
Performers at Jazz 2010:
The Lake George Jazz Weekend
will celebrate its 27th year on September 17, 18, and 19. The festival is
held at Shepard Park, in the heart of Lake George
Village, a beautiful setting along the shores of the lake.
Admission is free. Concert goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or
blankets. Several food vendors will be present in the park throughout the
weekend. A kick off event will be held at 6 PM on
Friday, September 17th at the Shoreline Restaurant in Lake George.
The evening will honor the 80th birthday celebration for noted
composer, musician, and conductor, David Amram. The
program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6 pm
with testimonials from Tom and David Lloyd of The Lake George Opera,
Charles Peltz of the Glens Falls Symphony, and a short film by documentarian
Larry Kramen. The Celebration will continue with a cruise aboard the
Adirondac. Hosted by Star Radio, the cruise features music by the David
Amram Quartet and light fare. Tickets for the 3 hour cruise, which departs
at 7:30 PM, are $25 and may be purchased by calling
518-899-3000.
Saturday’s music
opens with award-winning composer and pianist Daniel Kelly. Kelly has toured
throughout the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and Central America
independently and as a jazz Ambassador for the A.U.S. His work ranges from
the stride masterworks of early jazz to the extemporized epics of Keith
Jarrett. The day’s program continues with the
David Amram Quartet. Amram began his career as a protégé of Leonard
Bernstein and soon spread his wings to become a jazz innovator, playing with
Dizzy’s Big Band as well as his own ensembles. He returns to Lake George
after having performed here just after 9/11/01, conducting T.E. Monk’s
quartet with the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. The afternoon schedule
concludes with the Randy Newman Project featuring vocalist Roseanna Vitro.
The Randy Newman Project features the brilliant compositions of Randy
Newman, re-imagined through the musical arrangements of pianist Mark Soskin.
A special evening concert with Christian Scott begins at 7:30 PM. Scott
is a New Orleans born trumpet player and composer who is acknowledged as one
of the great innovators of the current generation of jazz players. In 2002,
his album “Rewind That” won him a Grammy nomination at the age of 22.
Sunday’s program opens with the Sharel Cassity Sextet. Cassity has raised
excitement in her listeners since this Oklahoma saxophone artist and
multi-instrumentalist graduated Julliard and two years later came out with
her first Jazz Legacy album, “Relentless” in 2009. She will be followed by
the legendary bassist, Buster Williams and his quartet, which features
vibraphonist Stefon Harris and drummer Cindy Blackman.
The weekend will conclude with some Latin jazz from Samuel Torres and his
group, Yaoundé. The Columbian born
percussionist, composer, and arranger came to New York in 1998 to play with
Grammy award winner Arturo Sandoval, with whom he toured for four years.
Torres went on to play with jazz artists such as the late Tito
Puente, Chick Corea, Poncho Sanchez, Dave Valentin, Michael Brecker, Don
Byron and Claudio Roditi among others.
The Lake George Arts Project is able to present the Lake George Jazz
Weekend thanks
to the generous support from Kenneth and Susan
Gruskin, the Village &
Town
of
Lake George, program
advertisers, and with public funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

For more information on Paul Pines, Program Coordinator, visit:
http://www.paulpines.com
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2008
Jazz Festival photos by Andrzej Pilarczyk
2007
Jazz Festival photos by Andrzej Pilarczyk
2009
Jazz Festival photos by
Dennis Jackson
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