22nd festival features our own Holly Cole and sounds from around the globe from July 11-19
ROM COOL JAZZ vocalists like Holly Cole and bebop legend Sheila Jordan to hot Arabic sounds from across the globe, the 2008 Atlantic Jazz Festival has a varied, international lineup for its 22nd year in Halifax, July 11 to 19.
Festival organizers officially announced this year's schedule at a media conference on Friday morning in the Halifax Holiday Inn Select's Commons Room, one of the fest's five main venues next month.
Artistic director Adam Fine unveiled a roster with a host of fresh faces and returning favourites, picked from the best of international, Canadian and East Coast jazz, roots and world musicians.
Mississippi-born blues and soul veteran Syl Johnson (Come On Sock It to Me, and the much-sampled Different Strokes), cutting edge New York pianist Pyeng Threadgill (daughter of composer and performer Henry Threadgill) and the 10-piece Argentinean tango ensemble Orquesta Tipica Imperial are just a few of the performers in the fest's multi-textured collage of acts.
“While some of our performers definitely reach into the realm of rock and pop, we prefer to feature artists who are emerging on the cusp of a particular genre or tradition," said Fine on Friday. “To that end, we like to feature a lot of musical fusions, acts who have connections with different types of sounds, like Arabic and rock, or latin and jazz."
ROM COOL JAZZ vocalists like Holly Cole and bebop legend Sheila Jordan to hot Arabic sounds from across the globe, the 2008 Atlantic Jazz Festival has a varied, international lineup for its 22nd year in Halifax, July 11 to 19.
Festival organizers officially announced this year's schedule at a media conference on Friday morning in the Halifax Holiday Inn Select's Commons Room, one of the fest's five main venues next month.
Artistic director Adam Fine unveiled a roster with a host of fresh faces and returning favourites, picked from the best of international, Canadian and East Coast jazz, roots and world musicians.
Mississippi-born blues and soul veteran Syl Johnson (Come On Sock It to Me, and the much-sampled Different Strokes), cutting edge New York pianist Pyeng Threadgill (daughter of composer and performer Henry Threadgill) and the 10-piece Argentinean tango ensemble Orquesta Tipica Imperial are just a few of the performers in the fest's multi-textured collage of acts.
“While some of our performers definitely reach into the realm of rock and pop, we prefer to feature artists who are emerging on the cusp of a particular genre or tradition," said Fine on Friday. “To that end, we like to feature a lot of musical fusions, acts who have connections with different types of sounds, like Arabic and rock, or latin and jazz."
For more information contact All About Jazz.
