ELLIS MARSALIS & SONS BRANFORD, WYNTON, DELFEAYO AND JASON

Play Verizon Hall SUNDAY, MARCH 2

The Kimmel Center One of Only Five U.S. Stops on Exclusive Tour

SONNY ROLLINS Makes Kimmel Center Debut FRIDAY, MARCH 7

PHILADELPHIA–An incredible week of jazz comes to The Kimmel Center this March when Ellis Marsalis and Sons perform in Verizon Hall on Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. and the great Sonny Rollins makes his Kimmel Center debut on Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m.

A Very Special Performance At The Iridium Jazz Club Of The Jazz All-Star Collective ScoLoHoFo Featuring John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland & Al Foster

First US club appearance in support of their new Blue Note CD OH!

FEB. 4-9 SCOLOHOFO is JOHN SCOFIELD-guitar, JOE LOVANO-tenor saxophone, DAVE HOLLAND-bass & AL FOSTER-drums.

Jazz Legacy, Inc.

In association with the

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

(New York Public Library)

Present

LARRY RIDLEY

“Bassist Extraordinaire”

Schombur Jazz Artist-in-Residence

And the

Jazz Legacy Ensemble

Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 3 pm

Hugh Marsh/ Barry Romberg/ Rufus Cappadocia

National Jazz Award Nominee

Best Electric Group

Tony Adamo is a gifted jazz vocalist/songwriter, and his new CD release, DANCE OF LOVE, is a big winner in the smooth jazz and jazz vocals category. A wide listening audience of the jazz community will find these collections of original material both entertaining and enjoyable.

Tony Adamo has a fine singing voice, and at times, he sounds like British singer, David Bowie. Tony Adamo is the David Bowie of the smooth jazz set, and Adamo has quite the unique voice.

The Nation;s Largest Free Jazz Festival!

May 1-26, 2003

What: Presented by the City of Atlantas Bureau of Cultural Affairs, the 26th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival will celebrate 26 Days of Jazz featuring legendary jazz artists Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Eddie Palmieri, and Bobby Sanabria y Ascension, as well as hot, new jazz sensations Soulive, Maysa, and Metalwood.

Tour Dates:

Feb.23rd – Winnipeg, The Pyramid

Feb.24th – Calgary, The Engineered

Air Theatre at Epcore Center

Feb.25th – Vancouver, The Sonar

Feb.27th – Toronto, Revival

JANUARY 29, 2003

Wednesday OPERA HOUSE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA NORAH JONES BAND

JANUARY 31, 2003

Friday CONCERT HALL BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA NORAH JONES BAND

FEBRUARY 1, 2003

Saturday ROYAL THEATER CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NORAH JONES BAND

Visiting maestro follows up master class with free concert

Ramsay Short

Daily Star staff

The last time Alex Wilson was in Lebanon he was stuck in a hotel band playing piano at a club in Kaslik. Contracted for three months, the experience was so bad he left after just one.

“The management of that place was terrible, we were stuck in a hotel on a hill, couldn’t really move around, everything that could go wrong went wrong,” he says.

ELLIS MARSALIS & SONS BRANFORD, WYNTON, DELFEAYO AND JASON

Play Verizon Hall SUNDAY, MARCH 2

The Kimmel Center One of Only Five U.S. Stops on Exclusive Tour

SONNY ROLLINS Makes Kimmel Center Debut FRIDAY, MARCH 7

PHILADELPHIA–An incredible week of jazz comes to The Kimmel Center this March when Ellis Marsalis and Sons perform in Verizon Hall on Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. and the great Sonny Rollins makes his Kimmel Center debut on Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m.