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CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Presents

An Evening with CHRIS BOTTI

with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky

at Carnegie Hall June 19, 8:00 pm

Botti Also Set to Perform at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, August 8

NEW YORK, May 27, 2010 – CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents An Evening with Chris Botti with special guest Nikki Yanofsky at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue & 57^th Street, on Saturday, June 19, at 8:00 pm.

Joining Botti at Carnegie Hall are Billy Kilson, drums; Mark Whitfield, guitar; Tim Lefebvre, bass; Billy Childs, piano; Geoffrey Keezer, keyboard; Lucia Micarelli (from the hit HBO series Treme), violin; and Lisa Fischer, vocals.

Sponsored by CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and produced by George Wein’s New Festival Productions, LLC, the festival takes over New York June 17 – 26 with 47 concerts at 22 venues across four boroughs. The concert is presented in partnership with The Bowery Presents and Carnegie Hall.

Botti is also scheduled to perform at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI, on Sunday, August 8.

Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, trumpeter Chris Botti has become the largest selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum & Grammy Awards. Over the past three decades, Chris has recorded and performed with the best in music, including Frank Sinatra, Sting, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell and Aerosmith’s own Steven Tyler. Hitting the road for more than 250 days per year, Chris and his incredible band have performed with many of the finest symphonies, at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including performances at the World Series and Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. People Magazine voted Chris one of the 50 Most Beautiful People.

A 16-year-old musical prodigy from Hampstead, Quebec, Decca recording star Nikki Yanofsky captured the hearts of more than 100,000 jazz fans when she made her debut at the 2006 Montreal International Jazz Festival.  Since then, she has gone on to land world-wide bookings and release chart-topping records, including her first studio album, Nikki, which features new arrangements of jazz classics and some of her own original music.  Nikki was the youngest singer ever on a Verve Records release when she recorded “Airmail Special” for the Ella Fitzgerald tribute, We All Love Ella:  Celebrating the First Lady of Song. She also recorded “Stompin’ at the Savoy” with Herbie Hancock and Will.i.am for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s audio book, On the Shoulders of Giants and performed at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Avery Fisher Hall with composer/conductor, Marvin Hamlisch. In addition, she was a featured artist at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games held in Vancouver.

Tickets ($40 – $90) for An Evening with Chris Botti and other CareFusion Jazz Festival New York concerts scheduled at Carnegie Hall are available at www.carnegiehall.org or at CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800.

In addition to An Evening with Chris Botti with special guest Nikki Yanofsky on Saturday, June 19; CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents three other concerts at Carnegie Hall: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette on Thursday, June 17; The Genius of João Gilberto on Tuesday, June 22; and Herbie Hancock – Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration on Thursday, June 24, all at 8:00 pm.

Tickets and information on the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival are available at www.newportjazzfest.net and www.ticketmaster.com.

The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57^th Street in Manhattan, is the host hotel of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York.  For reservations, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201; for more information, visit www.buckinghamhotel.com.

For the complete CareFusion Jazz Festival New York schedule and more information, log on to www.nycjazzfestival.com.

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George Wein’s NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL* RENEWS FRIDAY EVENING KICKOFF TRADITION AT INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME AT NEWPORT CASINO

featuring

STEVE MARTIN with the Steep Canyon Rangers in

An Evening of Bluegrass & Banjo

Plus Tim O’Brien and Sarah Jarosz

July 30, 8:00 pm

Steve Martin

NEWPORT, RI, May 26, 2010 – Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers will kick off the 51^st edition of George Wein’s Newport Folk Festival* at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino on Friday, July 30, 2010, at 8:00 pm. Tim O’Brien and Sarah Jarosz will round out the evening of talented bluegrass artists.

The festival continues July 31 and August 1 at Fort Adams State Park. Tickets and more information are available at www.newportfolkfest.net.

Martin’s use of a banjo in his off-the-wall stand up routine may be a memory for some. But when the 2010 Grammy winner for “Bluegrass Album of the Year” takes the stage with the Steep Canyon Rangers, it’s no laughing matter. The North Carolina-based group lends a credible collaboration to Martin’s bluegrass banjo.

With on-stage anecdotes that have compared a song’s “sadness and melancholy” to the look on his agent’s face when Martin “told him I wanted to be a banjo player,” concert-goers won’t easily forget that Martin is a funny man. The collaboration performances have been known to mix in some of Martin’s signature dry wit, but at the core is a tight band playing real bluegrass. With an upright bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, second banjo and deep Appalachian harmonies, it’s enough to leave a comedy or bluegrass fan happy.

Martin’s multi-talented, storied, and well-known career includes achievements as an actor, comedian, author, playwright, and producer, and has seen the entertainer contribute to some of the most popular movies of recent film history. His own Grammy Award winning banjo album, The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo, and appearances with The Steep Canyon Rangers, have cemented Martin as one of the most dynamic and successful performers of our time.

O’Brien first won renown as a member of one of bluegrass’s premiere bands, Hot Rize, though he’s been doing solo performances for a long time. Pressed for antecedents, he offers up figures like James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. “The folksinger with a guitar is a sort of an unassailable icon,” he says with a laugh. “Dylan, Woody Guthrie – what can you say.”

Jarosz, 19, began singing at two, playing piano at six, and took up the mandolin at 10. When her parents took her to a weekly bluegrass jam outside of Austin, TX, “I was just hooked,” says Jarosz. With a fine, supple singing voice, she’s a skilled writer, unusually assured and observant. And of course she can play: mandolin, clawhammer banjo, guitar, and piano.

Wein has, since 1959, found Newport a scenic and hospitable venue for presenting the very best of this country’s blues, roots, gospel, country, bluegrass, Cajun and traditional folk music. Last year’s 50^th anniversary edition paid tribute to the great performers who wrote the proud history of this festival, notably co-founder Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Arlo Guthrie and Mavis Staples.

George Wein’s New Festival Productions continues to build on the festival’s historic past by featuring emerging young artists alongside some of folk music’s most venerable names. This year’s festival features Levon Helm’s Ramble on the Road, John Prine, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, The Swell Season, Andrew Bird, The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Doc Watson & David Holt, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Calexico, Blitzen Trapper, Richie Havens, Sam Bush, The Low Anthem, Tim O’Brien, The Felice Brothers, Justin Townes Earle, Tao Seeger Band, A.A. Bondy, The Punch Brothers with Chris Thile, Dawes, Nneka, Horse Feathers, Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three, Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, Sarah Jarosz, Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons, O’Death and Liz Longley.

TICKETS & OTHER INFORMATION

All tickets are available in Newport at the festival office at Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway (Tuesdays and Fridays Noon – 4:00 pm and Thursdays 2:00 – 7:00 pm); general admission tickets for Fort Adams State Park concerts also are available at the Newport Visitor Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue. Festival tickets are available on-line at www.ticketmaster.com or by telephone at (800) 745-3000; service charges apply.  For general information, craft vendor information or to leave a message for festival staff, call the festival hotline at (401) 848-5055. For complete festival information, log on to www.newportfolkfest.net.

George Wein’s 2010 Newport Folk Festival daily schedule features:

FRIDAY, JULY 30 ~ 8:00 pm

International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Avenue

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Tim O’Brien / Sarah Jarosz

SATURDAY, JULY 31 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm

Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue

John Prine / Andrew Bird / Brandi Carlile / The Low Anthem / Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket / Doc Watson & David Holt / Calexico / Dawes / Nneka / O’Death / Liz Longley / Blitzen Trapper  / A.A. Bondy / Sam Bush / Horsefeathers

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm

Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue

Levon Helm’s Ramble on the Road / The Swell Season / The Avett Brothers / Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Richie Havens / Justin Townes Earle / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / The Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Punch Brothers with Chris Thile / The Felice Brothers / Tao Seeger Band / Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons / Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore  / Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three

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Artists Subject to change

* Newport Folk Festival® is a registered service mark of George Wein and Festival Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

JAMIE CULLUM and GRACE KELLY KICK-OFF

CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL*

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 8:00 PM,

INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME at NEWPORT CASINO

Cullum Also to Perform at Fort Adams State Park on August 7

Sneak Preview: Jamie Cullum to Perform on

The Bachelorette on ABC  – Monday, May 31, 8:00pm

NEWPORT, RI, May 27, 2010 – British singing and piano sensation Jamie Cullum brings his eclectic mix of jazz, pop and rock-influenced music to theopening night celebration of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival* on Friday, August 6, at 8:00 pm at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino. The evening opens with the saxophonist/singer Grace Kelly.

The festival continues August 7 and 8 at Fort Adams State Park; Cullum is set to perform on the Fort Stage on Saturday. Tickets and more information are available at www.newportjazzfest.net.

Get a sneak preview of Jamie Cullum in performance when he appears on The Bachelorette on Monday, May 31, at 8:00pm on ABC. For more information, visit http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette.

Jamie Cullum, who has played guitar and piano since age eight, developed an avid interest in jazz from his older brother. He was inspired by piano icons Oscar Peterson and Dave Brubeck and spent some of his formative years living in Paris, where he honed his abilities performing in jazz clubs.  Cullum will perform selections from The Pursuit, his first album in four years, as well as some of his favorite jazz standards and his own originals. His latest music embraces the full range of his diverse talents and far-flung musical passions. While it covers more stylistic ground than anything he’s done previously, the album offers the same musical fluency, emotional commitment and lyrical wit that helped to make Cullum’s prior releases Twentysomething and Catching Tales international crossover hits selling more than four million combined copies worldwide. He recorded his first album, Heard It All Before, at age 19, followed by Pointless Nostalgic.

After spending two years touring in support of Catching Tales, Cullum retreated from the spotlight and spent much of the next two years working on a variety of musical and non-musical endeavors. He and his older brother and frequent collaborator, Ben, joined forces for a dance music project, “BC vs. JC,” that found the brothers creating melodic dance music in clubs across England. Jamie also contributed to albums for  Pharrell Williams, the Count Basie Orchestra, Japan’s Soil & Pimp Sessions, Norway’s Beady Belle and France’s Camille, as well as spent time as a Goodwill Ambassador to Ethiopia for UNICEF.  Cullum’s highest profile side projects saluted his courtship with Hollywood, beginning with the animated Disney feature Meet The Robinsons, in which Jamie was the singing voice of Frankie The Frog. He followed with his vocal on the Golden Globe-nominated “Best Original Song” from the John Cusack film Grace Is Gone, and culminated in his co-writing and performing with Clint Eastwood for the Golden Globe-nominated “Best Original Song” from 2008’s Gran Torino. Now, he’s back on the road celebrating The Pursuit at concert across Europe and the United States.

Eighteen-year-old Grace Kelly’s career is definitely on the fast track. Wynton Marsalis (who performs on the Fort Adams Stage on Sunday) was

soimpressed with her three-night stand as guest of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in November 2008 that he invited her to join the ensemble at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.  Harry Connick, Jr. heard her in a master class and invited her to sit in with his band and she has been a featured guest on NPR’s Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland.   In addition, Grace has received numerous honors including The Boston Music Awards’ “Outstanding Jazz Act,” WCVB-TV’s ”Five Bostonians to Watch,” Downbeat Critics Poll’s youngest ever “Alto Saxophone Rising Stars,” the Boston Phoenix’s “Best Jazz Act in Boston” in the 2009 Best Music Poll (for the second consecutive year) and three ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award. To this astonishing list of credits, Kelly adds Mood Changes, the fifth release on her PAZZ label. The album mixes six standards with four Kelly originals. She is particularly excited about the strides that Mood Changes reveals in her band leading skills. “There’s nothing like playing my own music with my own band,” she acknowledges. She also enjoyed critically acclaimed success on her previous album, Gracefulee, which has dominated the DownBeat Student Awards over the past four years.  A student at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, Grace enjoys “… playing all the time and just living music all day.”  Her College is also represented at the festival by the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet on Saturday afternoon.

George Wein made history 56 years ago when he started the festival era with the Newport Jazz Festival. Along with his company, New Festival Productions, LLC, Wein continues to present the best in established and rising stars, this year including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride & Roy Haynes, Ahmad Jamal, Wynton Marsalis, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Chris Botti, Jason Moran’s Bandwagon, Jon Faddis Quartet, Gretchen Parlato, Fly, Julian Lage Group, JD Allen Trio, David Binney Third Occasion Quartet, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and many more.

TICKETS & OTHER INFORMATION

All tickets are available in Newport at the festival office at Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway (Tuesdays and Fridays Noon – 4:00 pm and Thursdays 2:00 – 7:00 pm); general admission tickets for Fort Adams State Park concerts also are available at the Newport Visitor Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue. Festival tickets are available on-line at www.ticketmaster.com or by telephone at (800) 745-3000; service charges apply.  For general information, craft vendor information or to leave a message for festival staff, call the festival hotline at (401) 848-5055.   For complete festival information, log on to www.newportjazzfest.net.

The 2010 CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival features:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6   ~    8:00 pm

International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Avenue

Jamie Cullum / Grace Kelly

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7   ~   11:30 am – 7:00 pm

Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue

Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride & Roy Haynes / Jamie Cullum / Maria Schneider Orchestra / Ahmad Jamal / Jazz Mafia’s Brass, Bows & Beats / Anat Cohen / Newport All-Stars with Howard Alden, Randy Brecker, Randy Sandke & George  Wein and special guest Bob Brookmeyer / Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing / Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society with special guest Bob Brookmeyer / Fly: Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier & Mark Turner / JD Allen Trio / Julian Lage Group / Trio Da Paz with Harry Allen / Rez Abbasi’s Acoustic Quartet / Berklee Global Jazz Institute Septet

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm

Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue

Herbie Hancock / Chris Botti / Wynton Marsalis / Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra / Amina Figarova / Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side of Herbie / Jon Faddis / Ken Vandermark’s Powerhouse Sound / David Binney Third Occasion Quartet / Marshall Allen-Matthew Shipp-Joe Morris / Jason Moran’s Bandwagon with Jenny Scheinman / Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy / Ben Allison Band with Jenny Scheinman, Shane Endsley, Steve Cardenas & Rudy Royston / Gretchen Parlato / Matt Wilson Quartet / Dave Douglas & Brass Fantasy

CareFusion is a leading global medical device company with products and services that help hospitals measurably improve the safety and quality of care.

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Artists Subject to change

* Newport Jazz Festival® is a registered service mark of George Wein and Festival Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Listen to George Wein on Patricia Raskin Positive Living™ with host, Patricia Raskin on 630 WPRO/AM & 99.7/FM and streamed live on www.630wpro.com on Sunday, June 13th at 12PM ET/ 9AM PT.

Join nationally recognized multi-media radio talk show host and award winning producer Patricia Raskin, host of  Patricia Raskin Positive Living™ radio show, when she interviews Jazz Impresario George Wein. He is considered to be as much a legend as his festivals. Through his company (now called New Festival Productions, LLC), he has spearheaded hundreds of music events annually since 1954 when he produced the first Newport Jazz Festival. Five years later, Wein and folk icon Pete Seeger founded the Newport Folk Festival.  At 84, Wein has as much creative fuel as he did when he started the Newport festivals and advanced the concept of live music.

Don’t miss this amazing live interview with George Wein Sunday June 13th at 12PM ET/ 9AM PT on 630WPRO AM & 99.7 FM and streamed live on www.630wpro.com.

Visit Patricia Raskin – the national powerhouse of positive living talk radio atwww.patriciaraskin.com.

CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK PRESENTS HERBIE HANCOCK – SEVEN DECADES: THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 8:00 PM AT CARNEGIE HALL

Hancock Performs with Special Guests India.Arie, Terence Blanchard, Ron Carter, Bill Cosby, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter & Others

Birthday Celebration Continues with Tribute to Herbie Hancock: Late Night Jam Session Hosted by Jeff “Tain” Watts Thursday Evening at 11:00 pm at City Winery

Hancock Also to Perform at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Sunday, August 8, at Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI

Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project” Set for Release June 21

NEW YORK, NY, May 24, 2010 – Herbie Hancock officially celebrated his 70^th birthday on April 12, but CareFusion Jazz Festival New York is extending the celebration with a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall, 57^th Street & 7^th Avenue, on Thursday, June 24, at 8:00 pm. Performing with the renowned pianist at Herbie Hancock – Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration are special guests India.Arie, Terence Blanchard, Ron Carter, Bill Cosby, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter and others plus Hancock’s band featuring Greg Phillinganes, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tal Wilkenfeld, Lionel Loueke and Amy Keyes.

The festivities continue on June 24 at 11:00 pm with Tribute to Herbie Hancock: Late Night Jam Session hosted by Jeff “Tain” Watts featuring some of New York City’s finest musicians at City Winery, 155 Varick Street in lower Manhattan.

Sponsored by CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and produced by George Wein’s New Festival Productions, LLC, the festival takes over New York June 17 – 26 with 47 concerts at 22 venues across four boroughs.

Herbie Hancock also is scheduled to perform at the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival on Sunday, August 8, at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI, followed by another birthday tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA, on Wednesday, September 1.

The Carnegie Hall concert is a benefit for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Herbie Hancock is the Institute Chairman and some of the concert’s special guests sit on the Board of Trustees and Advisory Board.

An iconic pianist and composer, Herbie Hancock has been an integral part of every jazz movement since the 1960s.  As a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, he became one of the pioneers of the avant garde sound; his music of the 70s combined electric jazz with funk and rock sounds and influenced music over the next decades.  Among his many compositions that have become modern standards are “Canteloupe Island,” “Maiden Voyage,” “Watermelon Man,” and “Chameleon.”

Just three days before the Carnegie Hall concert, Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project” is set for release on June 21 via Hancock Records/Red. The new CD from the multiple Grammy-winning artist and musical pioneer is an unprecedented international recording and film project featuring collaborations between the music legend and over a dozen superstars from around the world. Utilizing the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility, the musical collaborations combine Hancock’s genre-defying vision with the “local” musical identity of cultures from around the world.

“The Imagine Project” is the next step in the pianist’s extraordinary ground-breaking career, and builds upon his recent successes and recognition, including 2007 Grammy for Album of the Year – “River/The Joni Letters”, Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, multiple award-winning album/film, “Possibilities,” Jazz Chair for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among many others.

In addition to the Herbie Hancock birthday concert, CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents three other concerts at Carnegie Hall: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette on Thursday, June 17; An Evening with Chris Botti with special guest Nikki Yanofsky on Saturday, June 19; and The Genius of João Gilberto on Tuesday, June 22. All three concerts are at 8:00 pm.

Tickets ($35 – $100) for Herbie Hancock – Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration and other CareFusion Jazz Festival New York concerts scheduled at Carnegie Hall are available at www.carnegiehall.org or at CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800.  For tickets ($15) and more information about the Late Night Jam Session at City Winery, call (212) 608-0555 or log on to www.citywinery.com.

Tickets and information on the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival are available at www.newportjazzfest.net and www.ticketmaster.com. For more tickets and more information about Hancock’s birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl, visit www.hollywoodbowl.com.

The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57^th Street in Manhattan, is the host hotel of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York.  For reservations, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201; for more information, visit www.buckinghamhotel.com.

For the complete CareFusion Jazz Festival New York schedule and more information, log on to www.nycjazzfestival.com.

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TWO GREAT CITIES, TWO GREAT FESTIVALS UNITE

TO CELEBRATE RICH HISTORY OF JAZZ

SISTER FESTIVALS:

CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival^® (August 6 – 8), Newport, RI

Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival (November 3 – December 4), Barcelona, Spain

Jazz Impresario George Wein Performed at

May 17 Reception in Barcelona to Announce Collaboration

Celebrate the rich history of jazz when two great cities and two great festivals – CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival^® in Newport, RI and Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival in Barcelona, Spain – join forces to increase world-wide recognition of the long-running events. The renowned jazz impresario George Wein teamed up with international music promoter Tito Ramoneda and artistic director Joan A. Cararach to announce the partnership of the sister festivals at a reception on May 17, 2010 at Barcelona’s Gran Hotel Havana. The celebration was highlighted with a performance by the George Wein Barcelona Trio featuring Horacio Fumero on bass, Jordi Rossy on drums and Wein on piano.

Founded by Wein in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival^® (now the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival^®) started the festival era and continues the tradition August 6 – 8, 2010 with three days of music at Newport’s International Tennis Hall of Fame and historic Fort Adams State Park. Among the performers at this year’s event are Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Jamie Cullum, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Chris Botti and many more.

The 42nd annual Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is set to open with a free outdoor concert on October 3, followed by the city-wide celebration that will run November 3 – December 4. Founded in 1966 and produced by The Project, this long-standing festival attracts music fans and tourists to Barcelona, presenting performances at various locations throughout the city. The full festival schedule will be announced this summer.

“It is exciting for Barcelona to have a relationship with the most famous jazz festival in the world and to collaborate with George Wein, who is a good friend and an inspiration to me,” said Mr. Cararach. “Additionally, I look forward to the opportunity of exploring wider exposure for the many Catalan artists based in Barcelona and abroad, such as pianists Chano Domínguez and Omar Sosa, among others.”

Wein (pictured at right with his trio and Cararach, added, “Jazz is a great art

form wherever it is performed, but to enjoy the music surrounded by the beauty of Barcelona and Newport makes the music even more memorable. I am thrilled to not only perform here, but also to share this special relationship with Tito, Joan and their festival.”

The collaboration of the sister festivals will feature joint promotions including ticket giveaways and discounts, stage announcements, travel packages and more.  In addition, there will be promotional activities as part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, also produced by Wein.  This festival runs from June 17 – 26 at venues throughout New York City.

For more information, visit festival websites:  CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival www.newportjazzfest.net, Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival www.barcelonajazzfestival.com and CareFusion Jazz Festival New York www.nycjazzfestival.com.

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Newport Jazz Festival® is a registered service mark of George Wein and Festival Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK

PRESENTS SEVEN FREE CONCERTS

AND 27 EVENTS PRICED AT $15 OR LESS

FROM BROOKLYN TO THE BRONX JUNE 17 – 26

Festival Schedule Updates Announced

NEW YORK, May 17, 2010 - With 47 concerts at 22 venues, the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York covers the city June 17 – 26 with some of the best in jazz.  Of the 47 events, seven are free and 27 are priced at $15 or less.

“We are pleased to present this diverse line-up of established and rising stars at some of the area’s most exciting venues, most of which agreed to lower their tickets to $15 or less.” said George Wein, CEO of New Festival Productions, LLC and producer of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York. “In addition to making music more accessible, the festival is featuring jazz throughout the boroughs while highlighting not only hundreds of great musicians but also the New York City jazz scene.”

For more information and a complete listing of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York - sponsored by CareFusion, a leading global medical device company – please see the updated schedule below or log on to www.nycjazzfestival.com.

CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, June 17

Ralph Hamperian’s Tuba d’Amour /Bill Ware Group / John McNeil Quartet

Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm & 12am / $15

Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen

The Studio Museum in Harlem / 7:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members, Seniors, Students

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette (Presented by Absolutely Live Entertainment, LLC in partnership with Carnegie Hall)

Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $40 – $90

Craig Taborn

The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members

Seabrook PowerPlant / Mostly Other People Do The Killing

Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE

Friday, June 18

Alphabet Soup with Zack O’Farrill & Adam O’Farrill / Arturo O’Farrill Quartet / Randy Johnston Trio

Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm, & 12am / $15

The Jazz Gallery All-Stars with Roy Hargrove, Claudia Acuña, Ambrose Akinmusire, Gerald Clayton, Lage Lund, Pedro Martinez, Kendrick Scott and Ben Williams

Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15

Queens Jazz Orchestra directed by NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath

Flushing Town Hall / 8pm / $32 – $120

John Ellis “The Ice Siren”

The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members

Saturday, June 19

An Evening in Louis Armstrong’s Garden: Howard Alden, Anat Cohen, Marion Felder, Anya Lowe, David Ostwald, Benny Powell, Randy Sandke

Louis Armstrong House Museum / 6pm / $15

The Drumheads with Ben Monder, Jaime Affoumado, Diego Voglino / Victor Bailey Group / Alex Blake Quartet

Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm & 12am / $15

Bitches Brew Revisited with Graham Haynes, James Blood Ulmer, Marco Benevento, DJ Logic, Antoine Roney, Lonnie Plaxico, Cindy Blackman, Adam Rudolph / Mike Stern Trio (A performing arts program of BRIC/Media/Bklyn)

Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell / 7:30pm / FREE

An Evening withChris Botti with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky (Presented in partnership with The Bowery Presents and Carnegie Hall)

Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $40 – $90

Hazmat Modine / Slavic Soul Party!

Barbès / 8pm & 10pm / $15

Eric Revis Quartet

The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members

Sunday, June 20

Father’s Day Celebration: Winard Harper Group

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / 3pm / $20, $16 members

Anthony Coleman Plays Jelly Roll Morton and Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman (Solo) / Anthony Coleman’s Damaged By Sunlight

Barbès / 8pm & 10pm / $10

Cooper Moore Trio / Peter Evans Quintet

Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE

Monday, June 21

Jazz Talks: Festival Musicians Discuss the Art of Jazz featuring Anat Cohen & Esperanza Spalding and Special Guests

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space @ WNYC / 7pm / $10

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $20

Skirl Records Presents: The Benefit Band / Ben Perowsky Quartet

Barbès / 8pm & 10pm / $10

John Tchicai Group

Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE

Tuesday, June 22

Eddie Palmieri Y La Perfecta II

SummerStage Soundview Park / 7pm / FREE

Francisco Mela’s Cuban Safari

Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $15

The Genius ofJoão Gilberto (Presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall)

Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $35 – $95

Jon Faddis with Howard Alden, Gene Bertoncini, Romero Lubambo, Russell Malone

Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15

Wednesday, June 23

McCoy Tyner Quartet featuring Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding and Francisco Mela / Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi

SummerStage Central Park Mainstage / 7pm / FREE

James Moody with Renee Rosnes, Todd Coolman, Adam Nussbaum with Special Guests Randy Brecker, Paquito D’Rivera, Roberta Gambarini (Presented by Absolutely Live Entertainment, LLC in partnership with Carnegie Hall)

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall / 8:30 pm / $36 – $46

New York Is Now Series: Chris Potter Quartet

Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $15

Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile / Julian Lage Group (Produced by boomBoom Presents & Simon Rentner)

The Town Hall / 8pm / $25 – $59

Clarinet Road – A New Orleans Celebration: Evan Christopher & Friends

Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15

Tortoise / Aethereal Bace

(le) Poisson Rouge / 8pm / $22 in advance; $25 at the door

Wake-up! / James Spaulding, Michael Wimberly, Larry Roland

Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE

Thursday, June 24

Revive Da Live Big Band featuring Nicholas Payton & Talib Kweli / Nicholas Payton Sexxxtet

(le) Poisson Rouge / 7pm / $22 in advance; $25 at the door

New York Is Now Series: Jason Moran with Mary Halvorson and Ron Miles

Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $15

Herbie Hancock, Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration

Herbie Hancock with special guests India.Arie / Terence Blanchard / Ron Carter / Bill Cosby / Jack DeJohnette / Dave Holland / Joe Lovano / Wallace Roney / Wayne Shorter / Plus Others

Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $35 – $100

From Bebop to Freebop: Sheila Jordan / Jay Clayton

Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Blues Summit: James Cotton & Friends with Taj Mahal, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Shemekia Copeland and More

Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center / 8pm / $35 – $85

Matana Roberts’ COIN COIN

The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members

Tribute to Herbie Hancock: Late Night Jam Session hosted by Jeff “Tain” Watts and featuring some of NYC’s finest musicians

City Winery / 11pm / $15

Friday, June 25

Habana Harlem™ presents: Henry Butler / Osmany Paredes

Harlem Stage Gatehouse / 7:30pm / $15

New York Is Now Series: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet

Jazz Standard / 7:30pm, 9:30pm & 11:30pm / $15

Gretchen Parlato / Kat Edmonson

Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15

Jason Lindner and the Breeding Ground

The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members

Saturday, June 26

New York Is Now Series: Anat Cohen: Black, Silver & Blue

Jazz Standard / 7:30pm, 9:30pm &11:30pm / $25

Habana Harlem™ presents: Pedro Martinez Project

Harlem Stage Gatehouse / 7:30pm / $15

Gema y Pavel with Jazz Cubano

The Jazz Gallery / 9pm &10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members

VENUES

Barbès

376 9^th Street (Corner Sixth Avenue) / Brooklyn, NY

(347)422-0248 / www.barbesbrooklyn.com

Carnegie Hall

Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and Zankel Hall

57^th Street and 7^th Avenue / New York, NY

(212) 247-7800 / www.carnegiehall.org

City Winery

155 Varick Street / New York, NY

(212) 608-0555 / www.citywinery.com

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola / Jazz at Lincoln Center

Broadway at 60^th Street, 6^th Floor / New York, NY

(212) 258-9595 / www.jalc.org

Flushing Town Hall

137-35 Northern Boulevard / Flushing, NY

(718) 463-7700 x222 / www.flushingtownhall.org

Harlem Stage Gatehouse / Aaron Davis Hall

150 Convent Avenue at 135^th Street / New York, NY

(212) 281-9240 / www.harlemstage.org

Jazz Standard

116 East 27^th Street / New York, NY

(212) 576-2232 / www.jazzstandard.com

(le) poisson rouge

158 Bleecker Street / New York, NY

(212) 505-3474 / lepoissonrouge.com

Louis Armstrong House Museum

34-56 107^th Street / Corona, NY

(718) 478-8274 / www.louisarmstronghouse.org

Peter Norton Symphony Space / Leonard Nimoy Thalia

2537 Broadway at 95^th Street / New York, NY

(212) 864-5400 / www.symphonyspace.org

Prospect Park Bandshell

Prospect Park West & 9^th Street / Brooklyn, NY

(718) 855-7882 / www.bricartsmedia.org / www.prospectpark.org

Puppets Jazz Bar

481 5^th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY

(718) 499-2622 / www.puppetsjazz.com

Rose Theater / Jazz at Lincoln Center

Broadway at 60^th Street, 6^th Floor / New York, NY

(212) 258-9595 / www.jalc.org

SummerStage Soundview Park

Lafayette, Metcalf, Bronx River Avenues, 902 Soundview Avenue / Bronx, NY

(718) 861-1709 / www.nycgovparks.org/parks/soundviewpark

SummerStage Central Park Mainstage

72^nd Street & 5^th Avenue / New York, NY

(212) NEW-YORK / www.summerstage.org

The Jazz Gallery

290 Hudson Street / New York, NY

(212) 243-1063 / www.jazzgallery.org

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space @ WNYC

44 Charlton Street at Varick / New York, NY

(646) 829-4400 /www.thegreenespace.org

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Boulevard / New York, NY

(212) 491-2200 / www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg

The Studio Museum in Harlem

144 West 125^th Street / New York, NY

(212) 864-4500 / www.studiomuseum.org

The Town Hall

123 West 43^rd Street / New York, NY

(212) 840-2824 / www.the-townhall-nyc.org

Zebulon

258 Wythe Avenue / Brooklyn, NY

(718) 218-6934 / zebuloncafeconcert.com

Schedule & Artists Subject to Change

The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57^th Street in Manhattan, is the host hotel of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York.  For reservations, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201; for more information, visit www.buckinghamhotel.com.

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DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, CESARIA EVORA CANCELS SUMMER TOUR, INCLUDING CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL ON JUNE 25

ALL TICKETS WILL BE REFUNDED AT POINT OF PURCHASE

NEW YORK, NY, May 12, 2010 – Due to health problems, the Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora,  has cancelled her summer tour, including her CareFusion Jazz Festival New York concert at Carnegie Hall on June 25, 8:00 pm, it was announced by The Bowery Presents and George Wein’s New Festival Productions, co-promoters of the event.

All tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.

CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presents four other concerts at Carnegie Hall: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette on Thursday, June 17; An Evening with Chris Botti on Saturday, June 19; The Genius of João Gilberto on Tuesday, June 22; and Herbie Hancock – Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration on Thursday, June 24. All concerts are at 8:00 pm.

For the complete CareFusion Jazz Festival New York schedule and more information, log on to www.nycjazzfestival.com.

The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57^th Street in Manhattan, is the host hotel of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York.  For reservations, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201; for more information, visit www.buckinghamhotel.com.

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