Guitarist Robert Cray has been added to the New York State Fair’s Chevy Court Line up. He is pictured here at the 2011 Syracuse Jazz Fest.
Robert Cray is scheduled to perform at the Fair on Sept. 4.
Posts Tagged ‘Syracuse Jazz Fest’
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Monday, June 27th, 2016Week in Review: Get Shorty…again
Sunday, April 24th, 2016Frank Malfitano announced this week that Trombone Shorty is coming back for an encore performance. This time you have to see it in person.
Built to Last
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
Frank Malfitano will produce the 34th Annual Syracuse Jazz Fest in July. Today Mayor Miner named April 19 “Frank Malfitano Day.”
Lineup Surprises
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
Syracuse Jazz Fest Producer Frank Malfitano announced the lineup at M&T Bank this morning. Pictured to the right is Jazz Journalists Association’s Susan Brink, who presented Malfitano with a 2016 National Jazz Hero Award.
Sure we saw the lineup for this year’s Jazz Fest in the current issue of Downbeat already, but we still attended this mornings announcement at M&T Bank, because some things are better in person. Jazz Fest also puts together the best press kit for any music festival in the area.
This year’s stellar lineup include a former Doobie (Michael McDonald), a Shorty (Troy Andrews) a Missy (Melissa Gardiner and her band Second Line Syracuse) as well as a tribute to a Murphy (Mark) and an artist-in-residence named Randy (Brecker). In addition, Groove Legacy, the Maverick’s and Notefied promise to make this another must see event.
We also found out that the Mayor issued a proclamation naming today “Frank Malfitano Day” in Syracuse.
Who’s Your Daddy?
Friday, April 8th, 2016
Scotty Morris (above) and his dapper band mates, better known as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, will appear at the NYS Fair this summer. The show will be Aug. 25 at Chevy Court. Voodoo Daddy appeared at Jazz Fest in 2014.
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, April 7th, 2016Week in Review
Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Singer Natalie Cole, who played Syracuse Jazz Fest in 2010, passed away on Friday.
Throwback Thursday: That Chick
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Chick Corea was named 2015 Jazz Artist of the Year in the Downbeat Reader’s Poll. Corea played the 2011 Syracuse Jazz Festival with Return II Forever.
Syracuse First
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Christine Fawcett-Shapiro and Mike Massurin (Syracuse International Film Festival), along with Frank Malfitano (Syracuse Jazz Fest) and Eric Bush (General Manager of Sound Garden) announced that the DVD release and Northeast film premiere of Jaco will take place in Syracuse.
A quartet of Syracuse arts groups, including The Place Theater, Syracuse Jazz Fest, The Syracuse International Film Festival and Sound Garden, held a press event today in Armory Square. The group will collaborate to host a premiere of Jaco, a documentary about bassist Jaco Pastorius. The film was produced by Robert Trujillo and directed by Paul Merchange and Stephen Kijak.
Trujillo will make an appearance at the screening, which will take place at the Palace on Friday, November 27. Earlier in the day he will he will do a in-store DVD signing at The Sound Garden.
The 2007 Syracuse Jazz Fest was dedicated to Jaco Pastorius.