We are currently in the midst of The 24th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival. .
.featuring the nations largest FREE weekend concert series.
For more information go to the interactive website:
http://www.atlantafestivals.com
You can also join up with the Atlanta Jazz e-group to discuss or find out
more about the artists involved:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AtlantaJazz
For those that don't live in Atlanta -- you can groove to the sounds of our
city live on the web at:
http://www.wclk.com
12:00 noon (each day from Monday the 21st through Friday the 25th):
Brownbag concert series at WOODRUFF PARK
12:00 noon (each day from Monday the 21st through Friday the 25th):
Jazz in UNDERGROUND ATLANTA
5:00 PM (each day from Monday the 21st through Friday the 25th):
Jazz in the atrium of HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
FRIDAY, MAY 25th
7:00 PM
Bob James, Michael Franks & Patti Austin in concert at CHASTAIN PARK
AMPHITHEATRE.
For tickets call 404-249-6400
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Jazz at BORDER'S BOOKSTORES
All metro-Atlanta Border's Bookstores will be hosting live jazz music.
Numerous local bands are featured. Call your local BORDERS for details.
10:00 PM
Post concert reception at JUSTIN'S featuring Phil Davis (of The Chronicle).
SATURDAY, MAY 26th
Memorial Day weekend at Piedmont Park
featuring live performances from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM on two stages, kids'
area, artist market and food vendors.
2:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Karla Mcalpine
2:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Army Ground Forces Band
3:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Jacques Lesure Quartet
3:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Bernard Linnette
4:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Joe Jennings
4:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Zelphia (Has worked with some of the biggest names in jazz and is
currently working on a CD of big band favorites.)
5:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Loston Harris (pianist, vocalist)
5:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Rene Marie (Jazz vocalist, singer, songwriter whom critics compare to Ella
Fitzgerald -- also surprises audiences by putting a blues or jazz spin to
tunes far removed from the jazz genre.)
6:15 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Brian Blade Fellowship (percussionist with roots in jazz, rock n' roll,
blues, Dixieland, R & B, boogie woogie, and gospel)
7:30 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Medeski Martin & Wood (The ultimate groove band -- keyboard, bass and
drums pumping out funk, jazz, hip hop, blues and rock..)
8:30 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Sheila E (Percussionist who needs no introduction)
10:00 PM
Jam session at CHURCHILL GROUNDS (660 Peachtree St.)
http://www.churchillgrounds.com
10:00 PM
Jazz after dark at the PARK TAVERN (on the edge of Piedmont Park & 10th)
Featuring the fabulous Miguel Romero (Afro Cuban funk jazz) -- with special
guest SHEILA E!
SUNDAY, MAY 27th
11:00 am
Jazz brunch at the PARK TAVERN
2:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Ken Ford (local jazz violinist garnering international acclaim).
2:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
WCLK Youth Band Competition Winner
3:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Rick Bell
3:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Dr. Didg (Different, fresh, avant garde acid jazz with a hypnotic groove.)
4:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Ojeda Penn
4:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Babatunde Lea (World class drummer and percussionist -- highly creative
and imaginative -- has played with such greats as Pharaoh Sanders.)
5:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Audrey Shakir
5:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Charles Flores Quartet (Latin and fusion jazz)
6:15 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Poncho Sanchez (Veteran conguero bandleader -- Afro-Cuban jazz legend. .
.featuring guest trumpeter Terence Blanchard)
7:30 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Arturo Sandoval (Possibly the greatest trumpet and flugelhorn player in
the world. . .protege of Dizzy Gillespie with his own brand of Afro-Cuban
salsa, mambo, Latin jazz, and even classical -- the man is a living legend
and genius.)
8:30 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Sonny Rollins (Another living legend. Began playing the sax with
Thelonious Monk, and has also gigged and recorded with Miles, Bird and a
multitude of others. Considered by many to be on a par with Charlie Parker
and Coltrane.)
10:00 PM
Jam session at CHURCHILL GROUNDS (660 Peachtree St.)
http://www.churchillgrounds.com/
MONDAY, MAY 28th
2:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Najuma
2:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
WCLK Youth Band Competition Winner
3:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
GSU Faculty Band
3:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Imani (World class virtuoso -- she has performed with many of the world's
top jazz and blues artists.)
4:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Bill Anschell (a mix of contemporary and traditional jazz)
4:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Afro Rican Ensemble (International sextet playing a spicy blend of Latin
music, combined with traditional jazz to create their own flavorful sound
they call "Soul-sa")
5:00 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Russell Gunn (Eclectic trumpet player -- a musical chameleon capable of
blowing butter toned licks, jamming with a cutting edge acid jazz attitude,
or chilling out an audience with cool grooves. A true innovator in brass
driven jazz, blues and funk.)
5:30 PM -- EMERGING ARTISTS STAGE
Saskia Laroo (An exciting trendsetter in crossover music. A hot
trumpet player from Holland -- who started out with Candy Dulfer playing in a
funk cover band -- who can play just about anything. She can blow like
Miles, and then switch over into an electro-rave or acid jazz groove.)
6:15 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Chucho Valdes (A masterful and powerful pianist, recent Grammy winner,
gale force Cuban musician blending Cuban rhythms with American jazz)
7:30 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Dee Dee Bridgewater (Recognized as one of the finest and most versatile
jazz singers today.)
8:30 PM -- MAINSTAGE
Terence Blanchard (Trumpeter who started out with Art Blakey, and has
since played with everybody from Branford Marsalis to Quincy Jones. . .his
creative musical presence can be heard and felt in most of Spike Lee's movie
soundtracks.)
10:00 PM
Jam session at CHURCHILL GROUNDS (660 Peachtree St.)
http://www.churchillgrounds.com/
10:00 PM
Rooftop jazz at PARADOX (220 Pharr Road) 404-760-1975
Music by The Chronicle -- Atlanta's own acid jazz jam band.
Hope to see you throughout this week! (Except for those that don't live in
Atlanta. ;-)
Love, Peace, and All That Jazz
J. Scott Fugate
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