Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa 2023: Legends And Collaborations Mark Triumphant Second Year [B.Getz on L4LM]

I’d go as far as to call it the preeminent musical gathering of it’s kind, uniting cultures, geographies, and generations of Black American Music and capturing the spirit of creative collaboration like few, if any, other festivals with such a decided focus on foundational hip-hop.

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Previewing Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa 2023 [B.Getz on L4LM]

What’s on offer at Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa is the creme de la creme of contemporary Black American music, past, present, and future across three stages, all of it delivered in the breathtaking environs of Napa Valley.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep. 054: The Return of ERIC KRASNO [Soulive, The Assembly] + The Music Cellar fundraiser w/ Jonny G [lespecial]

Kraz’s Fall 2019 appearance on the Upful LIFE pod was quite well-received, so with all the exciting developments in his life and career, it feels like the perfect time to get up to speed with all things Eric Krasno

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*The Upful LIFE Podcast* – Episode 025: ERIC KRASNO (Soulive, ex-Lettuce) / LEAH CONCIALDI (ATOMGA, Tnertle, Color Red Music)

Episode 025 welcomes the legendary Eric Krasno to the show for a pretty sweet powwow on a number of salient topics from the guitarist/producer’s illustrious career. Co-founder of Soulive, co-founder and former guitarist of Lettuce, Kraz was in the Bay Area in late September for a quick run with E3- (Eric Krasno Trio)

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Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival 2012 [B.Getz on JamBase]

Hosted by the majestic Spirit of The Suwannee Music Park, the 2012 edition of the Bear Creek Music Festival unveiled a streamlined, svelte, and sinister menu of astonishing artists spanning several generations. The brainchild of Lyle Williams and Paul Levine, Bear Creek remained firmly seated on its throne, the pre-eminent music/camping festival of the modern era.

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JAZZ FEST 2008 Recap! [B.Getz on JamBase]

There is nothing in the world like the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a veritable smorgasbord of music, culture, food, costume, people and energy, native to the Crescent City but descended upon by folks from the four corners of the globe. This year was particularly special as it was the first time since Hurricane Katrina that the festival returned to seven full days at the Fairgrounds

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Bonnaroo 2002- The Way it Should Be (B.Getz on JamBase collaboration)

Bonnaroo…so much speculation was swirling around the largest music festival of the summer in Tennessee. With concerns about the amount of people, the heat and the history of big musical events in general, it surprisingly went off with out a hitch.

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