2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK
LIGHTS UP THE CITY JUNE 15 – 28
Highlights of this year’s JVC Jazz Festival New York include 2008 Album of the Year Grammy Award Winner Herbie Hancock and The River of Possibilities Tour, a celebration of 50 years of Bossa Nova starring João Gilberto; a JVC exclusive with Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel, JVC Jazz Festival New York debuts by Jill Scott, Mos Def Big Band with special guest Gil Scott-Heron, Charlie Haden Quartet West and Bill Frisell Trio; all-star tributes to pianist Hank Jones, Art D’Lugoff’s Salsa Meets Jazz and Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights in Jazz, as well as stellar performances by Chris Botti, Al Green, Cecil Taylor, George Cables, Sergio Mendes, Soulive with special guest Joshua Redman, and Charles Lloyd.
Tickets are on sale now and information for JVC Jazz Festival New York concerts are available at respective box offices, online or by telephone:
The Blue Note, 131 W. Third Street, (212) 475-8592, www.bluenote.net;
Birdland, 315 W. 44th Street, (212) 581-3080, www.birdlandjazz.com;
Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 317 Claremont Ave at Lafayette Avenue, (866) 468-7619, www.masonicboom.com;
Cachaça, 35 W. Eighth Street, (212) 388-9099, www.cachacajazz.com;
Carnegie Hall, W. 57th Street & 7th Avenue, (212) 247-7800, www.carnegiehall.org;
Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, (212) 582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com;
New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th Street & Central Park West,
(646) 862-0458, www.nysec.org;
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, (646) 862-0458, www.myspace.com/lepoissonrougenyc;
Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 855-7882, www.briconline.org/CB;
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th Street, (212) 620-5000, www.rmanyc.org;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard & W. 135th Street, (212) 491-2200, www.nypl.org/research/sc;
Smoke, 2751 Broadway, (212) 864-6662, www.smokejazz.com;
Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th Street, (212) 864-4500, www.studiomuseum.org;
Union Square Park – South Plaza, 14th Street between Broadway & Union Square West, www.unionsquarenyc.org;
Zankel Hall, W. 57th Street & 7th Avenue, (212) 247-7800. www.carnegiehall.org;
Zinc, 90 W. Houston Street, (212) 477-8337, www.zincbar.com
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 www.festivalnetwork.com.
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