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Tuesday, August 03, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet To Perform at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet will play at the 56th annual CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, which takes place August 6-8 and features live jazz on multiple stages over three days. Artists appearing at the festival include Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Chris Botti, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Jamie Cullum, Ahmad Jamal, and more.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Voices and Violins Speak Volumes At CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 6 - 8
Voices and strings represent one of the most harmonious pairings in jazz. One only has to hear those sublime Norman Granz-produced Ella Fitzgerald records for aural evidence of that special musical marriage. Both instruments are adaptable to every idiom and genre in the jazz continuum in their own right. And the masters of the violin and the voice assembled at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, set for August 6 - 8, show that their skills positively highlight a high level of musicianship that represents tradition in transition.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Found New Fans, New Friends and Renewed Faith in the Future of Jazz
Jazz reared her beautiful head June 17 - 26 and more than 23,000 people turned out to greet her when the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presented 45 concerts at 20 venues throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
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Friday, July 23, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
NPR MUSIC AND STATIONS TO EXCLUSIVELY WEBCAST AND BROADCAST FULL CONCERTS FROM GEORGE WEIN'S NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
NPR MUSIC AND STATIONS TO EXCLUSIVELY WEBCAST AND BROADCAST FULL CONCERTS FROM GEORGE WEIN'S NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, JULY 31-AUGUST 1
AND CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, AUGUST 7-8. LISTEN TO ALL FESTIVAL COVERAGE LIVE ON THE NPR MUSIC APP.
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Friday, July 23, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Has Sax Appeal
Saxophonists want to sound like singers, and no wonder: that instrument comes very close to mirroring the flexibility of the human voice; Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane all had that lyrical ability to make the horn sing. And the saxophonists appearing at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival are carrying on that splendid tradition in a myriad of ways.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Get A Face Lift at Fort Adams State Park
Fans coming to the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 7 - 8, will find a new configuration of the three stages which present 15 fantastic rounds of music each day.
For the first time in many years, fans will be able to hear jazz within the confines of historic Fort Adams.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Reaches Over 23,000 Fans
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Monday, July 19, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Guitarists Are Choice Picks at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Set for August 6 -8 in Newport, RI
he CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival showcases Rez Abbasi and Julian Lage: a new generation of guitarists, who have mastered the plectral heritage of those aforementioned masters, while elaborating and expanding on jazz by adding Afro-Latin, classical and world genres into their mix.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Dave Brubeck Celebrates 90th Birthday as Special Guest with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Dave Brubeck has been thrilling fans in Newport for more than half his life, and George Wein is proud to announce that the legendary pianist is returning to the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival to celebrate his 90th birthday as a special guest with his friend Wynton Marsalis on Sunday, August 8.
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Partners with Newport Hotels for Special Promotions
CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) is partnering with some of Newport's finest hotels to offer special room and ticket promotions. The Preferred Festival Hotels are Hotel Viking, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Marriott and Hyatt Regency Newport.
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Monday, July 05, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Trumpets Sound at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival*
Buddy Bolden blowing on the Mississippi, the clarion call of Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues," the revolutionary, reordering of modern music proclaimed by Dizzy Gillespie's "Night in Tunisia," to the walking-on eggshell artistry of Miles Davis; trumpeters have always heralded the infinitive variety of jazz's inventions and dimensions. Now, well into the change of the century, the dancing and daring diversity of the music's trumpet madness will be on ample display at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.
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Friday, July 02, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Meet The Jazz Audience
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Enjoy A Handful of Keys at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival*
With the all-world pianistic talent that is assembled at an event as great and grand as the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, at its most basic element, it's like a rent party on a massive scale. Yes, rent party: those legendary piano cutting sessions that sprang up in Harlem during its illustrious Renaissance, where ivory ticklers would try to outdo each other. Although the assembled masters of the 88 keys don't have to go at each other like they did back in the day, nevertheless the festival venue offers the same kind of excitement and opportunity to hear the world's greatest pianists take a turn on the ivories
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Is Jazz a Young Person's Music After All?
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Sunday, June 27, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Jazz Tradition and What's Worth Keeping
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
To Celebrate Independence Day, New Festival Productions Re-instates Ticket Discount Offers at Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
George Wein, CEO of New Festival Productions, LLC, announced today that he is re-instating the $50.00 General Admission ticket for the Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival to give local buyers another chance to get this special price. The discounted tickets (regularly priced at $69.00) must be purchased in person at the Festival office located in Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway, or the Newport and Bristol County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), 23 America's Cup Avenue, both in Newport. Discount tickets must be purchased at CVB by July 5; tickets at the Festival office are available for a limited time.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
McCoy Tyner Quartet / Stanley Clarke Quartet Featuring Hiromi
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Monday, June 21, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Joao Gilberto Concert Set for CareFusion Jazz Festival Joao Gilberto Concert Set for CareFusion Jazz Festival
Due to international travel regulations beyond the producer's and artist's control, the Joao Gilberto concert scheduled for the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, June 22, at 8:00 pm has been cancelled. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.
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Monday, June 21, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
TIME CHANGE: Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II Concert at CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Has Been Changed to 6:00 pm on Tuesday, June 22
Head to City Parks Foundation's SummerStage in Soundview Park, Bronx, when the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents the dynamic Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II on Tuesday, June 22, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Soundview Park is located at Lafayette & Metcalf & Bronx River Avenues.
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Like a Tight Relay Team Handing Off the Baton
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Veterans Finding Their Way
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Saturday, June 19, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
George Wein Reinvents His Jazz Festival At 84
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Friday, June 18, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CareFusion sponsors fests, gives jazz world an infusion of cash
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Friday, June 18, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
From One Pianist to Another, a Legacy of Jazz
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Monday, June 14, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INVITED TO ENJOY WORLD-CLASS JAZZ AT CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
New Festival Productions today announced that discounted tickets are being made available to health care professionals who would like to attend the 2010 CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI August 6-8. Generously donated by jazz impresario and festival producer George Wein, the discount is being provided in support of CareFusion's "Rhythm of Care," a program created by leading global medical device company CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) to raise money and awareness for the people and practices that make health care safer and more efficient.
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Monday, June 14, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Hurry Up to Harlem for CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Concerts at The Studio Museum, Schomburg Center and Harlem Stage Gatehouse
You don't have to take the A Train, but music lovers should hurry up to Harlem for the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York at The Studio Museum in Harlem (June 17), The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (June 20) and Harlem Stage Gatehouse (June 25 and 26).
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Monday, June 14, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
George Wein Celebrates Corporate Sponsorship As CareFusion Jazz Festival Covers New York With 47 Concerts at 23 Venues, Including 27 Events Priced at $15 or Less and 7 Free
Producer George Wein has been the Dean of Corporate Sponsorships since he pioneered the idea of sponsor association with music events, beginning in 1969 with The Schlitz Salute to Jazz followed by the Kool Jazz Festival. His company went on to produce titled events for JVC, Mellon Bank, Verizon, Essence, Ben & Jerry's and others. Today, he continues that tradition with the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York (June 17 - 26) and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8).
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
The June Jazz Recovery Act
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DEJOHNETTE
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, one of the world's most renowned jazz trios, on Thursday, June 17, at 8:00 pm at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue & 57th Street.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
SAXOPHONIST JIMMY HEATH AND TRUMPETER JON FADDIS JOIN ALL-STAR JAZZ SALUTE TO JAMES MOODY IN ZANKEL HALL ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23
Carnegie Hall today announced that trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath will join the all-star celebration honoring the life and music of one of jazz music's living legends, James Moody, on Wednesday, June 23 at 8:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall. Heath and Faddis will step in for Moody, the revered saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master, who must regrettably withdraw from this performance as his doctors have advised him against traveling while he continues to recuperate from gallbladder surgery.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
The Punch Brothers June 23rd Concert at Town Hall Has Been Cancelled
The Punch Brothers concert scheduled for The Town Hall in Manhattan on June 23 has been cancelled.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents An Evening with Chris Botti with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky
CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents
An Evening with Chris Botti
with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky
at Carnegie Hall June 19, 8:00 pm
Botti Also Set to Perform at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, August 8
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
JAMIE CULLUM AND GRACE KELLY KICK-OFF CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
JAMIE CULLUM and GRACE KELLY KICK-OFF
CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL*
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 8:00 PM,
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME at NEWPORT CASINO
Cullum Also to Perform at Fort Adams State Park on August 7
Sneak Preview: Jamie Cullum to Perform on
The Bachelorette on ABC - Monday, May 31, 8:00pm
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Herbie Hancock Celebrates 70th with New Album & Special Concert
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK
With 47 concerts at 22 venues, the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York covers the city June 17 - 26 with some of the best in jazz. Of the 47 events, seven are free and 27 are priced at $15 or less.
"We are pleased to present this diverse line-up of established and rising stars at some of the area's most exciting venues, most of which agreed to lower their tickets to $15 or less." said George Wein, CEO of New Festival Productions, LLC and producer of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York ®.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Two Great Cities, Two Great Festivals Unite
Celebrate the rich history of jazz when two great cities and two great festivals - CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival® in Newport, RI and Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival in Barcelona, Spain - join forces to increase world-wide recognition of the long-running events. The renowned jazz impresario George Wein teamed up with international music promoter Tito Ramoneda and artistic director Joan A. Cararach to announce the partnership of the sister festivals at a reception on May 17, 2010 at Barcelona's Gran Hotel Havana. The celebration was highlighted with a performance by the George Wein Barcelona Trio featuring Horacio Fumero on bass, Jordi Rossy on drums and Wein on piano.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, CESARIA EVORA CANCELS SUMMER TOUR
NEW YORK, NY, May 12, 2010 - Due to health problems, the Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, has cancelled her summer tour, including her CareFusion Jazz Festival New York concert at Carnegie Hall on June 25, 8:00 pm, it was announced by The Bowery Presents and George Wein's New Festival Productions, co-promoters of the event.
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Thursday, May 06, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
Jazz and Folk Festival to Open New Ticket Office May 11 at Empire Tea & Coffee @ 22 Broadway in Newport
NEWPORT, RI, May 6, 2010 - George Wein today announced that beginning Tuesday, May 11, tickets for the Newport Folk Festival* (July 30 - August 1) and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival* (August 6 - 8) will be available for purchase at the new headquarters office in Newport at Empire Tea & Coffee, located at 22 Broadway.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Celebrate The Genius Of João Gilberto At CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, on June 22, 8:00 pm, at Carnegie Hall
Experience The Genius of João Gilberto at the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York on Tuesday, June 22, at 8:00 pm at Carnegie Hall when the renowned singer/guitarist/composer returns to New York for the first time since he celebrated the 50th anniversary of Bossa Nova in 2008. Sponsored by CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and produced by George Wein's New Festival Productions, LLC, the festival takes over New York June 17 - 26 with 47 concerts at 22 venues.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | Newport Folk Festival
George Wein’s NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL® RETURNS TO ITS SEASIDE HOME JULY 30 – AUGUST 1
The spirit of an open-hearted, old-fashioned family reunion is being summoned to life for this year's 51st edition of George Wein's Newport Folk Festival(r), which begins July 30 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino and continues July 31 and August 1 at Fort Adams State Park.
Tickets go on sale worldwide on Friday, March 26, at 10 am at www.newportfolkfest.net.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
CareFusion & George Wein Announce Artists for Jazz Fest in Newport
CareFusion, a leading, global medical device company, and festival producer George Wein, today announced the schedule for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, which takes over the city August 6 - 8. Tickets go on sale worldwide through TicketMaster on March 26 at 10 a.m. and at www.newportjazzfest.net
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
SPECIALLY-PRICED TICKETS for NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL* and CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL* AVAILABLE at NEWPORT VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER
George Wein announced today that General Admission tickets specially priced at $50 will be available for the 2010 Newport Folk Festival (July 30 - August 1) and the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) for a limited time only, beginning March 12, at the Newport Visitor Information Center (NVIC).
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Monday, March 01, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
NYC Jazz Festival Scheduled for 2 Weeks in June
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Monday, March 01, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Herbie Hancock To Be Feted At Revived NYC Jazz Festival
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Monday, March 01, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Summer Revival for NYC Jazz Festival
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL MAKES NEW YORK DEBUT JUNE 17 - 26
CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and festival producer George Wein today announced the schedule for the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, which takes over the city June 17 - 26 with 45 concerts at 20 venues.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Old Hand Tries New Approach to Jazz Festival
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Monday, February 22, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
The Jazz Festival is Coming Back to New York City This Summer
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
Venues Announced for 2010 New York Jazz Festival
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Monday, February 01, 2010 | CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY IS FIRST BAND BOOKED FOR 2010 CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SET FOR AUGUST 6-8
Booking for the 2010 CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival is off to a great start with the signing of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. Produced by George Wein's New Festival Productions, the 56th annual jazz festival is set for August 6 - 8 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CAREFUSION, GEORGE WEIN ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF NEW YORK JAZZ FESTIVAL,
On the heels of a well-received 2009 jazz festival series, CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and Jazz Impresario George Wein, announced today details about the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York and dates for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
CareFusion New York Jazz Festival Covers the City June 17 - 26, 2010
After being without the annual jazz festival this past June for the first time in 37 years, jazz fans from around the world can celebrate the music at the CareFusion New York Jazz Festival June 17 - 26, 2010. George Wein, along with his New Festival Productions, LLC, again will produce a 10-day festival that will cover the city with concerts.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 | CareFusion Jazz Festival New York
A Major Summer Jazz Festival Will Return to New York
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