The Sixth Annual Wall Street Jazz Festival When: Saturday September 5th, 2009 - 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm Where: North Front Street and Wall Street, Kingston, New York - In case of rain, indoors at Backstage Productions FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Schedule for Saturday, September 5th: 5:00 - 5:45 - Veronica Nunes Duo 6:00 - 6:45 - Francesca Tanksley 7:00 - 7:45 - Donna Antonow Duo 8:00 - 8:45  - "Sweet" Sue Terry Trio 9:00 - 10:30 - Estrella Samba y Salsa Directions to the Festival From the NYS Thruway Exit 19 or Route 28: Take the Washington Ave. exit from the traffic circle. For Free Parking and shuttle bus to Festival, go left on Schwenk Drive. [map] Wall Street Jazz Festival Announces 2009 Line Up On Saturday, September 5th, the Wall Street Jazz Festival will bring some of the most exciting acts in jazz today to Uptown Kingston. A truly stellar line up of women-led ensembles will perform on the outdoor stage at the corner of Wall and North Front Streets in a free concert from 5:00 to 10:30pm. This year will also mark the start of a series of workshops on the afternoon of Sunday September 6th at various spaces around Uptown, where music lovers of all ages can learn more about American jazz. Appearing at the festival this year will be the Veronica Nunes Duo, Francesca Tanksley, Donna Antonow Duo, "Sweet" Sue Terry Trio, and Estrella Samba y Salsa. “Superwoman of Jazz” “Sweet” Sue Terry is a force of nature who has been “universally recognized among her musician peers for decades as one of the most articulate players of the alto saxophone." A “crowd pleaser with a fiery expressiveness that got the crowd cheering and urging her on,” Sweet Sue has played and recorded with a long list of jazz notables including Dr. Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Hilton Ruiz, Howard Johnson, Art Blakey, Carmen McRae, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, and Ray Barretto. She’s been a Jazz soloist with the National Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the New York Pops, and has performed at jazz festivals worldwide. Her discography currently contains over forty commercially released CDs. In short, “She smokes!” "Everything she writes wants to dance.” And in Wall Street Jazz Festival tradition, so will you when you hear pianist/composer Peggy Stern’s Estrella Latin Band, featuring Italian saxophonist Giulio Martino. With "Luminous lyricism...the piano more caressed than played...” Ms Stern is as well-known as a composer as she is for her fine piano playing, with four of her tunes featured in the Sher Real Book series. Peggy has played with such jazz greats as Lee Konitz, Diane Schuur, Stanley Turentine, David Fathead Newman, and Emily Remler. Peggy's music draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, as well as traditional jazz influences. Acclaimed tenor and soprano saxophonist Giulio Martino will be joining Peggy for this event. Voted one of the “Best New Talents” by the Italian “Musica Jazz” in 2005, Giulio has played with many of Italy’s jazz elite, has played with Ms Stern at top jazz festivals all over the world. “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

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