La Sonrisa
03-27-2008, 10:17 AM
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Here come Widespread, Fogerty, Blues Brothers
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Widespread Panic, John Fogerty, the Blues Brothers and Jerry Douglas are among the acts Jazz Aspen Snowmass announced today as part of its summer lineup.
Widespread Panic, a Southern jam band with a large following, will play two nights — Thursday, Aug. 28, and Friday, Aug. 29 — as part of the JAS Labor Day weekend. The touring band has played in Aspen several times before, and is well-liked among the local crowd.
John Fogerty, founder of Creedence Clearwater Revival, will perform Monday, Sept. 1. Opening will be Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band and legendary dobro player Jerry Douglas.
Other acts for the Labor Day festival in Snowmass will be announced at a later date.
JAS will kick off its summer concert series with a festival in mid-June featuring jazz singer Dianne Reeves and Brazilian newcomer Bebel Gilberto, scheduled for Thursday, June 19. The 28-piece Brian Setzer Orchestra will rock and swing the grand white tent at Rio Grande Park the following night, Saturday, June 21, with soul sensation Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings opening. Setzer used to play with the Stray Cats — a popular rockabilly band in the early 1980s. On Sunday, June 22, Los Lonely Boys are scheduled to perform with a co-headline act to be announced. The Friday, June 20, show also has not been finalized and acts for that day will be named later this spring:
In recent years, acts such as Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers Band, Herbie Hancock, Kanye West and Joss Stone have graced the JAS stages in the Aspen area.
Other concerts were also announced today.
On Tuesday, June 24, The Count Basie Orchestra will back 2008 Grammy winning vocalist Patti Austin in her tribute “For Ella,” in a collaborative show with the Aspen Music Festival and School at the Benedict Music Tent. Cuban salsa and timba singer Issac Delgado is also scheduled to perform. Delgado is the first major artist to defect from Cuba in the last 25 years.
And in the midst of it all, JAS will present The Blues Brothers for its JASummerNights Gala, supporting JAS music education programs, at Belly Up in Aspen on July 24.
Tickets for both festivals will go on sale to the public on Monday, April 7, by telephone at 866-JAS-TIXX (527-8499), or on-line at www.jazzaspen.org. For information on festival patron tickets, contact the JAS office at 970-920-4996 or visit www.jazzaspen.org.
Debra
Here come Widespread, Fogerty, Blues Brothers
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Widespread Panic, John Fogerty, the Blues Brothers and Jerry Douglas are among the acts Jazz Aspen Snowmass announced today as part of its summer lineup.
Widespread Panic, a Southern jam band with a large following, will play two nights — Thursday, Aug. 28, and Friday, Aug. 29 — as part of the JAS Labor Day weekend. The touring band has played in Aspen several times before, and is well-liked among the local crowd.
John Fogerty, founder of Creedence Clearwater Revival, will perform Monday, Sept. 1. Opening will be Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band and legendary dobro player Jerry Douglas.
Other acts for the Labor Day festival in Snowmass will be announced at a later date.
JAS will kick off its summer concert series with a festival in mid-June featuring jazz singer Dianne Reeves and Brazilian newcomer Bebel Gilberto, scheduled for Thursday, June 19. The 28-piece Brian Setzer Orchestra will rock and swing the grand white tent at Rio Grande Park the following night, Saturday, June 21, with soul sensation Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings opening. Setzer used to play with the Stray Cats — a popular rockabilly band in the early 1980s. On Sunday, June 22, Los Lonely Boys are scheduled to perform with a co-headline act to be announced. The Friday, June 20, show also has not been finalized and acts for that day will be named later this spring:
In recent years, acts such as Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers Band, Herbie Hancock, Kanye West and Joss Stone have graced the JAS stages in the Aspen area.
Other concerts were also announced today.
On Tuesday, June 24, The Count Basie Orchestra will back 2008 Grammy winning vocalist Patti Austin in her tribute “For Ella,” in a collaborative show with the Aspen Music Festival and School at the Benedict Music Tent. Cuban salsa and timba singer Issac Delgado is also scheduled to perform. Delgado is the first major artist to defect from Cuba in the last 25 years.
And in the midst of it all, JAS will present The Blues Brothers for its JASummerNights Gala, supporting JAS music education programs, at Belly Up in Aspen on July 24.
Tickets for both festivals will go on sale to the public on Monday, April 7, by telephone at 866-JAS-TIXX (527-8499), or on-line at www.jazzaspen.org. For information on festival patron tickets, contact the JAS office at 970-920-4996 or visit www.jazzaspen.org.
Debra