[members-announce] Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

[Dawn Singh]

Embargoed for publication on February 15

TICKETS FOR ENTIRE TANGLEWOOD SEASON ON SALE FEBRUARY 17—VISIT  
WWW.TANGLEWOOD.ORG

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES REMAINING PROGRAMS:  2008  
TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL
TO FEATURE DIANNE REEVES, TERENCE BLANCHARD, DONAL FOX, ELIANE ELIAS,  
EDDIE DANIELS, MARK O'CONNOR,
JANE MONHEIT, MARIAN MCPARTLAND, EDMAR CASTANEDA, AND JOE LOCKE,  
AMONG OTHERS


Cunard® Line is the Official Cruise Line of the Boston Symphony  
Orchestra and Sponsor of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival

When the 2008 Tanglewood season goes on sale on Sunday, February 17,  
music fans will be able to order tickets to all Boston Symphony  
Orchestra concert presentations (details available at  
www.tanglewood.org), including the newly- announced Tanglewood Jazz  
Festival August 29-31, Labor Day Weekend.   Jazz greats highlighting  
this year's festival include Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal  
Fox, Eliane Elias, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Jane Monheit, Marian  
McPartland, Edmar Castaneda and Joe Locke.  All shows will be held in  
Seiji Ozawa Hall.  Tickets for the entire Tanglwood season, include  
the Jazz festival, go on sale Sunday, February 17th.
	
Photos and bios of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival artists are available  
at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/presskit.

Opening the festival Friday, August 29, at 8 p.m. will be Colombian  
harpist, Edmar Castaneda, and his trio featuring vibraphonist, Joe  
Locke.  Pianist Eliane Elias will follow performing material from her  
highly acclaimed CD, "Something For You," a tribute to Bill Evans.

On Saturday, August 30, at 2 p.m., Marian McPartland celebrates her  
90th birthday in the seventh annual live taping of "Piano Jazz" for  
NPR.  Ms. McPartland will have several very special guests for this  
performance who will be announced at a later date.

Saturday, August 30, at 8 p.m., pianist and composer, Donal Fox, will  
perform his Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project with special guest,  
trumpeter, Christian Scott.  Renowned vocalist Dianne Reeves takes  
the stage in the second half of the concert.

The Sunday afternoon concert on August 31 will open at 2 p.m. with  
clarinetist and saxophonist, Eddie Daniels, and his quartet.  The  
concert continues with violinist, Mark O'Connor, with special guest  
jazz vocalist Jane Monheit in her Tanglewood Jazz Festival debut in a  
show titled "Hot Swing."
	
Closing the festival on Sunday, August 31, at 8 p.m. will be a  
Tanglewood exclusive—a very special concert by trumpeter and  
composer, Terence Blanchard, with a 30-piece orchestra performing the  
material from this year's Grammy winning CD, "A Tale of God's Will (A  
Requiem for Katrina)."

Tickets for the 2008 Tanglewood season go on sale Sunday, February  
17, and are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or  
online at tanglewood.org and in person at the Symphony Hall Box  
Office. The Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox opens June 13.  For  
further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at  
617-266-1492 or visit our website at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org.

Cunard Line, whose fleet comprises The Most Famous Ocean Liners in  
the World®, the magnificent Queen Mary 2®,  the legendary Queen  
Elizabeth 2®, and its newest ocean liner, Queen Victoria™, is the  
official cruise line and sponsor of the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz  
Festival.  In a legendary time known as The Golden Age of Ocean  
Travel, crossing the North Atlantic onboard a Cunard ocean liner was  
a grand journey, rich with possibilities and a distinct sense of  
adventure.  The epitome of a privileged, international lifestyle, a  
Cunard voyage encompassed the finest in contemporary entertainment,  
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atmosphere of British tradition making Cunard the preferred choice of  
elegant travel.

The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by Cunard and JazzTimes  
Magazine.


2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Ticket Prices

Friday, August 29, 8 p.m.
The Edmar Castaneda Trio with Special Guest, Joe Locke
Eliane Elias "Something For You" A Tribute to Bill Evans
$41/$48/$59/lawn $17

Saturday, August 30, 2 p.m.
A Celebration of Marian McPartland's 90th Birthday
Live taping for NPR's "Piano Jazz with special guests TBA
$31/$38/$49/lawn $18

Saturday, August 30, 8 p.m.
Donal Fox:  Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project featuring Christian Scott
Dianne Reeves
$44/$57/$70/lawn $19

Sunday, August 31, 2 p.m.
The Eddie Daniels Quartet
Mark O'Connor's "Hot Swing" with special guest Jane Monheit
$31/$38/$49/lawn $18

Sunday, August 31, 8 p.m.
Terence Blanchard's "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)"
with 30 piece orchestra
$44/$48/$59/lawn $17

For additional information, bios and photos on the performing  
artists, please review the electronic press kit at  
tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/presskit or contact:

Boston Symphony Orchestra:
Bernadette Horgan (bhorgan at bso.org) and Kathleen Drohan  
(kdrohan at bso.org)
617-638-9280 (September –June)
413-637-5280 (July and August)

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