Nine Concerts Include Performances by Billy Taylor, Charles Lloyd, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cecil Taylor, George Cables, Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen, Bad Plus 1 with Kurt Rosenwinkel.
NEW YORK, NY - The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival New York, produced by The Festival Network, LLC (FN), presents a “festival within the festival" at the Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC), 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West.
Beginning June 17. the JVC Jazz Festival New York takes over the stage at the Concert Hall at NYSEC for nine nights of stellar tributes, exclusive groupings, piano giants, dynamic vocalists and more, Highlights include Ravi Coltrane's tribute to his mother, Alice, with Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette and Brandee Younger; A Celebration of 35 Years of Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights in Jazz with Billy Taylor, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wycliffe Gordon and others; Voices Beyond Boundaries with Raul Midn and Lizz Wright; Cecil Taylor and George Cables in a night of solo piano music, and a 90th birthday celebration of Hank Jones, the eldest of the prolific Jones brothers (Hank, Thad and Elvin).
Highlights of the NYSEC series continue with Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel in a JVC New York exclusive with the band's introduction of a special guest for the first time ever; Empirical, making its U.S. debut after winning the first North Sea Jazz Festival band competition and being named as the best jazz band in the United Kingdom; Rising Stars Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding, whose quartets feature A-list bands made up of family and friends; Dee Dee Bridgewater (host of NPR's Jazz Set) presenting music from her new CD Red Earth: A Malian Journey and a stop on Charles Lloyd's 70th Birthday Tour.
“The concerts at the Society for Ethical Culture make a superb 'festival within the festival,'" said George Wein of Festival Network. “The artists presented here add a great deal of strength and excitement to the JVC Jazz Festival while offering a wide range of choices for music lovers."
The complete JVC Jazz Festival schedule* at the Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture is:
Tuesday, June 17 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
A Tribute to Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Brandee Younger
Wednesday, June 18 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
A Celebration of 35 Years of Highlights in Jazz: A Tribute to Jack Kleinsinger Billy Taylor, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Byron Stripling, Ted Rosenthal, Wycliffe Gordon, Gene Bertoncini, Jay Leonhart and Lewis Nash
Thursday, June 19 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Voices Beyond Boundaries - Raul Midn and Lizz Wright
Friday, June 20 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
The Solo Piano - Cecil Taylor and George Cables (Co-produced by Jill Newman Productions)
Saturday, June 21 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Celebrating 90 Years of Hank Jones, Hosted by Dr. Billy Taylor - Hank Jones with Special Guests, including Roy Hargrove, Frank Wess, Russell Malone, Roberta Gambarini, George Mraz, Willie Jones, III and more
Tuesday, June 24 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
A JVC New York Exclusive! - Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel plus Empirical
Wednesday, June 25 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Rising Stars - Anat Cohen with Special Guests Yuval Cohen, Avishai Cohen and Jason Lindner plus Esperanza Spalding Quartet with Leonardo Genovese, Ricardo Vogt and Horacio Hernandez
Friday, June 27 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Red Earth: A Malian Journey
Saturday, June 28 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
70th Birthday Tour Celebrating Life and Music of Charles Lloyd featuring Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland
*The previously announced A Tribute to Carlos “Patato" Valdez: The Conga Kings featuring Giovanni Hidalgo, Candido Camero and Francisco Aguabella on Sunday, June 22, has been canceled.
For tickets and more information, visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/290 or call (212) 307-7171. For information and a Festival brochure, call (646) 862-0458 weekdays from 10 am to 6 pm, or visit the official JVC Jazz Festival New York Website at festivalnetwork.com.
Additional support for the JVC Jazz Festival New York is provided by NYC & Company and media partners The Village Voice and Jazz 88/WBGO-FM. The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57th Street at Sixth Avenue, is the official host hotel of the JVC Jazz Festival New York. For the special festival rate, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201, and mention the JVC Jazz Festival or visit buckinghamhotel.com.
The Festival Network, LLC (FN) develops, acquires and produces multi-day music festivals and live entertainment properties in unique destinations around the globe. FN's predecessor company, Festival Productions, pioneered the outdoor “festival era" in 1954 with the creation of the renowned Newport Jazz Festival. FN manages the development and distribution of content derived from its historical, current and upcoming live music festivals, entertainment events and sports-related properties. Another division, FN Management, provides artist management services to a select group of performing artists and producers. FN, which is privately held, is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
JVC, sponsor of JVC Jazz Festivals worldwide since 1984, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of high quality audio and video products.
NEW YORK, NY - The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival New York, produced by The Festival Network, LLC (FN), presents a “festival within the festival" at the Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC), 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West.
Beginning June 17. the JVC Jazz Festival New York takes over the stage at the Concert Hall at NYSEC for nine nights of stellar tributes, exclusive groupings, piano giants, dynamic vocalists and more, Highlights include Ravi Coltrane's tribute to his mother, Alice, with Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette and Brandee Younger; A Celebration of 35 Years of Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights in Jazz with Billy Taylor, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wycliffe Gordon and others; Voices Beyond Boundaries with Raul Midn and Lizz Wright; Cecil Taylor and George Cables in a night of solo piano music, and a 90th birthday celebration of Hank Jones, the eldest of the prolific Jones brothers (Hank, Thad and Elvin).
Highlights of the NYSEC series continue with Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel in a JVC New York exclusive with the band's introduction of a special guest for the first time ever; Empirical, making its U.S. debut after winning the first North Sea Jazz Festival band competition and being named as the best jazz band in the United Kingdom; Rising Stars Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding, whose quartets feature A-list bands made up of family and friends; Dee Dee Bridgewater (host of NPR's Jazz Set) presenting music from her new CD Red Earth: A Malian Journey and a stop on Charles Lloyd's 70th Birthday Tour.
“The concerts at the Society for Ethical Culture make a superb 'festival within the festival,'" said George Wein of Festival Network. “The artists presented here add a great deal of strength and excitement to the JVC Jazz Festival while offering a wide range of choices for music lovers."
The complete JVC Jazz Festival schedule* at the Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture is:
Tuesday, June 17 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
A Tribute to Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Brandee Younger
Wednesday, June 18 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
A Celebration of 35 Years of Highlights in Jazz: A Tribute to Jack Kleinsinger Billy Taylor, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Byron Stripling, Ted Rosenthal, Wycliffe Gordon, Gene Bertoncini, Jay Leonhart and Lewis Nash
Thursday, June 19 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Voices Beyond Boundaries - Raul Midn and Lizz Wright
Friday, June 20 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
The Solo Piano - Cecil Taylor and George Cables (Co-produced by Jill Newman Productions)
Saturday, June 21 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Celebrating 90 Years of Hank Jones, Hosted by Dr. Billy Taylor - Hank Jones with Special Guests, including Roy Hargrove, Frank Wess, Russell Malone, Roberta Gambarini, George Mraz, Willie Jones, III and more
Tuesday, June 24 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
A JVC New York Exclusive! - Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel plus Empirical
Wednesday, June 25 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Rising Stars - Anat Cohen with Special Guests Yuval Cohen, Avishai Cohen and Jason Lindner plus Esperanza Spalding Quartet with Leonardo Genovese, Ricardo Vogt and Horacio Hernandez
Friday, June 27 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Red Earth: A Malian Journey
Saturday, June 28 - 8 pm ($45, $50, $55)
70th Birthday Tour Celebrating Life and Music of Charles Lloyd featuring Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland
*The previously announced A Tribute to Carlos “Patato" Valdez: The Conga Kings featuring Giovanni Hidalgo, Candido Camero and Francisco Aguabella on Sunday, June 22, has been canceled.
For tickets and more information, visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/290 or call (212) 307-7171. For information and a Festival brochure, call (646) 862-0458 weekdays from 10 am to 6 pm, or visit the official JVC Jazz Festival New York Website at festivalnetwork.com.
Additional support for the JVC Jazz Festival New York is provided by NYC & Company and media partners The Village Voice and Jazz 88/WBGO-FM. The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57th Street at Sixth Avenue, is the official host hotel of the JVC Jazz Festival New York. For the special festival rate, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201, and mention the JVC Jazz Festival or visit buckinghamhotel.com.
The Festival Network, LLC (FN) develops, acquires and produces multi-day music festivals and live entertainment properties in unique destinations around the globe. FN's predecessor company, Festival Productions, pioneered the outdoor “festival era" in 1954 with the creation of the renowned Newport Jazz Festival. FN manages the development and distribution of content derived from its historical, current and upcoming live music festivals, entertainment events and sports-related properties. Another division, FN Management, provides artist management services to a select group of performing artists and producers. FN, which is privately held, is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
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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