Atlanta Jazz Festival… 1998

The year is 1998 and it is the inaugural year for Camille Russell Love as the new Director of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs. Mayor Bill Campbell is heading towards his second term as the city prepares for the annual weekend of jazz May 18th to the 26th in Piedmont and Woodruff Parks.

The lineup Ms. Love brought represented a host of the city’s finest vocalists and instrumentalist as well as national and internationally renowned jazz musicians Andy Milne, Bill Anschell, Bob Miles, Cascade Avenue Be-Bop Society, Dave Bass Quartet, David Freeman, Detroit All-Stars, Dianne Reeves, Georgia Grammy High School Band, Grout, GSU Faculty, Hilton Ruiz Quartet featuring Dave Valentin, Jeff Crompton Quartet, Joe Jennings with Life Force, Johnnie Eason, Kamal Abdul Alim, Kevin Mahogany, Lester Walker Project, Mark Turner Quartet, Miguel Romero, Mike Kelly Trio, Milkshake Quintet, Najmah Marchelle, Obie Jessie, Ojeda Penn, Phil Smith and the Atlanta Jazz Consortium, Rick Bell, Ron Taylor, Swing Association, The Trio and Tommy Macon and the Gentlemen of Jazz.

All the festivities are sponsored by The Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company, The Atlanta Renaissance Hotel Downtown, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Creative Loafing, Jazziz, WCLK 91.9 FM, WRFG 89.3 FM and  WJFZ. #AJF40

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