A Jazz Festival

And somehow I came across one of those All About Jazz newspapers this past week, as I see them placed in stores, bars and restaurants throughout my travels in this city of New York City. And it is one of those newspapers, almost the only newspaper that is all about jazz and all jazz all the time. And in this weeks issue there is this full page ad for the JVC Jazz Festival in New York June 15-28. And it seems as if it is one of those really huge jazz festivals as there are a lot of performances taking place that week. And so I thought to repost their performances that include:

A Father’s Day Giftl KENNY BARRON TRIO Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, A Tribute to Alice Coltrane, featuring:RAVI COLTRANE, GERI ALLEN, CHARLIE HADEN, JACK DeJOHNETTE, BRANDEE YOUNGER The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, A Celebration of 35 Years of Highlights in Jazz JACK KLEINSINGER BILLY TAYLOR, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, KEN PEPLOWSKI, BYRON STRIPLING, TED ROSENTHAL, WYCLIFFE GORDON, GENE BERTONCINI, JAY LEONHART and LEWIS NASH The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, JVC New York Debut! CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST Le Poisson Rouge, Make It Funky! MACEO PARKER LETTUCE Brooklyn Masonic Temple Presented in Association with boomBOOM Presents, Voices Beyond Boundries LIZZ WRIGHT RAUL MIDÓN The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG TAYLOR McFERRIN Prospect Park Bandshell Presented in Association with Celebrate Brooklyn! 30 Summers, New Trio New York Debut! BILL FRISELL TRIO with special guests Le Poisson Rouge, DOWNBEAT PRESENTS: JAZZ COMBOS JAZZ ENSEMBLE from THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LIBERACE JAZZTET GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY JAZZ ENSEMBLE Union Square Park – South Plaza Presented in Association with the Union Square Partnership as part of their Summer in the Square concert series, The Real Thing: An Evening With JILL SCOTT Carnegie Hall, The Solo Piano CECIL TAYLOR GEORGE CABLES The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture Co-Produced by Jill Newman Productions, THE BILLY HART ACADEMY featuring THEO CROKER Rubin Museum of Art, Nouveau Bossa SERGIO MENDES ZAP MAMA Carnegie Hall, Celebrating 90 Years of Hank Jones HANK JONES with special guests The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, Genre Bending E.S.T. AETHEREAL BACE Le Poisson Rouge, Transcending Voices SIMONE KJ DENHERT Le Poisson Rouge, 50 Years of Bossa Nova JOÃO GILBERTO Carnegie Hall, A Taste of Genius BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Zankel Hall, 2008 Grammy® Award Winner, Album of the Year HERBIE HANCOCK and The River of Possibilities Tour featuring DAVE HOLLAND, VINNIE COLAIUTA, CHRIS POTTER, LIONEL LOUEKE, SONYA KITCHELL LIONEL LOUEKE TRIO Carnegie Hall, Dick Hyman & Friends DICK HYMAN, KEN PEPLOWSKI, WYCLIFFE GORDON, RANDY SANDKE, HOWARD ALDEN, JAY LEONHART and EDDIE LOCKE Zankel Hall, JVC Jazz Festival Salutes Art D’Lugoff and “SALSA MEETS JAZZ” PONCHO SANCHEZ Le Poisson Rouge, An Evening with CHRIS BOTTI Carnegie Hall, Presenting Ms. Tierney Sutton TIERNEY SUTTON BAND Zankel Hall, A JVC New York Exclusive! BAD PLUS 1 featuring KURT ROSENWINKEL The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, Turntables & Samples meet Jazz DJ LOGIC PROJECT MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO MOCEAN WORKER Le Poisson Rouge, Rising Stars ANAT COHEN QUARTET with special guests YUVAL COHEN and AVISHAI COHEN ESPERANZA SPALDING QUARTET The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, THE AARON GOLDBERG TRIO Rubin Museum of Art, A JVC New York Exclusive! SOULIVE with special guest JOSHUA REDMAN Le Poisson Rouge, BILLY HARPER QUINTET Studio Museum in Harlem, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Presents: THE NEW SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE Union Square Park – South Plaza Presented in Association with the Union Square Partnership as part of their Summer in the Square concert series, The Soul of Jazz AL GREEN DIANNE REEVES Carnegie Hall, DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RED EARTH: A MALIAN JOURNEY The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, A JVC New York Exclusive! SOULIVE with special guest JOSHUA REDMAN Le Poisson Rouge, TIM BERNE CRAIG TABORN Rubin Museum of Art, MOS DEF BIG BAND with special guest GIL SCOTT-HERON Carnegie Hall Co-Produced by Jill Newman Productions, Tangaria RICHARD GALLIANO TANGARIA 4TET Zankel Hall, CHARLES LLOYD, featuring JASON MORAN, REUBEN ROGERS and ERIC HARLAND The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, .

JVC Jazz Festival New York 2008
2-for-1 Club Program Participating Clubs: The Blue Note, Birdland presents:

Andy Farber & His Orchestra with vocalist Hilary Kole, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Arturo O'Farrill, PAQUITO D'RIVERA, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Arturo O'Farrill, The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy Igoe, KURT ELLING, Andy Farber & His Orchestra with vocalist Hilary Kole

Cachaça, Iridium Jazz Club presents: PAT MARTINO,LES PAUL, MINGUS LEGACY, KENNY WERNER TRIO + TOOTS THEILMANS, LES PAUL, THE MINGUS LEGACY, ROGER DAVIDSON TRIO, FREDDIE HUBBARD AND FRIENDS

Smoke presents: CHRIS WASHBURN & SYOTOS BAND (AFRO CUBAN & LATIN JAZZ), SMOKE JAM SESSION, HAMMOND B3 ORGAN GROOVES WITH MIKE LEDONNE QT, FREDDIE BRYANT PRESENTS: WORLD JAZZ SERIES, MICHA PIATIGORSKY TRIO, DIMITRI KOLESNIK & ANDREI KONDAKOV "FIVE CORNERS" FEATURING ERIC ALEXANDER, JIM ROTONDI, CHRIS WASHBURN & SYOTOS BAND (AFRO CUBAN & LATIN JAZZ), SMOKE JAM SESSION, HAMMOND B3 ORGAN GROOVES WITH MIKE LEDONNE QT, FREDDIE BRYANT PRESENTS: WORLD JAZZ SERIES, "MANHATTAN VIBES" CHRISTOS RAFALIDES : VIBES, SERGIO SALVATORE : PIANO, MIKE POPE : BASS, VINCE CHERICO : DRUMS, JUDY BARNETT'S JAZZ-A-TERIA

Have a great jazz day.