Atlanta Jazz Festival… 1999

It is now 1999 and the Memorial Day Weekend celebration of jazz in the city is May 23rd through the 31st and is happening all over the city at multiple venues: Piedmont Park, Churchill Grounds, Sambuca Jazz Cafe, Woodruff Park, Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Centennial Olympic Park, The Historic Gilbert House, Yin Yang Music Cafe, The Crow’s Nest and City Hall Atrium.

It is her sophomore production and Director Love is solidly establishing her jazz flavor as the century closes. Her festival programming is stellar and representative of her expansive knowledge of the music as she not only incorporates the cream of the Atlanta crop to perform but brings a host of national and international stars to the stages. In tow are Afroblue, Audrey Shakir, Bill Anschell, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Dan Coy Trio, Danilo Perez Trio, Dave Douglas, David Freeman, Dennis Springs, Eclipse Jazz, Grout, In the Spirit, Jazz Convergence, Jeff Compton, Jez Graham Project, Kathleen Bertrand, Kompani, La Diaspora Folklorica, Little Jimmy Scott, Los Hombres Calientes, Marea Alta, Mike Kelly, Minority, Nancy Wilson, Nnenna Freelon, Phil Smith and the Atlanta Jazz Consortium, Roy Hargrove, Stanley Jordan, Stefon Harris, Swing Association, Take Notes, Tempest, The Dirty Dozen, West End Instrumental and Wycliffe Gordon.

Sponsoring this week of jazz are The Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Visa, Anheuser-Busch, The Atlanta REnaissance Hotel-Downtown, Jazz Times, Jezebel, WRFG 89.3 FM, WCLK 91.9 FM, WJZF, Publix, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creative Loafing and Money Gram.

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