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| Ed Calle to Headline 3rd Annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest The Third Annual 2010 Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest is pleased to announce an artist line-up that will bring cool jazz sounds to the beautiful city on the weekend of October 15-17, 2010. The Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest will celebrate the extraordinary sounds of jazz music throughout the event weekend; featuring renowned jazz artists. Headlining the festival is one of the most recorded saxophonists in jazz history, Ed Calle. Calle is known for his extraordinary ability to play bebop, Latin jazz, contemporary jazz, and pop. He appears on such Grammy award-winning albums by Frank Sinatra, Arturo Sandoval and Jon Secada. Ed has also recorded and performed around the world with such artists as Gloria Estefan, Julio Iglesias, Michael Bolton and Rihanna. Additional musical guests include successful saxophonist and flautist Jesse Jones, JR. whose amazing talent in playing everything from traditional jazz to Bebop has allowed him to perform with such notable artists as Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell and Ira Sullivan. Jesse Jones, JR. will be featuring multi- talented vocalist Yvonne Brown, and the performance is sponsored by the Sunshine Jazz Organization. Also, performing will be the always distinctive sounds of the Afro-Cuban Jazz band, Oriente. The Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest, produced by the City of Sunny Isles Beach in partnership with the Sunny Isles Beach Tourism and Marketing Council, will showcase and highlight the best that the city has to offer including great music, fine dining, exclusive resorts, beautiful beaches and much more! The Jazz Fest's special nonprofit partners, who will get partial event proceeds, are Joshua's Heart Foundation (www.joshuasheart.org), which strives to "Stomp out Hunger" by providing necessities such as food and water to individuals in underserved communities and Miami Children's Hospital (www.mch.com), a world leader in pediatric healthcare. The weekend Festival kicks off on Friday, October 15th with musical performances at the elegant Jazz Club in the Acqualina Resort & Spa. The festival will continue on Saturday, October 16th, at the spectacular Samson Oceanfront Park with a performance by the headlining artist, Ed Calle and ends on Sunday, October 17th with a sumptuous Sunday Jazz Brunch at the Newport Beachside Resort. Event Corporate sponsors include Miami Dade County, Commissioner Sally Heyman, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Around Town Magazine, Barefoot Wine, Polar Beer, Continental Group, Epicure Market, J. Milton & Associates, Newport Beachside Resort and Acqualina Resort. "The Third Annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest keeps getting better every year!" adds Ibis Romero, Executive Director of Sunny Isles Beach Tourism and Marketing Council. "We are happy to produce an event that, after three years, continues to attract both local residents and tourists." write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |