440...July 4 Ottawa Jazz Festival OMG

The Bad Plus and Al Di Meola, ce soir, Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Confederation Park, downtown Ottawa.

I will be there with my mellow mauve sombrero on.

Yasir Naqvi, Ottawa Centre MPP, will be there to introduce Al DiMeola.

You will be there because it is too much fun.

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393...Pat Metheny Tonight Ottawa Jazz Festival

I will be there with my red sombrero on.

Nine bells.

Sharpie in hand.

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365...Free Jazz In Ottawa

Cap off St. Jean Baptiste Day with three free surprise concerts that will be a special kick-off for the 29th edition of the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival tonight on the Main Stage at Confederation Park with Ottawa’s own Souljazz Orchestra at 7; star flamenco guitarist Pavlo at 8 and; consummate jazz musician Terence Blanchard performing in a quartet at 9.

Of course I will be there wearing my festive red sombrero.

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364...Free Jazz Tonite

More info in a minute.

360...Ottawa Jazz Festival 2009 2morrow 93.1

Tomorrow, 93.1CKCU, James Hale, Media Specialist, 6 40 am, plus tic.

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232...All That Jazz, Ottawa

Tomorrow morning, six o'clock, James Hale, media specialist, from the Ottawa Jazz Festival will be joining me, The World Famous Dan Shields, on the Mighty 93.1 CKCU to let you know how cool, daddy-o, the 2009 Jazz Festival is going to be.

The two Als, Al Di Meola and Al Green is what is exciting me the most but Mr. Hale will have beaucoup de information for you on this perennially brilliant fest.

Check it out, Tuesday, six a.m., 93.1.

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