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All Star Line-Up
Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival
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ver the past four years one of the most impressive aspects of the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival has been the gathering of the Jazz AllStar musicians and artists performing throughout the weekend. Over 20 of today’s jazz greats and rising-stars will gather for the Labor Day Weekend, September 2 – 4, to perform at the Annenberg Theater, Indian Canyons Golf Resort and Hard Rock Hotel. Recently honored by the City of Los Angeles with a Living Jazz Legend Award, Sweet Baby J’ai brings a wealth of experience and focus to her role as the Festival’s Artistic Director. She is celebrated for her creative and daring programming. SBJ’s penchant for paring the world’s most visible jazz artists with top-notch female musicians from around the country for a multi-day festival makes for many delightful surprises and musical discoveries for audiences and performers alike. “We have crafted a collection of extraordinary musicians merging jazz, blues and funk who will descend on Palm Springs over the Labor Day Weekend for a compelling musical tapestry,” said Sweet Baby J’ai. Many of the all-stars have albums of their own as well an impressive list of artists that they have performed with both live and in-studio. Joining headliners Dee Dee
Sweet Baby J’ai
Ann Hampton Callaway
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Bridgewater and Ann Hampton Callaway, at the 2016 Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival include: Sweet Baby J’ai, Sabine Pothier, Sherry Luchette, Paula Atherton, Mimi Jones, Tina Raymond, Pam
Trotter, Sunnie Paxson, Karen Hammack, Linda Taylor, Sascha Dupont, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Lesa Terry, Jane Getz, Rosalia de Cuba, Chelsea Stevens, Gennine Jackson, Maria Martinez and Carol Chaikin.
These artists and more are part of the multi-day music festival featuring an all female line up taking place Friday through Sunday, September 2-4. The Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival is a non-profit 501c3 founded to promote women in jazz through education and events. Since 2013, the festival has hosted over 100 jazz musicians and performers, bringing a worldwide audience of jazz fans to Palm Springs. For more information on the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival, go to www.palmsspringswomensjazzfestival.org or call (760) 416-3545.