Forget CMJ, SXSW, or WMC…the week and a half of events scheduled for this year’s JVC Jazz Festival are definitely exciting.  Just some of the already announced shows include Jill Scott, Mos Def Big Band feat. Gil Scott Heron, Medeski, Martin & Wood, and Herbie Hancock.  The festival runs from 06.15.08 to 06.28.08.  Tickets for all shows are available here.  Full JVC Fest lineup inside…

Sunday, June 15

A Father’s Day Gift
KENNY BARRON TRIO
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 3pm
Tuesday, June 17

A Tribute to Alice Coltrane, featuring:
RAVI COLTRANE, GERI ALLEN, CHARLIE HADEN, JACK DeJOHNETTE, BRANDEE YOUNGER
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm
Wednesday, June 18

A Celebration of 35 Years of Highlights in Jazz
JACK KLEINSINGER
BILLY TAYLOR, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, KEN PEPLOWSKI, BYRON STRIPLING, TED ROSENTHAL, WYCLIFFE GORDON, GENE BERTONCINI, JAY LEONHART and LEWIS NASH
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm

JVC New York Debut!
CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST
Le Poisson Rouge 7:30pm & 10pm
Make It Funky!
MACEO PARKER
LETTUCE
Brooklyn Masonic Temple 8pm
Presented in Association with boomBOOM Presents

Thursday, June 19

Voices Beyond Boundries
LILA DOWNS
RAUL MIDÓN
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD
MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG
TAYLOR McFERRIN
Prospect Park Bandshell 7pm
Presented in Association with Celebrate Brooklyn! 30 Summers
FREE (with a $3 contribution to Celebrate Brooklyn!)
New Trio New York Debut!
BILL FRISELL TRIO with special guests
Le Poisson Rouge 7:30pm & 10pm

DOWNBEAT PRESENTS:
JAZZ COMBOS
JAZZ ENSEMBLE from THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LIBERACE JAZZTET
GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Union Square Park – South Plaza 12:30pm
Presented in Association with the Union Square Partnership as part of their Summer in the Square concert series
FREE

Friday, June 20

The Real Thing: An Evening With
JILL SCOTT
Carnegie Hall 8pm
The Solo Piano
CECIL TAYLOR
GEORGE CABLES
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm
Co-Produced by Jill Newman Productions
THE BILLY HART ACADEMY
featuring THEO CROKER
Rubin Museum of Art 7pm
Saturday, June 21

Nouveau Bossa
SERGIO MENDES
ZAP MAMA
Carnegie Hall 8pm
Celebrating 90 Years of Hank Jones
HANK JONES with special guests
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm

Genre Bending
E.S.T.
AETHEREAL BACE
Le Poisson Rouge 7:30PM

Transcending Voices
SIMONE
KJ DENHERT
Le Poisson Rouge 11pm
Sunday, June 22
50 Years of Bossa Nova
JOÃO GILBERTO
Carnegie Hall 8pm

A Taste of Genius
BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO
Zankel Hall 8:30pm

A Tribute to Carlos “Patato” Valdez
THE CONGA KINGS featuring GIOVANNI HIDALGO, CANDIDO CAMERO, FRANCISCO AGUABELLA
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm

Monday, June 23

2008 Grammy® Award Winner, Album of the Year
HERBIE HANCOCK and The River of Possibilities Tour
featuring DAVE HOLLAND, VINNIE COLAIUTA, CHRIS POTTER, LIONEL LOUEKE, SONYA KITCHELL LIONEL LOUEKE TRIO
Carnegie Hall 8pm

Dick Hyman & Friends
DICK HYMAN, KEN PEPLOWSKI, WYCLIFFE GORDON, RANDY SANDKE, HOWARD ALDEN, JAY LEONHART and EDDIE LOCKE
Zankel Hall 8:30pm

JVC Jazz Festival Salutes Art D’Lugoff and “SALSA MEETS JAZZ”
PONCHO SANCHEZ
Le Poisson Rouge 7:30pm

Tuesday, June 24

An Evening with
CHRIS BOTTI
Carnegie Hall 8pm

Presenting Ms. Tierney Sutton
TIERNEY SUTTON BAND
Zankel Hall 8:30pm

A JVC New York Exclusive!
BAD PLUS 1 featuring KURT ROSENWINKEL
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm
Turntables & Samples meet Jazz
DJ LOGIC PROJECT
MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO
MOCEAN WORKER
Le Poisson Rouge 8pm

Wednesday, June 25

Rising Stars
ANAT COHEN QUARTET with special guests YUVAL COHEN and AVISHAI COHEN ESPERANZA SPALDING QUARTET
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm

THE AARON GOLDBERG TRIO
Rubin Museum of Art 7pm

Thursday, June 26

A JVC New York Exclusive!
SOULIVE with special guest JOSHUA REDMAN
Le Poisson Rouge 7:30pm

BILLY HARPER QUINTET
Studio Museum in Harlem 7:30pm

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Presents:
THE NEW SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Union Square Park – South Plaza 5:30pm
Presented in Association with the Union Square Partnership as part of their Summer in the Square concert series
FREE

Friday, June 27

The Soul of Jazz
AL GREEN
DIANNE REEVES
Carnegie Hall 8pm

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RED EARTH: A MALIAN JOURNEY
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm

A JVC New York Exclusive!
SOULIVE with special guest JOSHUA REDMAN
Le Poisson Rouge 7:30pm

TIM BERNE
CRAIG TABORN
Rubin Museum of Art 7pm

Saturday, June 28

MOS DEF BIG BAND
with special guest GIL SCOTT-HERON
Carnegie Hall 8pm
Co-Produced by Jill Newman Productions

Tangaria
RICHARD GALLIANO TANGARIA 4TET
Zankel Hall 8:30pm

CHARLES LLOYD
featuring JASON MORAN, REUBEN ROGERS and ERIC HARLAND
New York Society for Ethical Culture 8pm

All Concerts at Carnegie Hall and Zankel Hall presented in Partnership with Carnegie Hall
All Concerts at Le Poisson Rouge and Brooklyn Masonic Temple presented in Partnership with boomBOOM Productions

All Concerts and Schedule subject to change.

VENUE LISTING

Brooklyn Masonic Temple
317 Claremont Ave at Lafayette Ave
866-468-7619
www.masonicboom.com

Carnegie Hall
W 57th St & 7th Ave
212-247-7800
www.carnegiehall.org

New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 W 64th St & Central Park West
877-655-4TIX (4849)
www.nysec.org

Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St
212-796-0741
www.myspace.com/lepoissonrougenyc

Prospect Park Bandshell
9th St & Prospect Park West
Park Slope, Brooklyn
718-855-7882
www.briconline.org/CB

Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th St
212-620-5000
www.rmanyc.org

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd & W 135th St
212-491-2200
www.nypl.org/research/sc

Studio Museum in Harlem
144 W 125th St (between Lenox & 7th Aves)
212-864-4500
www.studiomuseum.org

Summer in the Square
Union Square Park – South Plaza
14th Street (btw Broadway & Union Square West)
www.unionsquarenyc.org

Zankel Hall
W 57th St & 7th Ave
212-247-7800
www.carnegiehall.org
JVC Jazz Festival New York 2008
2-for-1 Club Program

Participating Clubs:

The Blue Note
131 W 3rd St (btw 6th Ave & MacDougal)
212.475.8592
www.bluenote.net

Birdland
315 W 44th St (btw 8th & 9th Aves)
212.581.3080
www.birdlandjazz.com

June 15: 6pm Andy Farber & His Orchestra with vocalist Hilary Kole
11pm Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Arturo O’Farrill
June 17 - 21: 11pm PAQUITO D’RIVERA
June 22: 11pm Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Arturo O’Farrill
June 24: 8:30pm & 11pm The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy Igoe
June 25 - 29: 11pm KURT ELLING
June 29: 6pm Andy Farber & His Orchestra with vocalist Hilary Kole

Cachaça
35 W 8th St (btw 5th & 6th Aves)
212.388.9099
www.cachacajazz.com

Iridium Jazz Club
1650 Broadway (at 51st Street)
212.582.2121
www.iridiumjazzclub.com

June 15 PAT MARTINO
June 16 LES PAUL
June 17 MINGUS LEGACY
June 18-22 KENNY WERNER TRIO + TOOTS THEILMANS
June 23 LES PAUL
June 24 THE MINGUS LEGACY
June 25 ROGER DAVIDSON TRIO
June 26-28 FREDDIE HUBBARD AND FRIENDS
2 for 1 Admission to first 15 people

Smoke
2751 Broadway (btw 105th & 106th Streets)
212.864.6662
www.smokejazz.com

June 15 CHRIS WASHBURN & SYOTOS BAND (AFRO CUBAN & LATIN JAZZ)
June 16 SMOKE JAM SESSION
June 17 HAMMOND B3 ORGAN GROOVES WITH MIKE LEDONNE QT
June 18 FREDDIE BRYANT PRESENTS: WORLD JAZZ SERIES
June 19 MICHA PIATIGORSKY TRIO
June 20 & 21 DIMITRI KOLESNIK & ANDREI KONDAKOV “FIVE CORNERS” FEATURING ERIC ALEXANDER, JIM ROTONDI
June 22 CHRIS WASHBURN & SYOTOS BAND (AFRO CUBAN & LATIN JAZZ)
June 23 SMOKE JAM SESSION
June 24 HAMMOND B3 ORGAN GROOVES WITH MIKE LEDONNE QT
June 25 FREDDIE BRYANT PRESENTS: WORLD JAZZ SERIES
June 26 “MANHATTAN VIBES” CHRISTOS RAFALIDES : VIBES, SERGIO SALVATORE : PIANO, MIKE POPE : BASS, VINCE CHERICO : DRUMS
June 27 & 28 JUDY BARNETT’S JAZZ-A-TERIA