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JAZZ AND POETRY FESTIVAL IS A FIRST
FOR PHILLY
Three-day Event Celebrates The City’s Jazz Heritage
PHILADELPHIA, September 2, 2003 – Philly’s about to jazz things up with the first annual Philadelphia Jazz and Poetry Festival taking place throughout the city from September 12-14, 2003. Performing during the festival are Donald Byrd and Bud Shank along with Philly’s own Sonny Fortune, Khan Jamal, Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble and Gerald Veasley. In addition to an interactive Youth Jazz Workshop at the Free Library of Philadelphia, the three-day event features the Po/Jazz Connection, an intermingling of spoken word and jazz, at LOVE Park; a Philly Jazz Party at the Loews Hotel; and performances at more than a dozen venues throughout the city, including Chris’s Jazz Café, Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus and the Sedgwick Cultural Center.
Philadelphia is home to many great jazz musicians and poets. More than 180 representatives of the city’s thriving jazz community were photographed in a grand photo entitled “Philly Jazz Reunion” at the Philadelphia Jazz and Poetry Festival press conference and this photo will be released during the event. For more information, visit www.phillyjazzfestival.com.
Why not make it a weekend in Philadelphia? To book a hotel room, visit www.gophila.com/accommodations. For information about arts and cultural attractions in Philadelphia, visit www.gophila.com/culturefiles.
This year, more than 871 news stories have appeared about Philadelphia. GPTMC is a non-profit organization dedicated to generating awareness of and visitation to Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. For more information about travel to Philadelphia, visit gophila.com or call the new Independence Visitor Center, located in Independence National Historical Park, at (800) 537-7676. For information about arts and cultural attractions in the region, visit the Philadelphia CultureFiles at gophila.com.
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