NY CareFusion Jazz Festival Starts Today

FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TONIGHT!
see complete festival lineup at www.nycjazzfestival.com

10 Days of Amazing Concerts from June 17 – 26, 2010
The festival kicks off at Carnegie Hall with Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette today, June 17. The concerts continue with An Evening with Chris Botti, June 19; The Genius of João Gilberto, June 22; and Herbie Hancock, Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration featuring the birthday honoree himself, Herbie Hancock, plus India.Arie, Terence Blanchard, Bill Cosby, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter and Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi on June 24.

This year, the festival extends far beyond the the signature jazz festival Carnegie Hall series. In a piece by NPR's Patrick Jarenwattananon [http://n.pr/dCW8Uo], festival producer George Wein and CareFusion was applauded for their unique approach of sponsoring affordable and accessible existing programs and institutions all over NYC.

Thursday, June 17, 2010 / 8 PM / $40 - $90
Carnegie Hall - Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette

Friday, June 18, 2010 / 8PM / $15
Peter Norton Symphony Space
Jazz Gallery All-Stars with Roy Hargrove • Claudia Acuña • Ambrose Akinmusire • Lage Lund • Gerald Clayton • Kendrick Scott • Ben Williams • Pedro Martinez • Miguel Zenón
Symphony Space Series Offer: 3 Concerts for $30 (regularly $45).
To get discount, order tickets by phone at box office and mention code CAREFUSION.
see Norton & Thalia line-ups for details

Saturday, June 19, 2010 / 8PM / $40 - $90
Carnegie Hall - Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
An Evening with Chris Bottiwith special guest Nikki Yanofsky plus HBO Series Treme's Lucia Micarelli

NPR's Patrick Jarenwattananon applauded festival producer George Wein and CareFusion for their unique approach of sponsoring affordable and accessible existing programs and institutions all over NYC. “Festivals are fun, schools are important and concert halls can be magnificent... but the magic of the club/bar/whatever sort of gig —the intimacy, the casual atmosphere, the sound, the musicians workshopping, the fortuitous guest appearance... all that is the huge part of why most of us generally love jazz."
read full piece from Jarenwattananon

June 19, 20 & 21, 2010 / see club for set times / $10 - $20
Barbès
Anthony Coleman • Ben Perowsky Quartet • The Benefit Band Hazmat Modine • Slavic Soul Party!

Saturday, June 19, 2010 / 7:30 PM / FREE
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GeorgeWein/92d0a929d4/6982c70bb3/ef339aba24/Event=4
Bitches Brew Revisited • Mike Stern Trio

June 17, 18 & 19, 2010 / 9PM & 10:30 PM $15
The Jazz Gallery
Craig Taiborn • John Ellis' Ice Siren • Eric Revis Quartet

Friday, June 18, 2010 / 8PM / $32 - $120
Flushing Town Hall's Queens Jazz Orchestra
Directed by NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath
15% off single tickets (excluding tables and student prices).
Mention code CAREFUSION when ordering by phone or in person.

Saturday, June 19, 2010 / 6PM / $15
Louis Armstrong House Museum - SOLD OUT
An Evening in Louis Armstrong's Garden with Howard Alden, Anat Cohen, Marion Felder, Ayana Lowe, David Ostwald, Benny Powell, Randy Sandke

June 17, 18 & 19, 2010 / see club for set times / $15
Puppets Jazz Bar
Adam O'Farrill • Alphabet Soup with Zack & Arturo O'Farrill, Boris Kozlov, Jaime Affoumado & Tommy Campbell • Bill Ware Group • Noah Preminger Quartet • Ralph Hamperian's Tuba D'Amour • Randy Johnson Trio

Sunday, June 20, 2010 / 3PM / $15
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
A Father's Day Celebration with the Winard Harper Group

Thursday, June 17, 2010 / 7PM / $15
The Studio Museum in Harlem - SOLD OUT
Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen

June 17, 20 & 21, 2010 / see club for set times / FREE
Zebulon
Cooper Moore Trio • John Tchicai Group •Mostly Other People Do the Killing • Peter Evans Trio • Seabrook Power Plant