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| Jazz Foundation and Jazz Haven Present Joe Lovano in New Haven, Saturday, August 23  The Jazz Foundation of America is excited to announce its partnership with Jazz Haven for the 32nd annual New Haven Jazz Festival. On August 23 on the New Haven Green, Jazz Haven and the Jazz Foundation of America present a very special concert with living legend Joe Lovano and his group Trio Fascination +2 featuring Judi Silvano. The event will open at 6:00 pm with local all-stars The Harold Zinno Jazz Sextet featuring vocalist Nicole Pasternak and will include a special guest appearance by keyboard prodigy Matthew Whitaker.The concert is free to the public, thanks to the sponsorship of the Mayor and Board of Alders of the City of New Haven. Please join us for this amazing evening of music. Joe Lovano Trio Fascination + 2 featuring Judi Silvano And Harold Zinno Sextet featuring Nicole Pasternak With a special appearance by Matthew Whitaker Saturday, August 23 6:00 pm New Haven Town Green 165 Church Street New Haven, CT 06511 FREE ABOUT THE JAZZ FOUNDATION: For 25 years the Jazz Foundation of America has been keeping jazz & blues alive by helping the musicians who played with everyone from Duke Ellington & Billie Holiday to Jimi Hendrix & The Rolling Stones, providing housing assistance, health care, gigs and emergency financial support in times of crisis. We now assist in more than 5, 000 cases a year, including hundreds of musicians and their families affected by Hurricane Sandy in New York as well as those still recovering from Katrina in New Orleans. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE: * Preventing homelessness and eviction by paying rents and mortgages * Creating dignified work through our Agnes Varis Jazz in the Schools concerts, which reach thousands of inner city public school children across America * Providing free medical care and operations through our partners at Englewood Hospital * Keeping the heat turned on and food on the table through our Musicians' Emergency Fund ABOUT JAZZ HAVEN: Jazz Haven, Inc, is an all-volunteer tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that works to build community through jazz and to preserve, present and advance the culture of jazz through participation and education. photo by Jimmy Katz write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |