The AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival | Aug. 7 – 9, 2009

San
Jose Jazz today announced the annual AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival to
be presented August 7-9 in downtown San Jose. From Friday afternoon to
Sunday evening, music lovers will converge on the heart of Silicon
Valley to enjoy three days of jazz, blues, salsa, Latin, R&B,
electronica and many other forms of contemporary music. The festival
continues its tradition of affordability (only $15 a day) and increases
its commitment to families and the Silicon Valley community.

“Jazz
is the basis for most of the popular music of today, and the AT&T
San Jose Jazz Festival showcases that breadth, ” said Geoff Roach, CEO
of San Jose Jazz. “Like the tradition of innovation here in Silicon
Valley, jazz composition and performance continue to evolve and change.
During the three days of this year’s festival, we promise that the
cravings of even the most diverse music lover will be satisfied.”

The
festival lineup features the straight-ahead jazz of Dee Dee
Bridgewater (pictured above), Denise Donatelli, Sylvie Cuenca, Dave Pell, Med Flory,
Buster Williams, Winard Harper, and many more. Music fans looking for
more diverse music will find three complete stages of salsa, blues, and
Latin music from Allen Toussaint, Bettye Lavette, Wild Magnolias,
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, SambaDa, the festival Harmonica Blowout, and
Karabali.

San Jose Jazz also features San Jose and Bay Area
legends Edgardo Cambon, a tribute to Louie Bellson, John Santos, John
Worley and Bari Bari, Wayne Wallace and local rising stars such as
Panthelion, Hristo Vitchev, and Fil Lorenz. The full lineup can be
viewed at jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org/performers.

San Jose Jazz
is increasing its efforts to make the festival a family-focused event.
The “Future of Jazz Stage” features some of the best young musicians in
Silicon Valley. Children 12 and under are admitted free and admittance
to the Tech Museum of Innovation is included in the festival admission.
This year’s festival also includes a music scavenger hunt in the Tech
Museum and a special area for kids’ entertainment.

After hours
events such as the “Jazz Beyond Stage” featuring French artist ElodieO,
Midival Punditz, and Supertaster as well as the Festival Club Crawl
with local restaurants, hotels, and bars deliver non-stop music for
three days.

Accessibility is another great perk of the jazz
festival. Through four major freeways, “stay-cationers” from around Bay
Area will have access to the event with free weekend parking facilities
nearby. Valley Transit Authority (VTA) weekend trains will run every 15
minutes to and from downtown San Jose. CalTrain, Capitol Corridor and
ACE rail are just three more options for local music fans to get to the
show.

For out-of-towners, the Mineta San Jose International
Airport is only three miles from downtown. Twelve major airlines
provide an average of 384 commercial arrivals and departures from both
national and international locations. Discounted hotel rates are
available for festival attendees, starting at $98. All the hotels are
within a block of the festival. For more information, visit
jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org.

About San Jose Jazz

San Jose
Jazz, producer of the annual AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival, is a
public benefit corporation dedicated to promoting jazz through
performance and education to enrich the lives of people in Silicon
Valley. Proceeds from the performances help to support San Jose Jazz’s
education and outreach programs as well as other year-round
performances throughout Silicon Valley. For more on San Jose Jazz,
please visit www.sanjosejazz.org.

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