2011’s Festival was especially poignant.
Occurring Labor Day weekend, the first good weather week after
the damage from Hurricanes Irene and Lee; many folks had suffered
tremendous loss, but the Festival provided a welcome diversion
and was very well-attended. It felt like a community party,
everyone had a great time, and we organizers felt especially
proud to present our 8th annual outdoor concert.
The 9th Annual Wall Street Jazz Festival 2012’s lineup
is spectacular: Ingrid Jensen, is an extraordinary musician,
a well-knwn trumpeter with much international fame. We are
really proud to be presenting her, with her quartet this year.
www.ingridjensen.com
We also have Natalie Cressman, a
young up-and-coming trombonist/vocalist/composer from California.
She will bring her quartet from New
York City. www.nataliecressman.com
Rounding out the “newbies” to
this year’s
festival will be Chris McNulty, vocalist extraordinaire, with
her husband, guitarist Paul Bollenback. http://chrismcnulty.com.
Finally, we will include bari sax Claire Daly, alto sax “Sweet” Sue
Terry, piano Peggy Stern, with a kicking rhythm section for
the Estrella Salsa, ‘dancing in the street’ set
to conclude the Festival.
Our 9th Festival is particularly
ambitious. We need your help in funding, pure and simple. Please
help us bring this wonderful, forward-thinking music to our
Hudson River community.
“This
festival had a lot that made it special-- the spirit from which
it all blossomed, the fact that all of us share a lifetime and
commitment to this wonderful artform: jazz , the lack of any
pretension and or competition, the feeling of friendship and
support , the fact that it happened on Wall St , Kingston.” –Sumi
Tonooka
“I
have had many people make mention of it to me: how thrilled
they were about the event, the location, the talent, the set
up, the sound,... and with hopes that it can materialize again
next year!”-- Betty MacDonald
