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Freihofer's Jazz Festival: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002 2001

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Freihofer's Jazz Festival 2008
Saturday June 28 and Sunday June 29

Freihofer's Jazz Fest is an annual event, featuring more than 20 hours of live jazz on two stages over two days, traditionally held on the last weekend of June at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, New York USA. The 2008 festival will be held on Saturday June 28 and Sunday June 29. This unofficial page will present lineup details as they become available.

Please address any comments or questions to lou at louthompson dot com.

Expected Performers

Saturday: Main Stage [Noon] Jonathan Batiste Trio [1:30] Conrad Herwig's Latin Side of Miles, Coltrane & Shorter [3:00] Ryan Shaw – This Is Ryan Shaw [2007] [4:30] Saxophone Summit – Gathering of Spirits [2004] Joe Lovano – Streams of Expression [2006] Dave Liebman – Blues All Ways [2007] Ravi Coltrane – In Flux [2005] [6:00] Chris Botti – Italia [2007] [7:30] Dee Dee Bridgewater – Red Earth [2007] [9:15] Return to Forever – No Mystery [1975] Chick Corea – The New Crystal Silence [2008] Stanley Clarke – The Toys of Men [2007] Al DiMeola – Flesh on Flesh [2002] Lenny White – Adventures of Astral Pirates [2002]	Sunday: Main Stage [Noon] Rachael Price [1:20] Terence Blanchard – A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) [2007] [2:40] Charles Lloyd Quartet – Rabo de Nube [2008], featuring: Jason Moran – Artist in Residence [2006] Reuben Rogers Eric Harland [4:10] Dianne Reeves – Music for Lovers [2007] [5:40] Bony James and Jonthan Butler [7:25] The O'Jays – The Ultimate O'Jays [2001]
Saturday: Gazebo [12:05] Andrea Tierra [1:25] Hayes Greenfield & Jazz-a-ma-Tazz (children's program) – Music for a Green Planet [2008] [2:45] Jonathan Batiste Trio [4:10] Maurice Brown Effect [5:35] Jenny Scheinman – 12 Songs [2005]	Sunday: Gazebo [12:15] 3D – Soulride [2004] [1:35] Hayes Greenfield & Jazz-a-ma-Tazz (children's program) – Music for a Green Planet [2008] [3:00] Rachael Price [4:25] The Brubeck Brothers Quartet – Intuition [2006] [5:45] Aaron Goldberg Trio – Worlds [2006]

SPAC has published bios for several of these performers:

• Return to Forever
• Jonathan Butler
• Terence Blanchard
• Jonathan Butler
• Jenny Scheinman
• Al Di Meola

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Tips For Festival Goers

Traditionally the gates open at 10am Saturday and 11am Sunday.

SaratogaJazz.net has additional information about the festival, including an extensive collection of past lineups.

Discussion

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Please address any comments or questions to lou at louthompson dot com.