Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival at Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival

Mayor Jerry Jennings and the City of Albany are pleased to announce the Port of Albany’s Riverfront Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 11* at Albany Riverfront Park from 12:30 to 8pm.
*A special remembrance ceremony will take place at 4:15pm to honor this historic date.

Official 2010 Jazz Festival t-shirts for this line-up will be available for purchase at the event.

Featuring:
TROIKA 12:30pm - 1:15pm - an appealing mix of styles that includes pop, jazz, soul, funk, and classic standards from the Great American Song Book - a mainstay in the Albany-Saratoga jazz scene....

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Mayor Jerry Jennings and the City of Albany are pleased to announce the Port of Albany’s Riverfront Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 11* at Albany Riverfront Park from 12:30 to 8pm.
*A special remembrance ceremony will take place at 4:15pm to honor this historic date.

Official 2010 Jazz Festival t-shirts for this line-up will be available for purchase at the event.

Featuring:
TROIKA 12:30pm - 1:15pm - an appealing mix of styles that includes pop, jazz, soul, funk, and classic standards from the Great American Song Book - a mainstay in the Albany-Saratoga jazz scene.

SOMI 1:45pm - 2:45pm - New African Soul.

RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET 3:15pm - 4:15pm - Extraordinary saxophonist - son of John Coltrane

Ivan Neville’s DUMPSTAPHUNK 4:45pm - 5:45pm- widely considered to be New Orleans’ most popular musical export - voted 2007’s “New Orleans Best Funk Band” by both Offbeat Magazine and Gambit Weekly

JOHN SCOFIELD JAZZ QUARTET 6:15pm - 7:30pm -considered one of the "big three" of current jazz guitarists -Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop, funk - edged jazz, and R & B.

F I R E W O R K S @ 7:30 PM !

Food, beverages and a kids area (crafts with the Tulip Queen & Court) will be available.

Dogs and other animals (except service animals) as well glass containers are not allowed at City sponsored events. No audio or video recording is allowed.

Rain-site for the event is the Palace Theatre, corner of Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street.

For additional information, please contact (518) 434-2032 or www.albanyevents.org.

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