With much of the nation presently suffering through
the worst winter in decades, perhaps planning to party in luxury Memorial Day
Weekend with a stellar slate of jazz and R&B favorites will help make the
snow, ice and frigid temperatures a bit more bearable. The second edition of
the Payne Pest Management San Diego Jazz Festival returns to the posh Omni La
Costa Resort & Spa in sun-soaked Carlsbad, North San Diego County May
23-25, 2014 for a memorable three-day weekend of live music, dancing and warm
weather fun with thousands of festival goers from all over the U.S.
Grammy-winning
soul balladeer Maxwell headlines opening night crooning a seductive set from
his hit-filled R&B-pop songbook, a favorite mood-setter for the ladies and
Lotharios. Energetic contemporary jazz-R&B multi-instrumentalist hitmaker
Brian Culbertson bodes to make it “Another Long Night Out” when he performs
cuts culled from his similarly titled new album. Emerging saxophonist Dominic
Amato warms up the crowd.
Day two
gets underway with jazz, R&B and hip hop mixologist Robert Glasper who is
touring in support of “Black Radio 2,” the follow-up to his Grammy-winning
disc. Up next, Mint Condition serves a refreshing taste of Saint Paul,
Minnesota that incorporates the best of old school and new school R&B, funk
and soul with tinges of jazz, Latin and Jamaican rhythms dynamically performed
by a skintight band. Out promoting her forthcoming album, “The Truth,” 8-time
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ledisi offers a smooth blend of
sophisticated soul seasoned with jazz nuances. “Uncle” Charlie Wilson will show
them how it’s done old school-style when the 2013 BET Lifetime Achievement
Award winner and 7-time Grammy nominee turns it out during his headline set
featuring a dazzling cast of musicians and dancers along with nearly as many
costume changes as Beyoncé.
The
Sunday program begins with a riveting show from R&B-soul singer-songwriter
Leela James, a force of nature new school performer cut from the same cloth as
such classic vocalists as Aretha, Stevie, Chaka and Marvin. After, soul-jazz
saxman Boney James will set “The Beat,” his Grammy-nominated disc that spent
seven weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart. Grammy-winning
gritty-voiced R&B-soul singer Anthony Hamilton is the festival’s closer.
Phoenix,
Arizona-based festival producer BTWconcerts.com will soon announce additional
artists
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