The Blue Note Jazz Festival, which will take place June 10-30 at venues throughout New York City, has announced plans for its 2012 lineup.
This year’s performers will include jazz musicians McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, and Jack DeJohnette; international performers Buika, Béla Fleck, Michel Camilo, and The Flamenco Soul Project directed by Javier Limon; singers Kathleen Battle, Cassandra Wilson, and Jimmy Scott; R&B and Soul legends Stephanie Mills, Bootsy Collins, and The Commodores; and jazz-tinged mainstream artists such as Soulive, Yasiin Bey, Questlove, Black Thought and Rhazel, The Soul Rebels, and Groove Theory.
Performances will take place at the Blue Note Jazz Club as well as The Highline Ballroom, B.B. King Blues Club, Central Park Summerstage, The Apollo Theater, Henry Street Playhouse, Brooklyn Bowl, and Sullivan Hall.
Leading up to the festival, the Blue Note Jazz Festival will sponsor educational programs presented by JazzReach, a non-profit organization dedicated providing jazz teaching programs to young audiences, and NYU and the Blue Note will partner for a series of faculty shows throughout the month.
For more information and tickets to the Blue Note Jazz Festival, click here.
