NEW YORK HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL 2015

This year the party of the year returns to the beautiful and historic Players Club and once again features multiple rooms with continuous live music for nearly 14 hours from 16 bands, 8 solo pianists, a dozen special guest artists as well as a late night jam session band with a raucous after party. Dancing is encouraged and inevitably irresistible; Swing dancers will be particularly delighted by The Players' optimal Ballroom dance floor. Once again, while three stages on the two upper levels will be devoted to non-stop live music, the lower level of the Players will feature a day-long screening of hot jazz and swing films.

THE BALLROOM AND LIBRARY STAGES:
• Andy Farber’s After Midnight Orchestra with Rebecca Kilgore
• Wycliffe Gordon & Friends
• Bria Skonberg & Her Jazz Compatriots with Michael Mwenso
• The Hot Sardines
• Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road with Hilary Gardner
• Stephane Wrembel
• Jon-Erik Kellso and the EarRegulars
• Nicki Parrott Trio with Warren Vache
• Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band
• Dan Levinson’s Bix Millennium All-Stars
• Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band
• Riley Mulherkar and Alphonso Horne’s Gotham Kings
with Michael Mwenso & Michela Marino
• Mona’s Hot Four with Martina DaSilva & Kate Davis
• The Grand Street Stompers with Molly Ryan & Tamar Korn
• Glenn Crytzer’s Savoy Seven
• Rhythm Future Quartet

plus
RAGTIME, STRIDE AND JAZZ AGE SONGBOOK PIANO ROOM featuring:
• Bill Charlap
• Jon Weber with Margi Gianquinto
• Terry Waldo
• Conal Fowkes
• Chris Pattishall
• Pete Sokolow (aka Klezmer Fats)
• Derek Smith
• TBA

and
FESTIVAL JAM SESSION with David Ostwald & Gordon Au

THE FILM ROOM with a daylong screening of Hot Jazz in Hollywood's Golden Age and Hot Jazz Clip Fest

Various additional performers TBA

Celebrating traditional jazz with rising stars and legendary performers - the fest will once again showcase the best talent of the Hot Jazz and Swing Renaissance in New York and beyond with the music spanning the entire breadth and scope of early jazz from the beginnings in New Orleans up through the Roaring '20s and the Prohibition and well into the Swing era.

more info & tickets:
www.NyHotJazzFest.com

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DETAILS
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NEW YORK HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL
Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
12pm to 2am
21+

THE PLAYERS
16 Gramercy Park South, NYC
(btw Park Ave and Irving Place on 20th Street)
N/R/6 subway to 23rd Street or 4/5/6/L/N/Q/R subway to 14th St Union Sq.

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TICKETS
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GENERAL ADMISSION
Includes admission to the Festival.
Early Bird Tickets: avail. till April 1st
$30 - Half Day Pass A (from 12pm - 5:45pm)
$30 - Half Day Pass B (from 6:30pm - 2am)
$55 - Full Day Festival Pass

Advance Tickets: avail. till May 2
$35 - Half Day Pass A (from 12pm - 5:45pm)
$35 - Half Day Pass B (from 6:30pm - 2am)
$65 - Full Day Festival Pass

Door (Cash only)
$45 - Half Day Pass A (from 12pm - 5:45pm)
$45 - Half Day Pass B (from 6:30pm - 2am)
$80 - Full Day Festival Pass

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

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FIRST HALF (doors at 12pm)
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BALLROOM (1st floor)

Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band
Dan Levinson’s Bix Millennium All-Stars
Jon Erik Kellso and the EarRegulars
Andy Farber’s After Midnight Orchestra with Rebecca Kilgore

LIBRARY STAGE (2nd floor)

Nicki Parrott Trio with Warren Vache
Rhythm Future Quartet
Mona’s Hot Four
Stephane Wrembel

PIANO ROOM (1st floor)
Conal Fowkes
Pete Sokolow (aka Klezmer Fats)
Terry Waldo
Chris Pattishall

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SECOND HALF (doors at 6:30pm)
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BALLROOM (1st floor)

Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road with Hilary Gardner
Bria Skonberg & Her Jazz Compatriots with Michael Mwenso
Wycliffe Gordon & Friends
The Hot Sardines

LIBRARY STAGE (2nd floor)

Riley Mulherkar’s and Alphonso Horne’s Gotham Kings with Michael Mwenso & Michela Marino
Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band
The Grand Street Stompers
Glenn Crytzer’s Savoy Seven

PIANO ROOM (1st floor)

Bill Charlap
Jon Weber with Margi Gianquinto
Dereck Smith
TBA

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AFTER PARTY (12am)
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Festival Jam Session with David Ostwald and Gordon Au
Expect surprises!

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS OF THE 2015 FESTIVAL:
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La Bella Strings www.labella.com

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Original artwork by Cecile McLorin Salvant

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produced by:
Michael Katsobashvili, Patrick Soluri (Prohibition Productions / The Salon), and Bria Skonberg.