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MONTREAL - THE Montreal international jazz festival on Tuesday announced its lineup for the June 25-July 6 event that includes jazz luminaries Sonny Rollins, Bobby McFerrin, Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock. Lionel Richie and Cassandra Wilson will kick off the festival with an opening gala concert on June 25. The Montreal international jazz festival on Tuesday announced its lineup for the June 25-July 6 event that includes jazz luminaries Sonny Rollins, Bobby McFerrin, Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock. Saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins will receive the Edward MacDowell Medal this year, The MacDowell Colony announced yesterday. It is the first time a jazz musician has received the honor, given yearly since 1960 to an “artist who has made an outstanding contribution to his or her field.” ? E-Mail This ???? ? Add to Del.icio.us Yes, we’re skeptical too. But filmmaker David Chang has a promising idea. His father was a bartender at a New York jazz club from 1959-1963; his dad’s anecdotes will form the basis of Chaography: Variations On The Theme Of Freedom An appearance by Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist, to benefit the Clearwater organization at the Tarrytown Music Hall is in keeping with his interest in the environment. The first album recorded live at the Vanguard, and still one of the best, was made by Sonny Rollins’ piano-less trio in 1956. Noisy but soothing, simple but dense, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen’s trio is primed to confront jazz history’s shadow on its home turf. BIRDLAND JULY SCHEDULE LEW TABACKIN and TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI QUARTET Wednesday-Saturday, July 1-4 @ 8:30 and 11pm Music Charges: $30, general seating; $40, premium seating Lew Tabackin is one of the few jazz musicians who maintains a dual musical personality. As a tenor saxophonist, he is a hard-driving, tough-toned player reminiscent of Sonny Rollins or Don Byas. But as a flutist, he can also sound … NEW YORK — Jazz legend Sonny Rollins and big-band leader Maria Schneider each were triple winners at the Jazz Awards, but it was 90-year-old pianist Hank Jones who struck the most sentimental chord. Free lunchtime concert celebrates public transit The votes are in and the big winners at this year’s Jazz Awards are saxophonist Sonny Rollins and big-band leader Maria Schneider , who each took home three awards from Tuesday’s ceremony, which was held at the Jazz Standard club in New York. Voting isn’t done by tweens power-texting in thousands of votes at a time a la “American Idol” but by the 450 members of the Jazz Journalists Association. …
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