2007 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL – NEW YORK TAKES OVER THE CITY JUNE 17-30

The 2007 JVC Jazz Festival - New York, produced by George Wein and The Festival Network, takes over the city June 17 - 30 with more than 300 artists in nearly 200 concerts and events (including clubs) at 28 venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and reaching as far as Philadelphia.

The 8:00 p.m. Carnegie Hall concerts begin on June 21 with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock followed by India.Arie and Lizz Wright on June 22 and Patti LaBelle and Lou Donaldson Quartet, June 23. Don't miss C'est Si Bon: Eartha Kitt's Fabulous 80th Birthday Concert on June 25 and Cesaria Evora and The Bird and the Bee on June 26. Ron Carter: The Master @ 70 takes the stage on June 27, featuring Ron Carter & Friends in four groups -- Quartet with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter & Billy Cobham; Trio with Mulgrew Miller & Russell Malone; Duets with Jim Hall; and New Quartet with Stephen Scott, Payton Crossley & Rolando Morales. Then it's Nancy Wilson's Swingin' 70th Birthday Party with Nancy Wilson Trio and Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, Nnenna Freelon, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis and Dianne Reeves on June 29 and Bela Fleck & The Flecktones plus The Del McCoury Band on June 30.

At Zankel Hall, catch Lee Konitz's Beautiful 80th Birthday Party featuring Lee Konitz with Orquestra Jazz Matosinhos & New Nonet & String Quartet plus special guests Paul Motian & Steve Swallow on June 25; Benny Carter Centennial Celebration: The King of New York starring Loren Schoenberg Big Band, June 26; and Jean-Luc Ponty, June 27, all at 8:30 p.m.

The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College presents Jimmy McPartland Centennial Celebration, June 19; We Remember Ruby: A Musical Salute to Ruby Braff, June 20; and Phoebe Jacobs -- A Life Well-lived: A Work Still in Progress featuring the Music of Eubie Blake, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan & Louis Armstrong on June 21, all at 8:00 p.m.

JVC Jazz Festival moves to The Town Hall at 8:00 p.m. for Preservation Hall at Town Hall: Bourbon Street Comes to Broadway on June 19, followed by a double bill with Branford Marsalis and the Joshua Redman Trio on June 20. Wrapping up the series is YKK Presents Jazz: East & West featuring on June 21.

Kenny Barron & Eliane Elias perform at The Allen Room at Rose Hall on June 24 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. JVC Jazz Festival presents Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa Duo on June 22, Anat Fort, June 27 and Ned Rothenberg & Glen Velez on June 29 at the Rubin Museum of Art at 7:00 p.m.

Hurry up to Harlem for A Father's Day Gift with Sonny Fortune Quartet on June 17 at 3:00 p.m. at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Geri Allen Trio at the Studio Museum in Harlem on June 27 at 7:30 p.m.

The Jazz Standard spotlights five World Jazz Nights featuring Lionel Loueke Trio on June 26; Avishai Cohen Sextet, June 27; and Roswell Rudd's MALIcool, June 28 - 30 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. with an 11:30 p.m. set on Friday and Saturday. The 2-for-1 Club Night series offers special discounts to JVC Jazz Festival ticket holders at The Blue Note, Iridium Jazz Club, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, Smoke, Sweet Rhythm and Zinc.

Catch free concerts Outdoors at Citicorp Plaza at St. Peter's Church at 12:30 p.m. including Downbeat Presents: Jazz Combos on June 21 and a Celebration of International Women in Jazz on June 28. The JVC Jazz Festival teams up with Celebrate Brooklyn! to present Groove Collective, Ravi Coltrane Quartet and Craig Harris Ensemble in a free concert at Prospect Park Bandshell at 7:00 p.m. on June 29.

Shop and bop 'til you drop at six free concerts at Macy's including Sonny Fortune at Macy's Herald Square on June 7 at 6:00 p.m.; an artist to be announced at Macy's Brooklyn on June 8 at 6:00 p.m.; International Women in Jazz featuring Audrey Silver Quartet at Macy's Queens, June 9, at 3:00 p.m.; Eric Mintel at Macy's Center City in Philadelphia at 3:00 p.m., June 9; and Roni Ben-Hur, June 14 at 6:00 p.m. and an artist to be announced on June 18, at noon at Herald Square.

Hotel 57, located at 130 East 57th Street, is the host hotel of the JVC Jazz Festival. Call (212) 753-8841 or visit www.hotel57.com. Tickets for JVC Jazz Festival are on sale now at respective box offices. For a Festival brochure, call (646) 862-0458, write JVC Jazz Festival - New York, P.O. Box 1169, Ansonia Station, New York, NY 10023 or visit the JVC Jazz Festival website at www.festivalproductions.net. JVC, sponsor of JVC Jazz Festivals worldwide since 1984, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of high quality audio and video products.