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2009
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Concerts and Festivals
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Friday January 16
7:00pm - 10:00 p.m.
Witte Society Jazz in the Treetops
Cool jazz - Hot drinks – Breathtaking view. Come toast the new year at our roof top party! Entertainment by Galileo and catering by Page Barteau Catering.
Free for members, $20 for non-members. Call 210.357.1922 for reservations.
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Saturday January 17
8:00pm
Freda Payne: Tribute to Ella
Jo Long Theatre of the Performing Arts at the Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry
210/207-7211
In a Tribute to Ella, Payne offers a tightly structured narrative that follows Fitzgerald’s career. Bearing a remarkable resemblance to the legendary singer’s sound, Payne conjures the spirit of Ella. Payne will also delight the audience with songs from her own album entitled On the Inside.
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Saturday February 7
8:00pm
Twentieth Annual Hill Country Jazz Festival
Texas State University
San Marcos Tx
The Hill Country Jazz Festival is a non-competitive event that does not select "winners" but does recognize outstanding big bands, combos, and individual instrumentalists with "Outstanding Performance Awards." This year's guest artist is Wayne Bergeron.
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Thursday February 19
Gabriel Alegria’s Afro-Peruvian Sextet
Pearl Stable
312 Pearl Parkway Bldg. 2
San Antonio, TX, 78215
(210)212-9539
Smoldering jazz is kicked up with the intoxicating poly-rhythms of coastal Perú as trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegría continues to chart a fresh new idiom. Combining his own distinctive approach to the jazz trumpet with the rich heritage of Afro-Peruvian music, Alegría is joined by saxophonist Laurandrea Leguía, guitarist Yuri Juárez, bassist Ramon de Bruyn, drummer Hugo Alcázar and master percussionist Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón-who plays traditional Afro-Peruvian instruments such as cajón (box drum) and quijada (jaw bone) and adds spectacular passages of zapateo dancing to the Sextet’s original sound.
Call for ticket information.
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Saturday February 28
8:00pm
Kenny Garrett in Concert
Empire Theater
226 N. St. Mary's St.
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Kenny Garrett is an American post bop jazz saxophonist and flutist. During his career, Garrett has performed and recorded with many jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Brian Blade, Marcus Miller, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, and Mulgrew Miller.
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Sunday March 1
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Anyone? - San Antonio Choral Society Pops Concert
St. George Maronite Church and Center
6070 Babcock Rd.
(210)690-9569
Jazz Anyone? is the theme of the Annual Pops Concert and will be held at St. George Maronite Church Hall. This popular event is a cabaret-style performance, providing another opportunity for the San Antonio Choral Society to demonstrate its musical versatility. Well-known jazz artist Kyle Keener and the Small World Trio will provide accompaniment. Now in its 44th season, the Choral Society is an 80-member mixed voice choir of volunteer singers, led by Artistic Director Aaron Hufty.
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Saturday March 26 - Sunday March 28
19th Annual Temple College Jazz Festival
Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Auditorium
Temple College
Temple Tx
An entertaining and educational weekend of outstanding jazz that will bring together top professional artists, clinicians and hundreds of college, high school, and middle school musicians for clinics, competitions and great performances.
Headliner : Randy Brecker
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Friday April 3
6:00pm
Ramsey Lewis in Concert
Laurie Auditorium
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Thursday April 16 - Saturday April 18
9th Annual North Texas Jazz Festival
Addison TX
The Tierney Sutton Band will perform on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the final concert event of the 9th Annual North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison. During its 15 years together, the Tierney Sutton Band has received 2 Grammy Nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Album, a JazzWeek Award for Vocalist of the Year, consecutive nominations for Jazz Journalist Association Awards, recorded several CDs that made the #1 spot on jazz radio playlists, and garnered critical praise throughout the world.
The North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison is a collaboration between the University of North Texas Jazz Studies Division and the Town of Addison. Together they host an annual jazz festival that includes performances by top UNT ensembles, major jazz headliners, and outstanding school groups from across the United States.
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Friday April 24 - Sunday April 26
Denton Arts & Jazz Festival - 2009 (29th Annual)
Denton Quakertown Park
321 E. McKinney
Denton, Texas
Great music, good food, beautiful art and many activities are planned for the whole family in Denton, Texas, where FUN IS THE THING and JAZZ IS KING! The Denton Festival Foundation, Inc., in cooperation with the City of Denton and the Dallas/Fort Worth American Federation of Musicians, produces the festival with support from individual and corporate sponsorships.
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Saturday May 2
8:00 p.m.
Fathers and Sons II
Little Carver Civic Center
at The Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry
(210)207-7211
After a popular engagement here several years ago, father and son duo George and Aaron Prado are back! They bring with them two accomplished and talented father/son duos in Peter & Michael Carey and Joe & Joe Jr. Posada. We are in for a rare treat from six great jazz artists!
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Friday June 5 - Sunday June 7
San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival
Crockett Park
1300 North Main Avenue
The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival, also known as SAS Fest (San Antonio Summer Festival) is an annual free 3-day event held on the first full weekend of June. SAS Fest features 10 great jazz concerts, an Arts and Crafts Fair and delicious Texas cuisine.The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival is in its 6th year of presenting great fun and entertainment fun for the whole family.
Free
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Saturday July 31 - Sunday August 2
19th Houston International Jazz Festival
Discovery Green
1500 Mckinney St
Houston, TX 77010
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Saturday September 19 - Sunday September 20
Noon - 10:00pm
JazzSAlive
Travis Park - Jefferson St. and Travis St.
Two days of free jazz music in the park. Bring your chairs or blankets and relax under the trees.
Free
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October (tba)
noon - 7:00pm
3rd Annual House of Jazz
SAHA Park
S. Main Ave. and Guenther St.
This event may be renamed House of Diversity as the 2008 show only had one straight ahead jazz act. And that was only because a soul group cancelled. Out of town convention visitors must surely think that San Antonio doesn't know Jazz from a hole in the ground. Who goes to a conjunto festival to hear Jazz? Who goes to a rock concert to hear country. The sponsor of this event owes San Antonio and their media sponsor (KRTU) an apology.
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Friday October 9 - Sunday October 11
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Venues
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