Jon Ballantyne is always on his toes. Whether he’s being challenged by the jazz legends he grew up listening to, his old peers at school, or contemporary artists and colleagues, there’s always a better musician out there to inspire him. And that’s just how he likes it. “It’s a life long thing.”
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The Jazz Festival gives local musicians of all shapes and sizes all kinds of opportunities to get on stage and strut their stuff. Here’s a list of local acts you should check out, playing all around town from the Bess Gardens to the Experience Downtown Free Stage.
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Arturo Sandoval is crazy good at the trumpet. He makes sounds come out of his horn I didn’t know existed. Check out the video here, and catch him live at the Jazz Festival this Friday, June 20 at the Broadway Theatre.
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How many festival concerts have you been to that let you carve out a piece of the setlist? Canadian pianist, singer, and composer Laila Biali is putting her own modern twist on this old concept with REQUSTOMATIC.
Good news for festival goers who missed their chance to get tickets to this year’s first batch of sold out shows: the festival is releasing a limited number of extra tickets on Monday, June 9, at 10:00 a.m.
