Tanglewood Jazz Festival announces 2008 Schedule

The Boston Symphony Orchestra recently announced the schedule for the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, which runs, once again, over Labor Day weekend August 29th – 31st.

Performers at this year's festival include Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Eliane Elias, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Jane Monheit, Marian McPartland, Edmar Castaneda and Joe Locke.  All shows will be held in Seiji Ozawa Hall on the Tanglewood grounds in Lenox, MA
 
Opening the festival Friday, August 29, at 8 p.m. will be Colombian harpist, Edmar Castaneda, and his trio-featuring vibraphonist, Joe Locke.  Pianist Eliane Elias will follow performing material from her CD, "Something For You," a tribute to Bill Evans.
 
On Saturday, August 30, at 2 p.m., Marian McPartland celebrates her 90th birthday in the seventh annual live taping of "Piano Jazz" for NPR.  Ms. McPartland will have several very special guests for this performance who will be announced at a later date.
 
Saturday, August 30, at 8 p.m., pianist and composer, Donal Fox, will perform his Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project with special guest,  trumpeter, Christian Scott.  Vocalist Dianne Reeves takes the stage in the second half of the concert.
 
The Sunday afternoon concert on August 31 will open at 2 p.m. with clarinetist and saxophonist, Eddie Daniels, and his quartet.  The concert continues with violinist, Mark O'Connor, with special guest jazz vocalist Jane Monheit in her Tanglewood Jazz Festival debut in a show titled "Hot Swing."
    
Closing the festival on Sunday, August 31, at 8 p.m. will be a performance by trumpeter and composer, Terence Blanchard, with a 30-piece orchestra performing the material from this year's Grammy winning CD, "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)."
 
Tickets for the individual performance at the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival range from $17.00 - $70.00 and are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at www.tanglewood.org and in person at the Symphony Hall Box Office. The Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox opens June 13.  For more information, call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.org.
 
    
Photos of Dianne Reeves & Jane Monheit are courtesy of Tanglewood Jazz Festival

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