2007 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL – NEW YORK
TAKES OVER THE CITY JUNE 17 – 30 WITH NEARLY
200 CONCERTS & EVENTS IN MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN & QUEENS
Keith Jarrett/Jack DeJohnette/Gary Peacock, Eartha Kitt,
Nancy Wilson, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter,
Jim Hall, Patti LaBelle, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman,
Ravi Coltrane, Jean-Luc Ponty, India.Arie, Bela Fleck, Lizz Wright,
Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa, Preservation Hall Jazz Band,
Lee Konitz, Cesaria Evora & More!
NEW YORK, April 17 – The 2007 JVC Jazz Festival – New York takes over the city June 17 – 30 with more than 300 artists in nearly 200 concerts and events (including clubs) at 28 venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and reaching as far as Philadelphia.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 18!
Festival highlights include 80th birthday celebrations for Eartha Kitt and Lee Konitz … 70th birthday festivities for Ron Carter and Nancy Wilson … the return of soul diva
Patti LaBelle and the barefoot diva Cesaria Evora … salutes to Benny Carter, Ruby Braff, Jimmy McPartland and jazz maven Phoebe Jacobs … a double dose of hot new talent with
India.Arie and Lizz Wright… a unique concert pairing with Branford Marsalis and Joshua Redman at The Town Hall … and six free concerts at Macy's across New York City and Philadelphia.
For a complete schedule and ticket information go to the
festival website.
The 2007 JVC Jazz Festival presents eight concerts at Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium. Highlights include a concert on Thursday, June 21, with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock, a celebration of
Ron Carter: The Master @ 70 on Wednesday, June 27, featuring Ron Carter & Friends in four groups – Quartet with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter & Billy Cobham
; Trio with Mulgrew Miller & Russell Malone; Duets with Jim Hall; and New Quartet with Stephen Scott, Payton Crossley &
Rolando Morales, and Nancy Wilson's Swingin' 70th Birthday Party featuring the Nancy Wilson Trio with special guests Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, Nnenna Freelon, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis
and Dianne Reeves on Friday, June
29.
Making his Carnegie Hall debut as a headliner is Bela Fleck & The Flecktones plus The Del McCoury Band on Saturday, June 30.
The festival will also present concerts at The Town Hall, Zankel Hall, the Kaye Playhouse, the Jazz Standard, The Rubin Museum of Art, Prospect Park, The Allen Room, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and many other venues and clubs.
For information and a Festival brochure, call (646) 862-0458 weekdays from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. or write JVC Jazz Festival – New York, P.O. Box 1169, Ansonia Station, New York, NY 10023. Again, the festival website is
http://www.nycjazzfest.com
JVC, sponsor of JVC Jazz Festivals worldwide since 1984, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of high quality audio and video products.
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TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL MIAMI!
view web site George Wein and Festival Productions present the seventh annual JVC Jazz Festival – Miami. This year's festival takes place Thrusday, May 17 through Saturday, May 19, 2007 and will feature a diverse lineup of performers focusing on musical styles from South, Central and North America. Saturday, May 19 at the Knight Concert Hall, The JVC Jazz Festival – Miami proudly presents
Bebel Gilberto and Federico Aubele. This will be the debut performance for Brazil's Bebel Gilberto at the Hall, hot on the heels of her third CD release, Memento. Buenos Aries native, Federico Aubele,
opens the night at 8pm. Tickets for this show are on sale now!
Other performers on the festival include: Arturo Sandoval, Dave Samuels & The Caribbean Jazz Project, Grady Tate, Hendrik Meurkins and more.
JVC Jazz Festival Miami web site
ABOUT FPI Founded in 1960 by jazz impresario George Wein, Festival Productions, Inc.,
(FPI) has been producing music events for over 45 years. In addition to
celebrating the 52nd Anniversary, 2006 marks several other significant
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