Although when one thinks of PLAYBOY magazine, the glamorous centerfolds and thought-provoking interviews are often the first things to come to mind, Playboy has had an equally long and mutually beneficial relationship with jazz. History PLAYBOY Enterprises was created in 1953 as the HMH Publishing Co., Inc. for the purpose of publishing Playboy. The business quickly […]
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. Wilmington’s own Clifford Brown was a trumpeter, whose life tragically ended early one summer morning in 1956. Clifford Brown It was […]
What began as a weekend of outdoor jazz in Major’s Hill Park back in 1980 has evolved into one of the National Capital Region’s most highly anticipated musical events of the summer, the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival. The Ottawa Jazz Festival was founded in 1980 by local musicians Bob Misener and Tony Pope who wanted […]
Ascona is a small town with a pedestrian lakeside and historical town center and one can reach each corner in a few minutes on foot. There are eleven Swiss heritage site of national significance in Ascona. There are three churches on the list, the church of S. Maria della Misericordia with the Collegio Papio, the Church […]
For ten days each summer, the city of Saskatoon bursts into song as the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival plays host to hundreds of world class artists. Over 85,000 hungry music fans devour the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, pop, and world music each year, with a program that spans as many genres as it does […]
Hampton Jazz Festival has brought the best of jazz, pop, blues, soul, and R and B for 45 years. Each year the event is more exciting than the last. Hampton Jazz Festival is brought to you in partnership by Hampton University, the City of Hampton and the Santangelo Group, Inc. Hampton Jazz Festival The City […]
Renovated in 1908, the steps of the roman amphitheater rest against a steep hill called the Pipet. In ancient times temples and statues were formed as a sacred extension of the theatre at the top of the hill. The Théâtre Antique of Vienne was the second largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, just after the […]
