The 27th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival will take place September 20 – 28.
Celebrating jazz as a living art built on a constantly evolving tradition, the Festival will offer all types of jazz, from Dixieland, traditional swing, straight-ahead and bop to melodic standards, and funky down-home “gutbucket” blues. The Festival kick-off on Saturday night (Sept 20) will be a Jazz Concert-Wine Tasting event to raise money for the Backus Children’s Hospital. The Jazz Trio, featuring Ben Tucker, is headlining for the evening.
The festival features the best in international, national, regional and local jazz talent. The 2008 festival will feature (among others), Bob James, The Savannah Jazz Orchestra-Featuring “Simone”, Donald Harrison, The Ben Riley Trio featuring ‘Larry Willis’, Ben Tucker, Teddy Adams, Wanda Johnson with Shrimp City Slim, James Cotton, Eric Culberson’s Blues Band, Freeport, Bob Baldwin, Eric Mintel, The Coastal Jazz Association All-Stars, The University of North Florida Jazz ensemble with Trombonist, Steve Davis, The Jazz Corner Quintet, Beer Parlor Ramblers, The Jazz Trio, & The Skylite Jazz Ensemble.”
There is no charge for the Savannah Jazz Festival (with the exception of the kick-off wine-tasting concert.) For a complete schedule of events, visit www.savannahjazzfestival.org. For more information, call 912-675-5419.
