Blue Note Jazz Festival announces 2012 lineup

The now-annual Blue Note Jazz Festival will sprinkle over 50 shows at venues across the city during its twenty day reign (June 10th – 30th).

“After the success of the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival, we decided to make this a yearly event as a way to continue expanding audiences, cultivate young talent and promote this wonderful music throughout New York City,” Blue Note President Steven Bensusan said. “This year’s performances go beyond jazz to include everything from flamenco, soul, and Latin to tap, blues and R&B, all with the common thread of improvisation. But the heart of the festival is and will always remain the type of jazz that we present night after night at the Blue Note club.”

Highline Ballroom, B.B. King’s, Central Park Summerstage, The Apollo, Henry Street Playhouse, Brooklyn Bowl and Sullivan Hall are all on board to host parts of the festival, which will feature everyone from Béla Fleck to Stephanie Mills, Bootsy Collins to Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and many, many other notables. Full list of shows, below…

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Bootsy Collins at BB King’s – 2011 Blue Note Jazz Fest (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2012 (details)
June 10 Blue Note Brunch: Kate Davis
June 10 Béla Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio
June 10 Céu
June 11 Jimmy Scott
June 12 Savion Glover with special guest McCoy Tyner
June 13 Savion Glover with special guest McCoy Tyner
June 13 Bootsy Collins
June 14 Savion Glover with special guest Jack DeJohnette
June 15 Savion Glover with special guest Jack DeJohnette
June 15 Kung Fu
June 16 Savion Glover with special guest Roy Haynes
June 16 The Commodores
June 16 EMEFE
June 17 New Orleans Jazz Brunch: The Music of Louis Armstrong w/ Joey Morant & Catfish Stew
June 17 Blue Note Brunch: Julian Lage – Solo Guitar
June 17 Groove Theory, Soulive, Riq & Rah (Black Thought & Rahzel) with Strings, DJ ?uestlove
June 17 Savion Glover with special guest Roy Haynes
June 17 Gato Barbieri
June 18 The Jeff Lorber Fusion ft. Jimmy Haslip, Eric Marienthal & Vinnie Colaiuta
June 19 Kathleen Battle with Cyrus Chestnut
The Manhattan Transfer
June 20 Nolafunk Summer Solstice Party: Tab Benoit & Eric Lindell
June 20 Jason Moran & Herlin Riley Duo
June 20 Average White Band
June 21 Nolafunk Summer Solstice Party: Tab Benoit & Eric Lindell
June 21 Africa/Brass: McCoy Tyner & Charles Tolliver Big Band
June 21 Toshi Reagon & Allison Miller Present “Celebrate! The Great Women of Blues and Jazz”
June 22 The Rolling Stones Project ft. Tim Ries with Bernard Fowler & Darryl Jones of the Rolling Stones
June 22 Africa/Brass: McCoy Tyner & Charles Tolliver Big Band
June 22 Flamenco Soul Project directed by Javier Limon
June 22 Stephanie Mills
June 22 The Soul Rebels
June 23 JJ Sansaverino & Steve Cole
June 23 An Evening with Leon Redbone
June 23 Africa/Brass: McCoy Tyner with Charles Tolliver Big Band
June 23 Bonerama with Mingo Fishtrap
June 23 Vladimir Cetkar
June 24 Blue Note Brunch: Judi Silvano
June 24 Afro Blue Jazz/Pop A Cappella Group seen on NBC’s The Sing-Off
June 24 DODO Orchestra featuring TANGO Dancers and Villalobos Brothers
June 24 Africa/Brass: McCoy Tyner with Charles Tolliver Big Band
June 24 Buika
June 25 James Carter Organ Trio
June 26 James Carter Organ Trio
June 26 Stanley Clarke & George Duke
June 27 Jazzyfatnastees
June 27 Michel Camilo Trio + Opening Act Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
June 27 Jimmie Vaughan
June 28 Cassandra Wilson
June 28 Meshell Ndegeocello
June 29 Cassandra Wilson
June 29 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
June 29 Spectrum Road featuring Cindy Blackman-Santana, Jack Bruce, John Medeski & Vernon Reid
June 29 Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def)
June 29 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: “The Race Riot Suite” with Mark Southerland
June 30 Cassandra Wilson
June 30 George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners (of the legendary Meters)
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