JVC Jazz Festival
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Tuesday June 13 to Saturday June 24
2006
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JVC
Jazz Festival New York
The
City starts to heat up in June and nothing does more cookin' than
the JVC Jazz Festival. The best of jazz in all of its flavors
features artists from all of jazzes many genres. And there's no excuse not to hear some good sounds--some of
the events are free Carnegie Hall
plays host to such virtuosos as Ornett Coleman, Chris Botti, Lizz Wright, The Bad Plus, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Bobby Hutcherson, Paul
Motion trio 2000 + One, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lovano, Dr
Michael White's Original Liberty Jazz Band, Etta James, Susan Tedeschi,
Dave Brubeck and Smokey Robinson You
can catch Hank Jones, Houston Person Quartet, Eric Alexander Quartet, Harry Allen, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hiromi & Tomoko Ohno, Frank Wess, Ken Peplowski, Don Byron, Kenny Davern, Evan Christopher, Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, Dan Levinson's Roff Garden Jass
Band, Bryan Wright, Nancy Anderson, Andy Stein Blue Five, Kermit Ruffins, Marion Jordan, Christian Scott, James Andrews,
as well as Bucky Pizzarelli's 80th Birthday Celebration at the Kaye
Playhouse Irving Plaza has sets
featuring Avishai Cohen Trio, Groove Collection, Jacob Fred Jazz
Odyssey, Marcus Miller Band, Roy Hargrove's RH Factor, Bad Plus
and Gold Sound Makor features a "Jazz
on Film" series; Jazz Standard is concentrating on the sounds of
Brazil; St Peter's Church has a couple of free gigs; and the
Prospect Park Bandshell hosts Savion Glover, Robert Glaspar Trio |
