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Previews Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival
Date Posted: September 04, 2008.
Sixth Annual Anguilla Festival Line-Up Announced
NEW
YORK (September 4, 2008) – The Sixth Annual Anguilla
Tranquility Jazz Festival, one of the Caribbean's truly
authentic jazz experiences – set for November 6 to 9, 2008 –
starts its countdown on top cable network BET J.
The 2008 Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival Preview Show
debuts on BET J this Saturday, September 6 at 2:30 p.m. and
11 p.m. (ET) on the popular "Island Lime" format, featuring
African American actress and model Claudia Jordan (Jamie
Foxx's co-host on Sirius Satellite Radio's "The Foxxhole")
who will join Anguilla's James Connor, to co-host the half
hour show.
BET J and BET Event Productions are partnering with the
Anguilla Tourist Board for the sixth successive year of the
annual Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival on the British
West Indian island.
Organizers this week promised another year of unmatched
event production and a stellar line-up for the Caribbean
festival, known for its "Straight, No Chaser" pure jazz
theme in an idyllic island setting.
Confirmed artistes for the festival include Grammy-winning
R&B and jazz music singer Patti Austin, who produced the big
hit "Baby, Come to Me" (a duet with James Ingram). She will
perform along with fellow Grammy winner American jazz singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater, a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
and radio personality.
Also sharing their musical genius with the Caribbean this
November will be Michel Camilo, a Grammy winning and
accomplished pianist from the Dominican Republic; and Grammy
winning Cuban jazz trumpeter and pianist Arturo Sandoval,
who can, with equal power and grace, burn through an
Afro-Cuban groove, tear up a bebop tune, soar over a Mozart
concerto or sooth listeners with a luscious ballad.
Christian Scott, a Concord Records jazz musician from New
Orleans, and Jamaican Dean Fraser, a top Caribbean
saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae
recordings since the mid-1970s, completes the top line-up
which features other local and Caribbean musicians at a
handful of locations, including Cuisinart Resort, Temenos
Golf Club, and the popular Sandy Ground beach which is open
to the public on the final day of the festival.
"We continue to ensure that this gem of a festival presents
the richest of all Jazz formats. Anguilla and this festival
will continue to be a breathtaking music and getaway
experience for true Jazz and music lovers," notes Cybelle
Brown, Vice President of Sales and Business Development with
BET Digital Networks and BET Event Productions. She said BET
J also is excited about its marketing and promotional plan
for the festival which exposes the island's beauty and
tourist offerings to millions of viewers on the popular
network.
The 2008 Preview Show debuts on BET J on Saturday, September
6 at 2:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. (ET); and will re-air on
September 27 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. (ET); October 4 at 1 p.m.
and 7 p.m. (ET); and October 18 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. (ET).
The show will also air on the BET sister network on
September 8 at 3 a.m. (ET/PT).
Event sponsors include the National Bank of Anguilla,
Anguilla Social Security Board, St. Regis Temenos, Tropical
Shipping, Avis Apex, Digicel, American Express, CuisinArt
Resort & Spa, Paradise Cove Resort and American Airlines'
American Eagle.
NEW
YORK (September 4, 2008) – The Sixth Annual Anguilla
Tranquility Jazz Festival, one of the Caribbean's truly
authentic jazz experiences – set for November 6 to 9, 2008 –
starts its countdown on top cable network BET J.