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MAY 10, 2008
Edmonton Int'l Jazz Festival
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Yardbird Suite at
12 - 5 PM
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JUNE 20-29, 2008
Edmonton International Jazz Festival
JUNE 22-29, 2008
Jazzworks Creative Small-Group Workshop
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FESTIVAL STAFF
Kent Sangster - Email
Festival Director
Misha Marie Moroz - Email
Assistant to the Director &
Logistics Coordinator
Caitlin Richards - Email
Administrative Assistant
Nathalie Tait - Email
Website Maintenance & Advertising
Pam Josey - Email
Volunteer Coordinator
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FRIENDS OF THE EJFS
Government Agencies
Canadian Heritage
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Edmonton Arts Council
Canada Council
Goethe Institute
Media Sponsors
Magic 99
Rawlco
Edmonton Journal
Global
Radio Canada
The BOUNCE 91.7 FM
CKUA
CJSR
Bottom Line Productions
Hok Nik Creative
Corporate Sponsors
Kingston Ross Pasnak
Acura
Acron Roofing
Lanigan & Edwards
Wine Merchants
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Downtown Business Association
Big Rock Brewery
Partners
Jazz Festivals Canada
Sutton Place Hotel
Citadel Theatre
Edmonton Jazz Society
Dixieland Society
Axe Productions
Edmonton Real Estate Board
Vines
Educational Sponors
MacEwan College
The Bandstande
The Winde Shoppe
The Banff Centre
Friends of the EJO
Eddies Mens Wear
Del Dilkie
Steven & Day Lepoole
John Oberg
Ester Ondrack
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WHAT'S NEW?
The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society Announces 2008 Line-Up
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INFOLINE (780) 990-0222
The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society and Magic 99
Are
Proud To Present
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis
at the 2008 Edmonton International Jazz Festival
June 25, 2008
7:30 PM
Winspear Centre
Tickets: $75
(plus GST and service charges)
Charge By Phone: (780) 428-1414
Toll Free: 1-800-563-5081
Online: www.winspearcentre.com
The remarkably versatile
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,
composed of 15 of today’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra for more than 13 years. Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s programming, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York, across the U.S. and around the world; in concert halls, dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks, river boats, and churches; and with symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists.
Wynton Marsalis (Music Director, Trumpet) is the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961, Mr. Marsalis began his classical training on trumpet at age 12 and soon began playing in local bands of diverse genres. He entered The Juilliard School at age 17 and joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Mr. Marsalis made his recording debut as a leader in 1982, and since he has recorded more than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards.
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Presented By
 
 
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Pink Martini
June 24, 2008
7:30 PM
Winspear Centre
Tickets: $47.50
(plus GST and service charges)
Charge By Phone: (780) 428-1414
Toll Free: 1-800-563-5081
Online: www.winspearcentre.com
Pink Martini falls somewhere between a 1930’s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical music ensemble, a Brazilian marching street band and Japanese film noir. “We’re kind of like musical archaeologists, bringing melodies and rhythms from different parts of the world together to create something which is modern,” says founder and pianist Thomas L. Lauderdale. “It’s like an urban music travelogue,” he adds.
Lauderdale formed the Portland, Oregon-based “little orchestra” in 1994 and soon after took the world by storm performing a mixed bag of swinging Afro-Cuban rhythms, Parisian café tunes, Caribbean calypso and Hollywood golden-era string arrangements at sold out concerts on several continents.
The band released its debut album, Sympathique, on its own label Heinz Records, named after Lauderdale’s dog, in 1997; Pink Martini quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for Song of the Year and Best New Artist in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards. Seven long years later, Pink Martini released its highly-anticipated follow-up, Hang on Little Tomato, which climbed to Number One on Amazon.com’s best-sellers list.
This exciting 12-piece band has showcased its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Canada and the United States. The band has appeared at the Cannes Film Festival; the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Concert Hall; the opening of the New York Museum of Modern Art; the Kennedy Center; and alongside soul legend Al Green at the William Morris Agency’s 100th birthday celebration.
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Presented By
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Media Contact: Liz Lepper, Bottom Line Productions
P: (780) 988-8914 x 3 | E: liz@bottomlinepro.com |
JAZZ FOR EVERYONE
Find yours at the
Edmonton International
Jazz Festival !
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THE BOX OFFICE
NOTE:
Ticket Packages only available
through in-person and phone
orders and are
only available
when
all purchases are made
at the same time.
WINSPEAR BOX OFFICE
www.winspearcentre.com
Charge By Phone:
(780) 428-1414
or
1-800-563-5081
CITADEL BOX OFFICE
(Maclab Theatre)
www.citadeltheatre.com
Charge By Phone:
(780) 425-1820
or 1-888-425-1820
Ticket Package:
“Pick Your Package”
Buy any combination of tickets
to the
events at the
MacLab Theatre,
and receive a discount.
2 events 5% off
3 events 10% off
4 events 15% off
5 events 20% off
all 6 MacLab events 25% off
TIX ON THE SQUARE
www.tixonthesquare.ca
Charge By Phone:
(780) 420-1757
Ticket Package Available:
Yardbird Series Pass
For only $149
plus service charges and GST,
receive a single ticket to all events
at the Yardbird Suite.
Only 50 of these passes available.
Old Strathcona Ticket Package
Purchase a ticket to a
7:30 pm and 9:00 pm show
on the same night,
from either the Catalyst Theatre
or the Yardbird Suite,
and receive $10 off your purchase.
CLUB SERIES
Ticket Available At The Door
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