Some of the better ones that saw

Havent heard of this child prodigy? There are lot of people betting that you will in the very near future. Thats more than enough to satisfy any diehard jazz fanthe kind of listener who is more likely to put on Take Five than Maroon 5. Yet, much of the excitement swirling about the festival was for the pop acts on the bill, which included such Alisters as Bob Dylan Van Morrison Bela Fleck Rickie Lee Jones Sean Lennon, Derek Trucks, Manu Chao and the Cowboy Junkies.

Nikkis own fulllength album is due in September. The festival, as usual, also hosted its share of fine blues performers. The best of the lot was the John Abercrombie Third Quartets show on 4. The concert drew from that foursomes third album2007s appropriately named The Third Quartetas well as its two previous efforts, 2000s Cat n Mouse and 2003s Class Trip. The band fronted by the legendary jazz guitarist and featuring violinist Mark Feldman, drummer Joey Baron and doublebassist Marc Johnson made music that defied easy categorization, moving from trippy, psychedelic wanderings to earthy, skillful blues, and delighted the capacity crowd.

This 13yearold Canadian has vocal chops to spare and has already drawn comparisons to true immortals like Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. During the opener of fournight run at the festival, it was pretty easy to understand why people are so excited about Nikki in Canada, shes already known just by her first name as she delivered her heartfelt Ella Fitzgerald tribute show. Havent heard of this child prodigy? There are lot of people betting that you will in the very near future.

The best of the lot was the John Abercrombie Third Quartets show on 4. The concert drew from that foursomes third album2007s appropriately named The Third Quartetas well as its two previous efforts, 2000s Cat n Mouse and 2003s Class Trip. The band fronted by the legendary jazz guitarist and featuring violinist Mark Feldman, drummer Joey Baron and doublebassist Marc Johnson made music that defied easy categorization, moving from trippy, psychedelic wanderings to earthy, skillful blues, and delighted the capacity crowd. Earlier that same day, Nikki Yanofsky also delivered one of the festivals true highlights. Havent heard of this child prodigy?
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