Playboy Jazz Festival

The Playboy Jazz Festival is an existing since 1959 Music Festival, which takes place earlier today in Chicago and at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. At the festival in addition to jazz and other genres will be presented, as African music ( first King Sunny Adé, 1988, 1998) and Gospel - Andre Crouch 1986, Take 6, 1989), Zydeco ( Buckwheat Zydeco 1989) Hip- Hop ( Dakah 2005), Soul ( Isaac Hayes and others), Rhythm & Blues ( Sharon Jones Dap Kings with the 2009) or Cuban music ( Cachao 1995, Chucho Valdés with Irakere in 1996, Los Van Van, 1997).

History

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, a jazz fan, had published in 1957 jazz polls in his magazine and held on 7, 8 and 9 August 1959, the first festival in Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago, which attracted 68,000 visitors. There were the orchestras of Stan Kenton, Count Basie ( whose concert on August 8, also in celebration of his 25th anniversary as a band leader was ) and Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck Quartet and the Quintet of Dizzy Gillespie. Moreover occurred Sonny Rollins, June Christy, Chris Connor, Jack Teagarden, Nina Simone, Dakota Staton, Jimmy Giuffre, JJ Johnson, Kai Winding, Coleman Hawkins, Red Nichols, George Bruni, the Austin High Gang, Earl Bostic, Oscar Peterson the Dukes of Dixieland, Joe Williams, Jimmy Rushing, the Four Freshmen, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ( with Basie, as already on July 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival), Ahmad Jamal, Don Elliott, David Allyn, The Signatures, Mort Sahl and Bobby Darin. On the first night, the Miles Davis Quintet came on and on the last evening, the Louis Armstrong All Stars and Ella Fitzgerald. A similar concert held Hefner in Los Angeles. Regular festivals were held at the Hollywood Bowl in 1979. It takes place in mid-June on two days on Father's Day weekend. Since its inception, it attracts tens of thousands of spectators (eg 1985 36000 ).

1981 Helen Humes here had their last appearance with the Count Basie Orchestra, Joe Williams. Count Basie performed at the first festival in 1959 and 1979, 1981 and 1983 and on the occasion of his death was the 1984 Festival dedicated to him (1984 was also reminded of Willie Bobo ). 1984 Bill Cosby was the Emcee, and included performances by Ray Charles and Mel Tormé with the Shorty Rogers Reunion Band on. 1985 Miles Davis occurred ( as in 1959 ) and there was a jazz talent competition held ( Hennessy Jazz Search Competition). The 1986 concert was dedicated to the recently deceased Benny Goodman, which occurred in 1979 and 1980 at the festival, and 1987 Lionel Hampton was honored. Dianne Reeves appeared in 1985 as part of Sing Sing Sing and 1989 solo on. 1996 was a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie Big Band with Lalo Schifrin ( Gilles Piana suite) and 1999 to the Adderley brothers. 2002 has been replaced Pete Fountain with the Preservation Hall Orchestra from New Orleans.

Next came, among others, on the Ella Fitzgerald (1959 ), Terry Gibbs Dream Band (1989 ), Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea (1990 with its electrical and Akoustic Band), Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Jay McShann (1990 with Joe Williams ) Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, The Manhattan Transfer (1992 ), Mario Bauza, Grover Washington, McCoy Tyner, Joe Zawinul, Al Jarreau (1993, 1994, 1998, and 2003 with Dave Brubeck Take Five ), Patti Austin, Hubert Laws, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Tony Bennett ( 1996), JJ Johnson ( 1996), Etta James, Bruce Hornsby, George Benson (1997), Wynton Marsalis (1998), Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls, Michael Brecker Lizz Wright ( 2003), Renee Olstead, Hugh Masekela, the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra (2005 with Dee Dee Bridgewater ), Jamie Cullum (2006), Stanley Clarke / George Duke ( 2006), Terence Blanchard (2007), Angelique Kidjo, Buddy Guy, Tower of Power ( 2008), Esperanza Spalding (2009), Alfredo Rodriguez.

1991 was first performed as an offshoot of an eponymous festival in Japan. As of 1992, there were nationwide radio broadcasts of the festival. 1994, joined the festival on a U.S. tour.

Current status

2010 included performances by the vocal group Naturally 7, Trombone Shorty and ukulele musician Jake Shimabukuro.

2011 occurred Terence Blanchard with The Roots, Dianne Reeves, Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, the, SFJAZZ Collective ( with music by Stevie Wonder), Fourplay (Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb, Harvey Mason), Bill Cosby 's Cos of Good Music ( with Geri Allen), Ambrose Akinmusire, Naturally 7, Terence Blanchard, Geri Allen with their timeline band, John Scofield and Robben Ford, Carlos Varela, Bill Cunliffe and the Resonance Big Band, Harmony 3 with Ronnie Laws, Walter Beasley and Stanley Jordan and tributes to New Orleans and James Brown ( with African musicians and Pee Wee Ellis). Bill Cosby was Emcee.

2012 included performances by the Christian McBride Big Band, Ozomatli, Sheila E., Boney James, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Soul Rebels, Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project, Keb 'Mo', the Ramsey Lewis Electric Band, the Preservation Hall Orchestra, Spectrum Road with Cindy Blackman and John Medeski, Robin Thicke and The Cookers. Emcee was again Bill Cosby, who compiled his Cos of Good Music too.

2013 came to George Duke with Jeffrey Osborne, Naturally 7 with Herbie Hancock, Angelique Kidjo with Hugh Masekela, the Poncho Sanchez Big Band ( with a Latin American John Coltrane Tribute) with James Carter, the Big Phat band by Gordon Goodwin with Lee Ritenour, Gregory Porter, Robert Glasper experiment, the Grace Kelly Quintet with Phil Woods and the Pedrito Martinez Group.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Count Basie Orchestra: Count Basie in person, with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Natural Organic 7002 ( Playboy Jazz Festival 1959)
• Playboy Jazz All Stars Vol.3, Playboy PB1959B, in the Playboy Jazz Festival 1959: Oscar Peterson The Golden Striker, Ella Fitzgerald How High The Moon ( with Lou Levy, Herb Ellis, Wilfred Middlebrooks, Gus Johnson), Jimmy Giuffre Mighty Cool Penthouse ( with Hank Jones, Ed Thigpen, Ray Brown)