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 book video dvd cd Sheet Music!Jazz Glossary of Musical Terms  Posters & ArtJazz & Blues Sheet Music Standards  Quotable Jazz | Cape Town International Jazz Festivalformerly: North Sea Jazz Festival Cape Town  The North Sea Jazz Festival was created by Dutch Jazz promoter Paul Acket, who in 1976, started what would become the most prestigious Jazz festival in the world. From an initial audience of about 9000, the festival has grown into an international spectacle, with 16 stages presenting 220 acts over a period of three days and over 70,000 people in attendance. The North Sea Jazz Festival-Den Haag is regarded as one of the most prestigious Jazz festivals in the world. Unlike its Dutch counterpart, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival has a unique programming formulary. With a 50/50 talent split between Africa and the rest of the world, this South African event allows for local musicians to take their rightful place alongside International musicians, to the benefit of a very dynamic art form. No wonder the media has dubbed the Cape Town International Jazz Festival as Africa's Grandest Gathering. It is certainly regarded as the most prestigious on the continent. In eleven years time, Cape Town International Jazz Festival has grown into a hugely successful international event. The number of visitors increased from 14,000 during the first edition in the year 2000, to 30,000 in 2004. To accommodate this spectacular growth, Cape Town's International Convention Centre (CTICC) hosts the event. More than 40-acts perform over the two days on five stages at the CTICC. Selected bands also perform at the Free Community Concert to be held at Cape Town's Greenmarket Square. The pre-festival concert has become a permanent feature of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and is the organisers' commitment to community members who cannot make it to the paid sessions of the event. The 11th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2010 featured the best local and international Jazz performers including: AL Foster, Arturo Lledo, the Dave Liebman Group, Dianne Reeves, Emily Bruce, Freshly Ground, Incognito, Jonathan Rubain, Kyle Eastwood, Loading Zone, Maurice Gawronsky Quartet, Peter White, Ringo Madlingozi, Rus Nerwich & the Collective Imagination, the Stylistics, Zap Mama and many more. The 2010 festival is held April 3 and 4.
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