Jazz Festival New York
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| Country and Region | United States — New York |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | New York, New York USA |
| Festival Contact Information | Email: jazz@nycjazzfestival.com |
| Festival Description | The George Wein's Jazz Festival New York was formerly known as the JVC Jazz Festival in New York. George Wein, founder of the JVC jazz festivals has taken back the reins of the legendary event to breathe new life into the popular music festival. Jazz festivals have taken place the world-over presenting some of the most legendary performers of the 20th century. |
| Festival Dates | June 17 - 26, 2010 |
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Festival Events:
Programming 2010:
- Thursday, June 17
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette
Venue — Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm - Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen
Venue — The Studio Museum in Harlem / 7:30pm - Ralph Hamperian’s Tuba d’Amour • Bill Ware Group • John McNeil Venue — Quartet
Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm & 12am - Craig Taborn
Venue — The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm - Seabrook Power Plant • Mostly Other People Do The Killing
Venue — Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette
- Friday, June 18
- The Jazz Gallery All-Stars with Roy Hargrove, Claudia Acuña, Ambrose Akinmusire, Lage Lund, Gerald Clayton, Ben Williams and Pedro Martinez
Venue — Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm - Bitches Brew Revisited
Celebrate Brooklyn! @Prospect Park Bandshell / 7:30pm - Queens Jazz Orchestra directed by NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath
Venue — Flushing Town Hall / 8pm - Alphabet Soup with Zack O’Farrill & Adam O’Farrill • Arturo O’Farrill Quartet • Randy Johnston Trio
Venue — Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm, & 12am
- The Jazz Gallery All-Stars with Roy Hargrove, Claudia Acuña, Ambrose Akinmusire, Lage Lund, Gerald Clayton, Ben Williams and Pedro Martinez
- Saturday, June 19
- An Evening with Chris Botti
Venue — Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm - An Evening in Louis Armstrong’s Garden
Howard Alden, Anat Cohen, Marion Felder, David Ostwald, Randy Sandke
Venue — Louis Armstrong House Museum / 6pm - Eric Revis Quartet
Venue — The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm - The Drumheads with Ben Monder, Jaime Affoumado, Diego Voglino • Victor Bailey Group • Alex Blake Quartet
Venue — Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm & 12am - Hazmat Modine • Slavic Soul Party
Venue — Barbès / 8pm & 10pm
- An Evening with Chris Botti
- Sunday, June 20
- Father’s Day Celebration: Winard Harper Group
Venue — The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / 3pm - Anthony Coleman Plays Jelly Roll Morton and Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman (Solo) • Damaged By Sunlight
Venue — Barbès / 8pm & 10pm - Cooper Moore Trio • Peter Evans Group
Venue — Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm
- Father’s Day Celebration: Winard Harper Group
- Monday, June 21
- Jazz Talks
Venue — The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space / 7pm - Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Venue — Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola / 7:30pm & 9:30pm - Skirl Records Showcase: The Benefit Band • Ben Perowsky Quartet
Venue — Barbès / 8pm & 10pm - John Tchicai Group
Venue — Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm
- Jazz Talks
- Tuesday, June 22
- Jon Faddis with Howard Alden, Gene Bertoncini, Romero Lubambo and Russell Malone
Venue — Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm - Eddie Palmieri Y La Perfecta II
Venue — City Parks Foundation’s Soundview Park / 7pm - Francisco Mela’s Cuban Safari
Venue — Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm - The Genius of João Gilberto
Venue — Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm
- Jon Faddis with Howard Alden, Gene Bertoncini, Romero Lubambo and Russell Malone
- Wednesday, June 23
- Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile • Julian Lage Group
Venue — The Town Hall / 8pm - McCoy Tyner Quartet featuring Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding and Francisco Mela / Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi
Venue — City Parks Foundation’s Central Park SummerStage / 7pm - Sidney Bechet Society Presents An Evening in New Orleans
Evan Christopher, John Allred, Ari Roland and Eli Yamin
Venue — Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm - Chris Potter
Venue — Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm - Tortoise & Aethereal Bace
Venue — (le) Poisson Rouge / 8pm - _Wake-up! • Charles Gayle Trio _
Venue — Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm
- Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile • Julian Lage Group
- Thursday, June 24
- Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration
Herbie Hancock with special guests Terence Blanchard, Bill Cosby, Joe Lovano and Wayne Shorter
Venue — Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm - From Bebop to Freebop: Sheila Jordan / Jay Clayton
Venue — Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm - Matana Roberts’ COIN COIN
Venue — The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm - Revive Da Live Big Band featuring Nicholas Payton special guest Talib Kweli • Nicholas Payton Sexxxtet
Venue — (le) Poisson Rouge / 7pm - Jason Moran with Mary Halvorson and Ron Miles
Venue — Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm - Tribute to Herbie Hancock: Late Night Jam Session
Venue — City Winery / 11pm
- Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration
- Friday, June 25
- Habana/Harlem: Henry Butler • Osmany Paredes
Venue — Harlem Stage Gatehouse / 7:30pm - Ambrose Akinmusire
Venue — Jazz Standard / 7:30pm, 9:30pm & 11:30pm - Gretchen Parlato • Kat Edmonson
Venue — Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm - Jason Lindner and the Breeding Ground
Venue — The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm
- Habana/Harlem: Henry Butler • Osmany Paredes
- Saturday, June 26
- Anat Cohen
Venue — Jazz Standard / 7:30pm, 9:30pm &11:30pm - Habana/Harlem: Pedro Martinez Project
Venue — Harlem Stage Gatehouse / 7:30pm - Gema y Pavel
Venue — The Jazz Gallery / 9pm &10:30pm
- Anat Cohen
Venues Presenting FREE or Reduced Priced Concerts 2010:
- Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival
- Prospect Park Bandshell — Saturday, June 19
Presenting:
Bitches Brew Revisited
Mike Stern Trio - Entrance — FREE
- Prospect Park Bandshell — Saturday, June 19
- City Parks Foundation — SUMMERSTAGE
- Central Park Mainstage — Wednesday, June 23
Presenting:
McCoy Tyner
Ravi Coltrane
Esperanza Spalding
Francisco Mela
Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi - Soundview Park — Tuesday, June 22
Presenting:
Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II - Entrance — FREE
- Central Park Mainstage — Wednesday, June 23
- City Winery Late Night Jam Session
- Thursday, June 24
Presenting:
Jeff “Tain” Watts
EJ Strickland
David Gilmore
Gilad Hekselman
Robert Rodriguez
Chris Potter
Marcus Strickland
Jaleel Shaw
Mike Rodriguez
David Binney and many more - Entrance — $15
- Thursday, June 24
- The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space @ WNYC
- JAZZ TALKS — Monday, June 21
Presenting:
Esperanza Spalding
Anat Cohen - Entrance — $10
- JAZZ TALKS — Monday, June 21
- Harlem Stage Gatehouse | HabanaHarlem™
- Friday & Saturday, June 25 & 26
Presenting:
Henry Butler
Osmany Paredes
Pedro Martinez - Entrance — $15
- Friday & Saturday, June 25 & 26
- The Jazz Gallery
- June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26
Presenting:
Craig Taborn
John Ellis
Eric Revis
Matana Roberts
Jason Lindner
Gema Y Pável - Entrance — $15
- June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26
- Jazz Standard — NEW YORK IS NOW SERIES
- June 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26
Presenting:
Francicso Mela
Chris Potter
Jason Mroan
Ambrose Akinmusire
Anat Cohen - Entrance — $15/$25
- June 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26
- Louis Armstrong House Museum
- Saturday, June 19
Presenting:
Howard Alden
Anat Cohen
Marion Felder
Ayana Lowe
David Ostwald
Benny Powell
Randy Sandke - Entrance — $15 - SOLD OUT
- Saturday, June 19
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Father’s Day Celebration — Sunday, June 20
Presenting:
Winard Harper Group - Entrance —$15/$20
- Father’s Day Celebration — Sunday, June 20
- The Studio Museum in Harlem
- Thursday, June 17
Presenting:
Sun Ra Arkestra
Marshall Allen - Entrance — $15
- Thursday, June 17
- Peter Norton Symphony Space
- Friday, June 18, and Tuesday, June 22
Presenting:
Claudia Acuña
Ambrose Akinmusire
Gerald Clayton
Roy Hargrove
Lage Lund
Pedro Martinez
Kendrick Scott
Ben Williams
Miguel Zenón
Jon Faddis
Howard Alden
Gene Bertoncini
Romero Lubambo
Russell Malone - Entrance — $15
- Friday, June 18, and Tuesday, June 22
- Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space
- June 23, 24 & 25
Presenting:
Evan Christopher
Sheila Jordan
Jay Clayton
Gretchen Parlato
Kat Edmonson - Entrance — $15
- June 23, 24 & 25
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Slideshow photo credits:
- In order of appearance
- Anat Cohen
- Chris Botti, photo © Fabrizio Ferri
- Gretchen Parlato
- Herbie Hancock
- Joao Gilberto, photo by P2 Vibration
- Nicholas Payton
- Ravi Coltrane
- Tortoise
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