Frank Sinatra Jr., Dee Dee Bridgewater, Boz Scaggs, and Al Green to Headline Rochester International Jazz Festival 7th Edition June 13-21, 2008
800+ Artists, 250+ Concerts
Tickets on Sale Fri Apr 11
Rochester, N.Y., April 9 -- Frank Sinatra Jr. & His
Orchestra, Dee Dee Bridgewater with special guest Richard Bona Band, Boz
Scaggs, and Al Green testament headline the seventh annual Rochester
International Nothingness Fete (hTTP://www.rochesterjazz.com) presented by M&T Bank.
The nine-day Festival, June 13-21, will deport a diverse batting order of
creative improvised music with more than 800 artists from about the world
playacting in 250 concerts.
Held in 15 venues in Rochester's downtown cultural district, the
Festival is presented in several series, the George Eastman Field Headliner
Series, more than 59 unfreeze shows on three outdoor stages and 150 concerts in
the Club Extend Series. For a nail concert schedule, creative person bios, photos
and past festival photos inspect hypertext transfer protocol://www.rochesterjazz.com.
Tickets for headliner shows range from $27.50 - $85 addition service
charges and go on sales event Friday April 11 at completely Ticketmaster outlets,
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Tickets for the Club Pass Serial shows ar $20 and $25, sold at the
threshold merely, no bring forward gross sales. Or, approach Golf club shows for entirely nine-spot days with
the Golf club Transcend, $125 summation $4 armed service charge until May 31, and $135 summation $4
service lodge from June 1 if still available at completely Ticketmaster outlets,
hypertext transfer protocol://www.ticketmaster.com and hypertext transfer protocol://www.rochesterjazz.com.
This year's Eastman Series features iI special concerts:
-- "Gillespiana" - A Tribute To Dizzy Gillespie with special guests
Jeanie Bryson (Dizzy's daughter); Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale Adolescent; Gerry Niewood and a
21-piece Jazz Orchestra conducted by Jeff Tyzik
-- Jazz at the Philharmonic - Celebrating the Pile Session starring Carmen
Lundy, Houston Mortal, Eric Alexanders, Vince Herring, Nicholas Payton,
Jeremy Pelt, Coast Hampton, Saint Peter the Apostle Bernstein, Cedar tree Izaak Walton, Eric Reed,
Saint Peter Booker T. Washington, David Sir Bernard Williams, Kenny Booker Taliaferro Washington, and Joe Louis Hayes.
"I am overwhelmed by the development backup we have received apiece twelvemonth
from whole corners of the biotic community," says Marc Iacona, Producer and
Administrator Director. "It gives us passion and vim to remain to convey a
preeminent music event to this city that lav heighten our timbre of life,
draw people from whole over the world and favorably wallop our area's
economic system."
"As event producers, our mantra and our driving force is to bring
together diversity and the highest level of artistic creative thinking including
entirely styles of the art form in our program," says St. John the Apostle Nugent, Producer and
Artistic Director. "The expansive landscape of malarky music's many forms and
genres that take developed over the past several decades, volition altogether come
together and take middle stage at this year's Fete."
"We're very proud to pose hundreds of incredible improvising artists
from the far reaches of Scandinavia to the boroughs of NYC, from downtown
Rochester to the center of Soviet Russia, and from South USA to the west coast
of Africa," adds Nugent. "RIJF 2008 will see our strongest lineup assembled
to date. As we say apiece year, 'it's non wHO you know, it's world Health Organization you don't
know!'"
Ternary of the Festival's Kilbourn Hall Concerts testament be filmed in heights
definition by WXXI Video for broadcast across the nation on PBS. This is the
third year that WXXI testament be cinematography at the Festival. 6, 30 minutes shows
filmed in high definition last year will be broadcast nationwide this class.
Back for its irregular class, the highly praised North Germanic Series testament
display case groups from Republic of Finland, Sweden, Noreg, Denmark, and the Faroe
Islands, many of which have never played before in the U.S.
Every night Jam Roger Huntington Sessions lED by Bob Sneider and his Trio ar back for the
one-seventh year starting at 10:30 p.m. nightly at The Rochester Plaza.
2008 Creative person Lineup
Al Nurture Quartette, Al Special K, Alison Robert Brown 4, Amina Figarova
Sestet, Sextuplet Classic Malarky Films from Retro Rochester, Barbara Dennerlein,
Beady Belle, Beaucoup Bluing, Ben Britton Isthmus, Ben James Whitcomb Riley, Notice Tiberio Band,
Billy's Ring, Blake Tartare, Amytal Vipers of Brooklyn, Boz Scaggs,
Breit-Thomson, Carmen Lundy, Carolyn Wonderland, Catherine the Great Russell, True cedar
Ernest Walton, Cindy Blackman Quartette, Crittendon, Cross Canadian River Ragweed, Dave
Rivello Ensemble, Dave Samuels Caribbean Jazz Send off, David Liebman
Quartette, David Murray's Blackness Holy man Quartette, David Hank Williams, Dee Dee
Bridgewater "A Malian Travel", Denis Dorothy Parker & Dred Scott Goudie "Yob Megrims",
Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Dharma Jazz, DJABE, Downchild Blues Band, Dwayne
Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers, Eastman Community Music Schooling - Latin
Jazz Jazz band, Saxology, Jazz Jazz group Show window, George Eastman Younker Jazz Orchestra -
Jazz band, Eddie Daniels Quartet, Eric Horse parsley, Eric John Reed, Frank Sinatra Jr.
"Frank Sinatra Sings Sinatra", "Gillespiana" - Tribute to Dizzy Dizzy Gillespie
Directed by Jeff Tyzik, Cat Doggy & Ian G. B. Shaw "Made in The UK",
Henderson-Owens 3 Featuring Dr. Lonnie Ian Douglas Smith, Herb Joseph Smith, Houston Person,
Catherine Howard Alden, Iro Haarla Quartet, Jacky Terrasson, Jacob Anderskov, Jae
Sinnett Quartet, Jake Shimabikuro, JazzKamikaze, Jeremy Bombard, Joe & Tap
Labarbera, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Locke "Military force of Four", Whoremonger Beck Quartet
featuring Mike Cottone, Gospel According to John Scofield Trio, John Viviani & Filthy Funk,
Juliette Lloyd, Kenny Washington, Crease Davis Foursome, Kristian Blak &
Ygdrasil "Ravnating", Lou Donaldson Quartette, Joe Louis Helen Hayes, Medeski Dino Paul Crocetti &
Wood, Miguel Zenon Quartet, Music Educators Jazz Supporting players, Music Music
Music, Nate Rawls Band, Neocollage, Freshly Vim Jazz Orchestra, Freshly Horizons
Big Band, Fresh York's Finest Jazz Ensemble, St. Nicholas Payton, Olla Kvernberg
Trio, Peter Leonard Bernstein, Tool Capital of the United States, Rachel Z, Richard Bona Band, RIJF
Whole Asterisk Close up Session, Robi Botos Triad, American robin McKelle, Rochester Subway Jazz
Orchestra, Sachal Vasandani, Saturday Night Fish Roger Fry, Shirantha Beddage
Quartette, Chute Lionel Hampton & Friends, Soulfulness Rebels Brass Band, Soulive,
Soulstew, Spam Altogether Stars, Stephanie McKay, Supergenerous, President Taylor Eigsti &
Julian the Apostate Lage, The Bad Plus, The Buddhahood, The KY Headhunters, The
Nighthawks, The Skatalites, The Sliding Hammers, The Yellowjackets, Third
Reality, Tierney Sutton Ring, Tim Blane, Timo Lassy Striation, Lord Todd Londagin
Quartette, Trinity East, Vince Herring, Wild Magnolias, and Wildbird &
Peacedrums
Sponsors
City of Rochester, M&T Money box, Senator Jim Alesi, the Populist and
Chronicle, Eastman School of Music, Rochester Plaza Hotel, Toyota,
Constellation Brands, The Community Cornerstone, Monroe County, Greater
Rochester Association of Realtors, Presentation Reference and Hamilton AV,
13WHAM TV, Brooklyn Brewery, Michelob, Spaten Beer, Visit Rochester,
Atomic number 80 Print Productions, Harris Interactive, Squirt Blue, Downbeat Magazine,
Easy lay of George Eastman Place, Barnes and Lord, SUNY Brockport, and House of
Guitars.
The Rochester International Malarky Festival is produced by John Nugent,
Founder, Co-Producer and Artistic Director, and Marc Iacona, Co-Producer
and Executive Film director. Founded in 2002, it has become one of nation's
largest and fastest ontogenesis music festivals, drawing fans from whole across
the U.S. and around the creation. Attending has grown per year from 15,000 in
2002 to a record 121,000 in 2007.
