The Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival will celebrate its landmark 35th Anniversary at Saratoga Performing Arts Center over two days on June 30 and July 1. This year’s festival headliners include Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Esperanza Spalding “Radio Music Society,” Hiromi Trio Project, Yellowjackets, and Maceo Parker, among others. See below for the full lineup.
Ticket sales for the Festival are on sale online now for SPAC members; online sales to the public begin March 12. For more information visit Spac.org.
“Over the past 35 years, more than half a million fans have experienced the extraordinary combination of music and atmosphere that has made the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival into one of the longest-running and most celebrated music events in the world,” says Marcia J. White, SPAC’s President and Executive Director. “Founded by jazz impresario George Wein in 1978, the festival has featured a ‘Who’s Who’ of jazz greats that includes Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Tito Puente, Sonny Rollins, Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis and dozens more. George had the vision to realize that if he ‘built it, they would come.’ 35 years later, his dream lives on; this festival remains a mecca for jazz and music lovers across the Northeast.”
In addition to performances on SPAC’s Amphitheatre and Gazebo stages, the festival features a fine arts and crafts fair, CD signings by artists, a full-service bar in the Hall of Springs, southern style barbeque and other food vendors, and a children’s craft area.
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival 2012 Lineup:
Chris Botti
Diana Krall
Esperanza Spalding “Radio Music Society”
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Maceo Parker
Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Mingus Big Band
Hiromi: The Trio Project featuring Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips
Michel Camilo “Mano a Mano” with Giovanni Hidalgo & Charles Flores
Yellowjackets
Christian McBride Inside Straight
Trio of Oz featuring Omar Hakim & Rachel Z
Mario Abney & The Abney Effect
Jeremy Pelt Quintet
Steve Kroon Sextet
Sarah Morrow Elektric Air
Sachal Vasandani
Catherine Russell
Brian Mitchell Band
Pedrito Martinez Group
Edmar Castaneda
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