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San Francisco Jazz Festival

San Francisco Jazz Festival

The 27th Anniversary San Francisco Jazz Festival (SFJAZZ) promises the biggest and most unforgettable event in its history, presented over ten weekends featuring the best in Jazz. To honor its 27 years, the festival hailed by London's The Observer as the "biggest and probably the best Jazz festival in the world", presents a phenomenal array of concerts: legendary masters alongside groundbreaking newcomers, time-honored traditions mixed with bold exploration, and players and sounds from around the globe as well as from California's Bay Area.

SFJAZZ continues to challenge tradition each fall as it puts together an artist roster that combines the best of the best from all corners of the world and the whole universe of Jazz. Known for assembling "a range of music and artists rarely seen in a jazz series" (San Jose Mercury News), its season will be one of the longest, running over ten weekends. The line-up is tantamount to an international summit of the finest Jazz players from around the world. As always, proceeds from the festival benefit SFJAZZ's music education programs in Bay Area schools.

The 2009 San Francisco Jazz Festival line-up includes Eric Reed, Jake Shimabukuro, Eddie Daniels, Omar Sosa, John Santos, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Melody Gardot, Henry Butler, Poncho Sanchez, Mark Murphy, Vinny Valentino, Gal Costa, Oscar Castro-Neves, Alfredo Rodríguez, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Cindy Blackman, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Yasmin Levy, Nicholas Payton, Don Byron, Dee Dee Bridgewater, James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin, Marco Benevento, Marc Cary Focus, John Handy, Giovanni Allevi, Patrizia Scascitelli, Backyard Alchemy, Esperanza Spalding, Sara Tavares, Pat Martino, Larry Goldings, Savion Glover, Milton Nascimento, Carolina Chocolate Drops, John Abercrombie, Ornette Coleman, Keb' Mo', Solomon Burke and many more.

The 2009 San Francisco Jazz Festival is held October 10 to November 21.

Related Links:
San Francisco Jazz Festival - Official website.
Other Jazz Festivals - AP4J Festival Guide

 


 

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