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The 18th Annual Vail Jazz Festival is a 12 week-long program of jazz concerts consisting of four distinctive performance series. The Vail Jazz Festival is a summer-long celebration of America's musical gift to the world - Jazz. The Vail Jazz Foundation has created a different kind of festival experience – inspiring and engaging, sophisticated yet easy going. The Summer of Jazz in Vail offers internationally acclaimed jazz ensembles and soloists as well as local and regional favorites.
Jazz @ Vail Square returns to Lionshead on July 5 with the Brubeck Brothers for the first of nine free shows outside the Arrabelle in Vail. Presented in a tented venue seating 300+, this dynamic concert series features national jazz artists with styles ranging from Swing to straight ahead, Latin Jazz to the American Songbook. Whether you enjoy the show from a seat in a nearby restaurant, or from the the tent with a cocktail, Jazz @ Vail Square creates intimate jazz experiences that you won’t soon forget. Click here to purchase the Thursday Jazz Season Pass for just $99 - this pass gets you preferred seating at all 9 shows and is transferable; share it with friends if you can't make one week's show!
2012 LINE-UP JULY 5- BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET JULY 12 - WIL CAMPA Y SU GRAN UNION JULY 19 - MARCIA BALL JULY 26 - THE FALCONAIRES: THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY BAND AUGUST 2 - HOT TOMATOES SWING BAND & DANCE AUGUST 9 - TOMMY IGOE SEXTET AUGUST 16 - MICHE BRADEN AND THE KENNY WALKER QUARTET AUGUST 23 -JUNIOR MANCE TRIO AUGUST 30 - CLAYTON BROTHERS SEXTET & VAIL JAZZ ALL-STARS
Jazz @ THE VAIL FARMERS’ MARKET
Jazz @ KELLY LIKEN Sundays from June 24th through August 26th 9-11 pm NEW in 2012 is a partnership with Kelly Liken, bringing jazz to Vail every Sunday night. Paired with Kelly Liken's Harvest menu, join local jazz great, Tony Gulizia and a different guest artist each week for exciting jazz performances! This elegant restaurant features Seasonal American Cuisine. Join Kelly Liken for dinner or just have a drink at the bar. Click here to make dinner reservations. Jazz After - Orchestra Jazz Jams New in 2012, in partnership with Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, after three of the concerts at the Ford Amphitheater, join us at the Great Room at Larkspur in the Golden Peak Building to hear select members of each of the resident orchestras as they perform jazz in a club-like setting. Light supper and drinks are available. Dallas Jam - June 30 Philly Jam - July 7 New York Jam - July 25
18th Annual Labor Day Weekend Jazz Party
Click here to purchase tickets and the ever-popular Patron Pass. 2012 schedule of performances coming soon! GROUPS AND SPECIAL SHOWS FOR 2012 Cyrille Aimeé & Diego Figueiredo Clayton Brothers Sextet - John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, Terell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Cunliffe & Lewis Nash John Clayton's Multi Media Salute to Ray Brown Bill Cunliffe's Multi Media Salute to Dave Brubeck Bobby Floyd - Keys to the B3 Jeff Hamilton Trio - Jeff Hamilton, Tamir Hendelman & Christoph Luty Wycliffe Gordon - The History of the Trombone Byron Stripling's Multi Media Salute to Dizzy Gillespie Vail Jazz Alumni Trio
SOLOISTS **All Artists subject to Cancellation** click here for ticket information
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