The Eighth Annual Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival – June 11 to June 25
The Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival returns from Sunday, June 11 through Sunday, June 25, 2006. This is the eighth year of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, highlighted by outdoor concerts in Mears Park in Downtown St. Paul (June 16 & 17) and Peavey Plaza and three other nearby stages in Downtown Minneapolis (June 22 – 25). The Festival kicks off with a day of big bands at the Staring Lake Amphitheater in Eden Prairie on June 11 and hits the Wayzata Depot on June 14. All of the outdoor concerts are free of admission. The Artists' Quarter in St. Paul and the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis will also present special shows during the Festival's run. Visit hotsummerjazz.com for complete and updated information.
On June 11 from 3:00 to 9:00 pm the Staring Lake Park Amphitheater in Eden Prairie will host the Stan Bann Big Band, Just Friends Big Band, the River City Jazz Orchestra, Good News Big Band, Bend in the River Big Band and Jazz on the Prairie Big Band.
The Mears Park performances (June 16 & 17) include the blues-tinged jazz vocal and piano great Mose Allison, Latin jazz percussion master Bobby Sanabria, and Twin Cities-based standouts including George Avaloz, Nachito Herrera and Salsa del Soul. Mears Park is located at 5th and Sibley St. in Downtown St. Paul. Performances at Peavey Plaza and nearby stages on June 22 through June 25 feature saxophone giant Dewey Redman, vocalist Barbara Morrison, Air Force Falconaires Big Band, pianist Norman Simmons, horn stars Frank Morgan and David Young, the return of pianist Jon Weber and sax-man Jerry Weldon, JazzMN Big Band, the Phil Hey Quartet, vocalists including Debbie Duncan and Connie Evingson, the Andrés Prado Quartet and much more. Peavey Plaza is located at 11th St. and Nicollet Mall, right outside of Orchestra Hall.
In keep with Festival tradition, the popular Jazz Night Out club crawl hits several Downtown Minneapolis clubs on Thursday, June 22 (benefiting Habitat for Humanity and Project for Pride in Living). Also, youth and student groups will be featured throughout the Festival. Much more information, including details on events in Eden Prairie and Wayzata, the Visual Jazz art show at Kingman Studios in Northeast Minneapolis, and complete schedules can be found at
www.hotsummerjazz.com or call (612) 343-5943.
About the Festival. The Festival began as a one-day event in 1999 with one stage at Peavey Plaza, drawing a crowd of 1,000 jazz fans and exceeding expectations. The 2005 edition drew an estimated crowd of over 70,000 people to this growing Festival.
Mose Allison, Dewey Redman, Barbara Morrison, Frank Morgan, Air Force Falconaires Big Band, Bobby Sanabria, Norman Simmons, Jerry Weldon, Nachito Herrera, Jon Weber, JazzMN Big Band, Debbie Duncan, Jim Marentic, Connie Evingson and many more to perform free concerts.
Additional Information. For more information, visit the Festival’s web site at
www.hotsummerjazz.com or call (612) 343-5943.
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