Smooth In Seattle – 2nd Annual Summer Concert

Join us for a day of great Smooth Jazz with Jeff Kashiwa Group and the Summer Concert Allstars with Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Brian Bromberg and Eric Marienthal. The beautiful grounds of the Clearwater Casino Resort & Spa sits right on the waterfront overlooking Agate Pass. The grassy lawn, the great tunes and a gathering of Smooth Jazz Community will make this another great summer day of musical memories.
Gates open at 12:00p. Music from 2:00 – 7:30p.

On a sunny summer Saturday, head to the beautiful grounds of the Clearwater Casino Resort Hotel. Drive from the South End of the Puget Sound or the Peninsula or catch the Bainbridge ferry from downtown Seattle. Park in Seattle, walk on the Bainbridge ferry and grab the free Clearwater shuttle at the ferry dock parking lot on Bainbridge and get transported directly to the Clearwater Casino Resort. It’s just 7 miles from the ferry, this quick trip will find you delivered to the gorgeous setting to enjoy some good tunes and great friends on a Northwest summer day.

Jeff Kashiwa Group and the Summer Concert Allstars with Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Brian Bromberg and Eric Marienthal.

Saturday, August 10, 2013 – 2:00 pm

Clearwater Casino Resort, 15347 Suquamish Way NE, Suquamish, Washington 98392

Berks Jazz Fest 2013

The 23nd annual Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest will take place on on April 5-14, 2013. The festival is well known for its friendly atmosphere and the numerous volunteers that help things go smoothly, in addition to the large number of top-notch artists performing there.

Check out the lineup at the festival site, highlights include Rick Braun, Gerald Veasley, Kirk Whalum, Jonathan Butler, David Benoit, Brian Bromberg, Chuck Loeb, Eric Marienthal, Maysa & Her Jazz Funk Soul Symphony, Norman Brown,  Richard Elliot, Peter White, Jeff Lorber, Fourplay, Elan Trotman, Najee, Michael Lington and many more!

It’s going to be another awesome festival!

For more information about the festival visit http://www.berksjazzfest.com.

Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival 2013

Dubai Jazz Festival® is back with Emirates Airline as the new title sponsor. Mark your calendar from the 14th till the 22nd of February 2013 for the 11th edition; an ultimate nine days packed with international acts from all music genres – with a cool hangout experience in a unique atmosphere at Festival Park, Dubai Festival City.

The annual festival will spread over nine consecutive nights and feature 22 diversified performances. The 11th edition of the festival will be hosted at Dubai Festival City for the second year and feature four headline acts, including legendary British rock band Deep Purple, who are set to perform on February 21, and American pop rock bands OneRepublic and 3 Doors Down, who will rock the stage on February 14 and 15, respectively.

The programme also includes nights at the venue’s Jazz Garden, where a wide array of jazz, blues, soul and R&B performers are set to keep fans entertained. For the jazzy line-up look at the banner.

For more information visit the website of the festival.

Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest 2012

The 22nd annual Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest will take place on March 23-April 1, 2012. The festival is well known for its friendly atmosphere and the numerous volunteers that help things go smoothly, in addition to the large number of top-notch artists performing there.

Check out the lineup at the festival site, highlights include Jeff Golub, Sax Pack, Global Noize, George Benson, Peter White, Walter Beasley, Nick Colionne, Brian Bromberg, Chieli Minucci & Special EFX, Rick Braun, Chuck Loeb, Gerald Albright, Boney James, Dean Brown, Brian Culbertson, David Benoit, Mindi Abair, Gerald Veasley, Spyro Gyra, Will Downing, Incognito, Maysa, Chick Corea and many more. It’s going to be another awesome festival!

For more information about the festival visit http://www.berksjazzfest.com.

Jazzin’ Tiffin 2011

 

Enjoy some of the best jazz music in the area, and the nation, at the second annual jazz festival in Tiffin, Ohio. Local jazz groups will start the day’s events, followed by nationally known jazz musicians.

Chuck Loeb & Alexander Zonjic among other performers will grace this festival.

JAZZin Tiffin, Rotary Park, Frost Parkway, Downtown Tiffin, Ohio 44883

Local Number: (419) 618-1226

Toll-Free: (888) 736-3221

General Information: visitor@senecacounty.com

Saturday, September 10, 2011 – 12:00 – noon

Chuck Loeb @ Pizza Express

“As a Professor at The University of Southern California for over 15 years, I have presented dozens of clinics by most of the major artists and clinicians on the guitar scene. Chuck’s presentation was one of the best I have attended – he is organized, professional, articulate, engaging, humorous and very serious about what he does. I came away with some things I now practice every day, and will be sharing with my students in the years to come. I would hire him on faculty here in a New York minute.“

– Professor Richard Smith,
Chair, Studio/Jazz Guitar Dept.
USC Thornton School of Music

Chuck Loeb takes a couple of nights out from his new position as lead guitarist of Fourplay to perform 4 shows in two nights at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London’s West End.

He’ll be joined by Oli Silk on keyboards, plus Andrew Small on drums and Frank Felix on bass.

Seats are on sale now. Please call 020 7439 4962 to reserve a table or visit http://pizzaexpresslive.co.uk/jazzList.aspx to book online.

Fri-01-Oct (6:00 pm) and 10:00 pm)

Sat-02-Oct (6:00 pm) and (10:00 pm)

The 9th Annual River Raisin Jazz Festival in 2010

The River Raisin Jazz Festival is a festival held every summer in Monroe, Michigan. The festival takes place during the second weekend in August each year on the banks of the historic River Raisin. This festival started in 2001 when the Monroe County Michigan Tourism Bureau decided that Monroe needed to promote the arts and tourism in Monroe County.

The River Raisin Jazz Festival brings about 40,000 visitors to Monroe each summer during the second weekend in August. The cost of admission is free[2] and along with the jazz festival, there are also many other events that it brings along with it. Among these are the Annual Fine Arts Fair and the 2nd stage featuring other jazz musicians. This festival features many notable musicians each year. Also, there are several large sponsors that help put on the event.

In the 8 years that this festival has been around, people from all over America have come to Monroe, Michigan to enjoy it. The River Raisin Jazz Festival has been called the fastest growing music festival in the Great Lakes Region. At the 9th Annual Jazz Festival in 2010, saxophonist David Sanborn will perform. According to the President of the Monroe County Tourism Bureau, “It’s the biggest name we’ve ever had, bar none.”

Chuck Loeb – Artist At The German Smooth Jazz Festival 2010

Guitar | Saturday at 9:30 pm

For four decades he has been internationally successful as a musician, composer and producer. Chuck was in the 80s the musical director of Stan Getz´s band and has performed with renown international artists such as Jim Hall and Pat Metheny as well as with the German drummer Wolfgang Haffner (Band Metro). After 8 solo albums his latest CD »Between 2 Worlds« is in the stores. For a few weeks he became member of the legendary Contemporary jazz quartet »Fourplay« and took over the guitar chair from the great Larry Carlton.

Audio samples and more information about Chuck Loeb, click here.

Meet Chuck Loeb live at the Smooth Jazz Festival – here you get your ticket:  Smooth Jazz Shop.

Smooth Jazz Festival Augsburg 2010

Having received a lot of positive response to the first two festivals in Bregenz 2008 and Munich 2009 (see Archive), we will celebrate this year the Smooth Jazz Festival Augsburg 2010 at the historic Park Theater at Kurhaus Augsburg from 24th to 26th September. Please visit the virtual tour to get a feeling for this unique location all over Germany. The Smooth Jazz Stars on stage are Rick Braun, David Benoit, Shilts, Chuck Loeb and Joyce Cooling. The official ticket sale starts on 9th June 2010.

All details about the Smooth Jazz Festival 2010 will be released soon. Subscribe to our Newsletter or the RSS-Feed to be up-to-date at the website of Smooth Jazz Festival.

Fourplay In Constant Change – The Tour Schedule 2010

For nearly two decades, the contemporary jazz quartet known as Fourplay has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B, pop and a variety of other sounds to their unwavering jazz foundations. In the course of ten recordings – five of which have climbed to the top of Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Album charts – the supergroup has continued to explore the limitless dimensions and permutations of jazz while at the same time appealing to a broad mainstream audience.

The Fourplay story begins in 1990, with keyboardist Bob James, who had already established himself as a formidable figure in keyboard jazz – not just as an instrumentalist but as a composer and arranger as well – with solo recordings dating as far back as the mid 1960s. In 1990, James reunited with his old friend, session drummer Harvey Mason (Herbie Hancock, Sergio Mendes, James Brown), during the recording of James’ Grand Piano Canyon album. Also involved in the project were guitarist Lee Ritenour (Sergio Mendes) and bassist/vocalist Nathan East (Barry White, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins). After the demise of Ritenour Larry Carlton took his place, this year followed by Chuck Loeb.

Fourplay’s tour schedule is listed below.