of great music in one of the loveliest settings anywhere.

http://www.caramoor.org/events/jazz-festival-2/

Newport Festival Jazz

Newport Jazz Venues

Fort Adams State Park
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The festival features three full days of jazz, from July 31 - August 2 at Fort Adams State Park. One of the Park System's national treasures, the Fort is situated at the mouth of Newport Harbor and has panoramic views of the Newport Bridge and the East Passage. The venue has three different stages with a mixture of both general admission areas and reserved areas. All Fort Adams tickets provide access to all three stages. In between sets, in addition to enjoying the breathtaking views and ocean breeze, you can also enjoy the unique food and crafts areas throughout the festival site, or relax in one of the Louis Jadot Wine Cafés where wine, beer and food is served.

http://www.newportjazzfest.org

STANDARD BANK NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL

The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival has become one of the most significant jazz development programmes in the country, annually bringing together over 300 students and 40 teachers from diverse backgrounds all over South Africa, with nearly 90 professional jazz musicians and educators

http://www.youthjazz.co.za

Bossa Nova "Brazilian Jazz"

Bossa Nova - A blend of West Coast Cool, European classical harmonies and seductive Brazilian samba rhythms, Bossa Nova or more correctly "Brazilian Jazz", reached the United States c.1962 (timeline). The subtle but hypnotic acoustic guitar rhythms accent simple melodies sung in either (or both) Portuguese or English. Pioneered by Brazilians' Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, this alternative to the 60's Hard Bop and Free Jazz styles, gained popular exposure by West Coast players like guitarist Charlie Byrd & saxophonist Stan Getz.

http://www.apassion4jazz.net/jazz_styles.html

Vivaldi, Antonio

Artist:	Vivaldi, Antonio
Born:	March 4,1678 , Venice
Died:	July 28, 1741 , Vienna
The Artist:	Vivalidi was a very prolific composer and had some 500 concertos to his credit.

Composition Date:	1725
Composition Info:	One of the most famous and well-loved of all baroque works, the four seasons are the first of 12 concerti that make up Il Cemento Dell'armonia e dell'inventione ( The Contest of Harmony and Invention).

Frederic Chopin

Artist:	Frederic Chopin
Born:	1810, Å»elazowa Wola, Poland
Died:	1849, Paris
Summary:	Polish composer renowned for his piano works. A great Romantic composer, who nevertheless wrote absolute music with formal titles such as Mazurkas, Impromptus, Walzes, Nocturnes.
Popular Sheet Music:	Prelude in E minor Op.28 No.4 Nocturne Op9, No2 Funeral March

Beethoven, Ludwig Van

Artist:	Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Born:	15/16 December 1770 , Bonn
Died:	26 March 1827 , Vienna
The Artist:	One of the greatest and most radical composers of all time. A tormented genius, who went deaf in later life and never heard his final works. His nine symphones are probably his greatest achievement, each one an unrivalved masterpiece, but he also wrote 5 piano concertos, piano sonatas, string quartets and one opera, Fidelio.