Highlights
The Paetec Jazz Festival debuted in August 2007 in Baltimore, featuring 30 performances over three days. Local and national musicians performed at the Pier Six Pavilion, Power Plant Live plaza, Bond Street Wharf Landing, Rams Head Live! and Harbor Pointe. Tickets for national acts ranged from $50 to $140, though a large part of the festival featured free shows. Despite the name, the jazz festival began with a heavy focus on R&B, rock, funk, blues and gospel with such headliners as Al Green, Little Richard, Earth, Wind & Fire and B.B. King. Organizers said they plan to retool the lineup and location for future festivals to include more jazz acts and make the event more walkable. With connecti...
The Paetec Jazz Festival debuted in August 2007 in Baltimore, featuring 30 performances over three days. Local and national musicians performed at the Pier Six Pavilion, Power Plant Live plaza, Bond Street Wharf Landing, Rams Head Live! and Harbor Pointe. Tickets for national acts ranged from $50 to $140, though a large part of the festival featured free shows. Despite the name, the jazz festival began with a heavy focus on R&B, rock, funk, blues and gospel with such headliners as Al Green, Little Richard, Earth, Wind & Fire and B.B. King. Organizers said they plan to retool the lineup and location for future festivals to include more jazz acts and make the event more walkable. With connections to Eubie Blake, Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway, Baltimore has a rich jazz history, though few clubs remain open today.
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Velvet-voiced Anita Baker could try jazzing it up
Anita Baker has never really been a jazz singer. But she could be; she certainly has the chops. Over the years, the Ohio-born, Detroit-raised singer-songwriter has performed at jazz festivals around the world. On her six studio albums, all of which have...Tags: Anita Baker, 1st Mariner Arena, Jazz Music, Janet Jackson, Sarah Vaughan
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Season's sizzling sounds
Sun pop music criticSummer is the best time to experience the transporting power of live music -- especially at outdoor festivals. With the sun above, good food, drinks and fun-loving friends around you, the summer concert experience becomes indelible. This year, there will...Tags: Getty Images Incorporated, Anita Baker, Festive Event, Iggy Pop, Janet Jackson
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Paetec festival returns with a broader focus
sun reporterBaltimore will host a Paetec music festival again this summer, but jazz is noticeably absent from the name. Featuring headliners Earth, Wind and Fire, last year's three-day Paetec Jazz Festival drew more than 25,000. But members of the local jazz...Tags: Festive Event, Jazz Music, Tampa, Dickey Betts, Al Green
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For national acts, city is taking center stage
Sun Pop Music CriticAs they traveled the country by jet and by bus, many major music tours over the years have bypassed Baltimore, stopping in Washington and Philadelphia long before coming to the city - if they came at all. "Baltimore for years was a no-man's land for...Tags: Federal Hill, Festive Event, Virgin Music Festival, Amy Winehouse, Little Richard
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Sounds of music in city
Sun reportersRain was a mixed blessing last night at the opening of the city's Paetec Jazz Festival, as it sent crowds scattering from one outdoor venue but added moody atmospherics to performances at the Pier Six Pavilion. Rumba Club, the 8 p.m. headliner at the...Tags: Festive Event, Metal and Mineral, Weather Reports, Fells Point, Little Richard
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Jazz festival sounds its opening notes
Sun pop music criticOutside on the plaza at Power Plant Live on Thursday night, the Paetec Jazz Festival got off to a blah start. Kicking off the inaugural night of free concerts at the Market Street complex, the Repeatos, an eccentric sextet of long-haired, middle-age...Tags: Festive Event, Dance, Bob Marley, Religious Leaders, Fells Point
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Jazz festival already singing reprise
Sun ReporterEven before the inaugural Paetec Jazz Festival ended yesterday, organizers said they planned to bring it back for a second year. "I've already spoken with the CEO of Paetec, who likes what he sees," festival producer Marc Iacona said of the event's...Tags: Festive Event, Virgin Music Festival, Little Richard, Jazz Music, Photography
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Jazz shows up a little late, but mostly great
Sun Pop Music CriticThe second day of Baltimore's first Paetec Jazz Festival offered exuberant, danceable music loosely based on jazz -- highlighted by a nearly sold-out Earth, Wind & Fire set at Pier Six Concert Pavilion. In the only ticketed show of Friday evening, the...Tags: Festive Event, Jazz Music, Popular Music, Music Industry
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Legends' tunes: some old, new, borrowed and blues
Sun Pop Music CriticClosing out the Paetec Jazz Festival, headliners Al Green, Little Richard and B.B. King delivered casual performances Saturday night that sought to establish intimacy with the audience at the Pier Six Concert Pavilion rather than showcase the skills...Tags: Little Richard, Jazz Music, Popular Music, Otis Redding, Al Green
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All what jazz? Not at this fest
Sun reporterThe Paetec Jazz Festival, coming to Baltimore this week, has its bases covered. Blues? B.B. King. Rock? Little Richard. Soul? Al Green. Funk? Earth, Wind & Fire. But jazz? Not so much. "It's a music festival," said Andy Bienstock, host of a...Tags: Festive Event, Dizzy Gillespie, Sales, Dave Matthews, Woody Herman
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