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29TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL

06-30-2011

PRESS RELEASE

SFJAZZ ANNOUNCES STAR-STUDDED LINEUP
FOR THIS FALL'S 29TH ANNUAL
SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL

San Francisco - June 30, 2011: San Francisco will heat up once again this fall, with visitors arriving from around the world for the hugely popular annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, presented by SFJAZZ, one of the nation's leading non-profit jazz organizations. Beginning on September 15 with Cape Verdean vocalist Carmen Souza and culminating with Aaron Neville's "Soulful Christmas" on December 18, the 29th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival will present some of the most illustrious names in jazz and world music, including Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Esperanza Spalding, Joshua Redman, India.Arie and Idan Raichel, in venues around the Bay Area - in advance of next year's opening of the dedicated SFJAZZ Center, one of the first stand-alone jazz performance spaces of its kind.

This year's festival will feature the following series:

JAZZ GIANTS

Wayne Shorter will appear on Oct. 2.

October 2: Jazz great Wayne Shorter and his quartet

October 16: Master pianist McCoy Tyner in a tribute to his legendary collaborator, The Gentle Side of John Coltrane, joined by Chris Potter and José James
October 27: Vocalist and pianist Mose Allison
November 5: Jazz dance master Savion Glover withBare Soundz
December 10: Ahmad Jamal and his piano trio

WORLD VOICES

September 15: Cape Verdean songstress Carmen Souza
September 25: Samba balladeer Vinicius Cantuária
September 30: Bollywood queen Asha Bhosle with sitar player Shujaat Khan
October 14: Brazilian superstar Daniela Mercury
October 15: Grammy Award winner Luciana Souza
October 16: Tuvan throat singers Huun Huur Tu

GUITARISM

September 24: Guitar genius Pat Metheny with bassist Larry Grenadier
October 23: The beloved Jim Hall celebrates his 80th birthday with a quartet
November 13: Gypsy guitar virtuoso Dorado Schmitt with the Django All-Stars

NEW & NOW

September 29: Jazz pianist Robert Glasper and his trio

Esperanza Spalding will play on Oct. 1.

October 1: "Best New Artist" Grammy Award winnerEsperanza Spalding

October 5: Saxophone firebrand David Binney'squartet
October 15: R&B star India.Arie with Israeli keyboardist and composer Idan Raichel