Playboy Jazz Festival 2008
Saturday June 14, 2008
-
Sunday June 15, 2008
from
2:00pm - 11:00pm
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 - 2:30-11:00 pm
AL JARREAU
PONCHO SANCHEZ LATIN JAZZ BAND with special guest EDDIE FLOYD
THE JAMES MOODY QUARTET
DR. JOHN & THE LOWER 911
TOWER OF POWER
R n R featuring RICK BRAUN and RICHARD ELLIOT
HIROMI’S SONICBLOOM
SHERRIE MARICLE & THE DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA
COS OF GOOD MUSIC featuring AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE, DWAYNE BURNO, NDUGU CHANCLER, BENNY GREEN, BILLY HARPER, JERRY PETERS and DAVID T. WALKER
ROBERT GLASPER
HAMILTON ACADEMY OF MUSIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE “A” (Under the direction of Dan Taguchi)
SUNDAY, JUNE 15 - 2:00-10:30 pm
HERBIE HANCOCK and The River of Possibilities Tour featuring DAVE HOLLAND, VINNIE COLAIUTA, CHRIS POTTER, LIONEL LOUEKE, and SONYA KITCHELL
KEB’ MO’
ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND
GUITARS & SAXES featuring GERALD ALBRIGHT, JEFF GOLUB, JEFF LORBER & PETER WHITE
DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RED EARTH: A MALIAN JOURNEY
IVAN LINS with special guest OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES
BEN RILEY'S MONK LEGACY SEPTET
PLENA LIBRE
RYAN SHAW
VIEW PARK PREP JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Under the direction of Fernando Pullum)
Master of Ceremonies BILL COSBY
Established in 1979, The Playboy Jazz Festival has become internationally acclaimed, emerging as the West Coast's premier jazz event. Sold out every year, it is a month-long affair culminating on one weekend in June at the Hollywood Bowl featuring jazz, latin and world music. Virtually every jazz legend and major contemporary artist has performed here, yet the festival has also showcased up and coming talent from around the world and from various genres. As part of its commitment to foster a greater awareness of jazz music, the festival presents a comprehensive six-week series of free pre-festival events most notably: the standing room only "Jazz on Film" night and "Jazz at Warner Center Park", a day-long event featuring 6 hours of free live jazz, arts & crafts, gourmet foods, rides and a variety of family entertainment. Begun in 1959 as a one-time landmark event in Chicago to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Playboy Magazine, it was revived in 1979 and remains one of the most unique festivals with its forward thinking and creative programming.
Past performers include Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Gerry Mulligan, Mel Torme, Etta James, Poncho Sanchez, Chris Botti, Arturo Sandoval, Brian Setzer, Gladys Knight, Joshua Redman, Chucho Valdes, Ozomatli and hundreds of others.
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