The 33rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival | May 29th – 30th, 2010

The 33rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival

Whether it’s
out-of-this-world improvisation or boogie-woogie notes of Big Band music
that moves you, the 33rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival embodies the
spirit of Jazz and will unite the City of Atlanta for 31 days of amazing
music during the ’31 Days of Jazz’ this May. The month-long celebration
culminates in Piedmont Park on Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 29
and Sunday, May 30, with music from local and nationally-renowned
artists including Marcus Miller (pictured above), ‘Tutu Revisited the music of Miles
Davis’ featuring Christian Scott, Spyro Gyra, MF Production’s
Celebration of Lionel Hampton featuring Diane Schuur & Jason
Marsalis, Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi and more of all that
jazz!

Regardless of race, nationality, sexual orientation or
religion, music is the common denominator that unites people
across Atlanta, the nation and the world.

The City of Atlanta is
known as a culturally diverse melting pot and has introduced and
brought to the limelight artists from a variety of musical styles. One
of the premier free jazz events in the county, the Atlanta Jazz Festival
is a fantastic family-oriented event whose mission is to expose and
educate audiences, young and old, to the rich heritage of the jazz genre
and is the perfect location to unite jazz lovers from far and wide.
From the Nightlife Series to Dinner & Jazz and Eclectic Jazz to Jazz
Etc., there will literally be ’31 Days of Jazz’ in May to experience
one of the country’s oldest and purest music forms.

‘The City of
Atlanta is excited to bring such a talented group of jazz musicians to
our cultured and diverse city and festival and back to Piedmont Park, ‘
says Camille Russell Love, Director of the City of Atlanta Office of
Cultural Affairs. ‘Jazz is a very expressive artform that has been
influenced by every single country and culture. We really try and bring
in artists from every form to many diverse venues during the 31 Days of
Jazz and Memorial Day weekend to celebrate that diversity and help
Atlantans to experience new sounds and learn everything they can about
jazz! It is our goal that locals and visitors alike, especially those
who are new to Atlanta or haven’t attended in the past, can come
together to simply enjoy the music!’

Recording artist,
performer, composer, conductor, arranger, producer and film score
composer Stanley Clarke is one of the most celebrated bass players in
the world – a living legend. Known for his ferocious dexterity and
consummate musicality, he is a true musical pioneer. The Stanley Clarke
Band will be joined by Hiromi, heralded as one of the brightest new
lights on the piano jazz landscape since her 2003 debut Another Mind.

Audience
favorite, Spyro Gyra, a band from Buffalo, NY jokingly named after the
scientific term spirogyra, has endured through more than three decades
because they have a style that sounds like nothing that came before it.
An instrumental hybrid, incorporating elements of R&B, Latin and
Brazilian with accessible pop qualities and happy uplifting tones, Spyro
Gyro spun out hits like their 1970’s breakthrough songs ‘Morning Dance’
and ‘Shaker Song’ that audiences still go crazy over.

Two-time
Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur and American jazz drummer and composer
Jason Marsalis will join forces to perform MF Production’s Celebration
of Lionel Hampton. A longtime disciple of Dinah Washington and other
legendary jazz singers of the ’40s and ’50s, Shuur’s rich, resonant
vocals and mix of embracing both the jazz of her parents’ generation and
the pop music of her youth during the late 1950’s and ’60s, has led to
an amazing career spanning nearly three decades.

Marcus Miller,
along with featured artist Christian Scott, will be bringing to Atlanta
one of the most important recordings in the history of jazz music: the
Marcus Miller-written and Miles Davis-produced album Tutu. Miller notes
that Tutu, originally recorded more than 20 years ago, was ‘music for
that time, ‘ and Miller has assembled a perfect combination of artists
to play his “Tutu Revisited, the Music of Miles Davis” at the Atlanta
Jazz Festival.

The Atlanta Jazz Festival Presented by American
Family Insurance is proud to have the generous support of Publix,
Coca-Cola, Anheuser Busch and the Loews Hotel.

WHAT: The 33rd
Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival Presented by American Family Insurance
WHEN:
May 1 – May 31, 2010 (31 Days of Jazz); Memorial Day Weekend Festival –
May 29-30, 2010
WHERE: Various venues throughout Atlanta culminating
in a 2-Day Festival in beautiful Piedmont Park
TIMES: Times vary per
event – Full time schedule will be available at

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