Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2004

Featured Performers Include Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis Quartet, Dave Brubeck Quartet & Symphonette, Marian McPartland, Eliane Elias, Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta II, Doug Wamble Quartet, Miquel Zenon Quartet

Tickets on Sale: Sunday, March 14, 10 am

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the lineup for its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival to be held September 3-5 at the Orchestra's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year's festival include Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis Quartet, Dave Brubeck Quartet and Symphonette, Marian McPartland, Eliane Elias, Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta II, Doug Wamble Quartet and Miguel Zenon Quartet. Tickets go on sale to the public Sunday, March 14, at 10 am. The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by Fidelity Investments.

“It's a distinct pleasure for us at Fidelity to support the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, one of the many high notes of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer session at Tanglewood," said Robert L. Reynolds, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments. “Considered by many to be the most American of art forms, jazz perfectly reflects the boundless creativity, innovation and energy of the American spirit. We're proud to be able to do our part to make this festival possible, and we hope that our ongoing commitment to the BSO and this consistently outstanding event ensures that the sound of jazz will echo across the Berkshires and beyond for years to come."

This year's festival opens Friday, September 3, at 8 pm with performances by Brazilian born, Grammy nominated pianist, Eliane Elias and Latin salsa king, Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta II in Seiji Ozawa Hall. The program will be broadcast live on WGBH Radio, Boston, WBGO Radio, Newark, and fifteen other public radio stations across the country. Pianist, Marian McPartland, known to NPR listeners for her “Piano Jazz" series, which turns 26 this year, returns to Tanglewood's Ozawa Hall with a special guest (to be announced) Saturday, September 4, at 3 pm for a live taping of the program for a future “Piano Jazz" broadcast (last year's guest was Norah Jones).

Harry Connick, Jr. brings his sixteen-piece big band and additional sixteen-piece string orchestra to Tanglewood Saturday, September 4, at 8 pm in the Koussevitzky Music Shed as part of his national “Only You" Tour. Sunday, September 5, at 2 pm will feature the full roster of the Marsalis Music label. The artists in “Marsalis Music Presents" are the Branford Marsalis Quartet, the Harry Connick, Jr. Quartet, the Doug Wamble Quartet and the Miguel Zenon Quartet. Jazz giant and Tanglewood favorite, Dave Brubeck, closes the festival Sunday, September 5, at 8 pm, at Ozawa Hall with his legendary Quartet and a special performance of the Quartet augmented by a string symphonette.

Tickets for the Tanglewood Jazz Festival go on sale Sunday, March 14, at 10 am and are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at the Boston Symphony Orchestra website, www.bso.org, powered by EMC Corporation. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets, the Ticketmaster website, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster in Boston at 617-931-2000; in New York City at 212-307-7171; in western Massachusetts at 413-733-2500; and in all other areas at 800-347-0808. Tickets will be available in person at the Tanglewood Box office in Lenox, Massachusetts, beginning Friday, June 4. Box office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm, and Sunday from 12 noon to 6 pm.