The 3rd Annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest | Oct. 15th-17th, 2010

Ed Calle to Headline 3rd Annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest October 15-17, 2010 in “Florida’s Riviera”

The
Third Annual 2010 Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest is pleased to announce an
artist line-up that will bring cool jazz sounds to the beautiful city
on the weekend of October 15-17, 2010.

The Sunny Isles Beach
Jazz Fest will celebrate the extraordinary sounds of jazz music
throughout the event weekend; featuring renowned jazz artists.
Headlining the festival is one of the most recorded saxophonists in jazz
history, Ed Calle. Calle is known for his extraordinary ability to play
bebop, Latin jazz, contemporary jazz, and pop. He appears on such
Grammy award-winning albums by Frank Sinatra, Arturo Sandoval and Jon
Secada. Ed has also recorded and performed around the world with such
artists as Gloria Estefan, Julio Iglesias, Michael Bolton and Rihanna.

Additional
musical guests include successful saxophonist and flautist Jesse Jones,
JR. whose amazing talent in playing everything from traditional jazz to
Bebop has allowed him to perform with such notable artists as Donald
Byrd, Blue Mitchell and Ira Sullivan. Jesse Jones, JR. will be featuring
multi- talented vocalist Yvonne Brown, and the performance is sponsored
by the Sunshine Jazz Organization. Also, performing will be the always
distinctive sounds of the Afro-Cuban Jazz band, Oriente.

The Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest, produced by the City of Sunny Isles Beach in partnership with the Sunny Isles Beach Tourism and Marketing Council, will showcase and highlight the best that the city has to offer including great music, fine
dining, exclusive resorts, beautiful beaches and much more! The Jazz
Fest’s special nonprofit partners, who will get partial event proceeds,
are Joshua’s Heart Foundation (www.joshuasheart.org), which strives to
“Stomp out Hunger” by providing necessities such as food and water
to individuals in underserved communities and Miami Children’s Hospital
(www.mch.com), a world leader in pediatric healthcare.

The
weekend Festival kicks off on Friday, October 15th with musical
performances at the elegant Jazz Club in the Acqualina Resort & Spa.
The festival will continue on Saturday, October 16th, at the
spectacular Samson Oceanfront Park with a performance by the headlining
artist, Ed Calle and ends on Sunday, October 17th with a sumptuous
Sunday Jazz Brunch at the Newport Beachside Resort.

Event
Corporate sponsors include Miami Dade County, Commissioner Sally Heyman,
Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Around Town Magazine,
Barefoot Wine, Polar Beer, Continental Group, Epicure Market, J. Milton
& Associates, Newport Beachside Resort and Acqualina Resort.

“The
Third Annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest keeps getting better every
year!” adds Ibis Romero, Executive Director of Sunny Isles Beach Tourism
and Marketing Council. “We are happy to produce an event that, after
three years, continues to attract both local residents and tourists.”

For
more information on the Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest, its artists,
venues or corporate sponsorships please visit the website at
www.sunnyislesbeachjazz.com or email Ibis Romero at [email protected].