16th Annual Jazz at Chautauqua at Jazz Festival At Chautauqua at Athenaeum Hotel At Chautauqua Institution

The 16th Annual Jazz at Chautauqua runs Thursday, Sept. 19 through Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 at the Athenaeum Hotel on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York state. Formerly presented by the Allegheny Jazz Society, Jazz at Chautauqua is proud to continue the tradition. The weekend of jazz performances and spontaneous jam sessions features more than 30 of the country’s foremost jazz musicians providing more than 24 hours of of jazz standards and music from the American Songbook beginning Thursday evening and continuing until 2 p.m. Sunday.

Guests will dine in style with jazz musicians throughout the weekend, including trombonist Dan Barrett, who has recorded with such jazz greats as Buck Clayton and Benny Goodman. Barrett has played at Carnegie Hall four times over his career, twice as part of tributes to Louis Armstrong. Rebecca Kilgore is one of America’s leading song stylists. In 2010, she was inducted to the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall of Fame. She has performed at Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein and has been invited to perform at New York’s Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention both at Town Hall and the Lincoln Center. Other Jazz at Chautauqua performers include Alden and Marty Grosz and classic jazz bands such as the Faux Frenchman....

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The 16th Annual Jazz at Chautauqua runs Thursday, Sept. 19 through Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 at the Athenaeum Hotel on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York state. Formerly presented by the Allegheny Jazz Society, Jazz at Chautauqua is proud to continue the tradition. The weekend of jazz performances and spontaneous jam sessions features more than 30 of the country’s foremost jazz musicians providing more than 24 hours of of jazz standards and music from the American Songbook beginning Thursday evening and continuing until 2 p.m. Sunday.

Guests will dine in style with jazz musicians throughout the weekend, including trombonist Dan Barrett, who has recorded with such jazz greats as Buck Clayton and Benny Goodman. Barrett has played at Carnegie Hall four times over his career, twice as part of tributes to Louis Armstrong. Rebecca Kilgore is one of America’s leading song stylists. In 2010, she was inducted to the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall of Fame. She has performed at Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein and has been invited to perform at New York’s Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention both at Town Hall and the Lincoln Center. Other Jazz at Chautauqua performers include Alden and Marty Grosz and classic jazz bands such as the Faux Frenchman.

The festival offers stunning lake views and gardens that beckon jazz enthusiasts. Visitors can take in the historic setting while experiencing the best jazz has to offer. All-inclusive packages and single event tickets are available. All-inclusive packages include accommodations, breakfast, lunch and dinner, nightly bar service, admission to all music events and service charges.

To reserve space at the Jazz Festival, visit wwwJazzatCHQ.com or contact the Athenaeum Hotel at 1.800.821.1881.

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