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Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival Announces Lineup

Scheduled for January 24-26, 2008 at the Aqueduct at Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival has announced its lineup. Headliner Diana Ross, dubbed the ‘female entertainer of the century’ by Billboard magazine, will be joined by eight-time Grammy singer Anita Baker, Trinidad-born Billy Ocean; and reggae great, Beres Hammond.

“This is perhaps the best lineup that I have heard of in recent times,” commented Minister of Tourism, Ed Bartlett.

“This event is magical,” stated Executive Producer of the Festival, Walter Elmore. “The audience is the biggest heart of the magic. And the artists give back with a performance that they just don’t do anywhere else.”

Called the ‘Art Of Music,’ the festival is a three-day musical event that welcomes 40,000 guests each year. It has become the showcase for music on two stages, Jamaican and international cuisine and an overall great time.

Previous Performers: The Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, since its introduction in 1986, has attracted thousands of patrons from the USA, Europe, the Caribbean and Jamaica. International artistes that have performed at the festival include Alicia Keys, Kenny Rogers, Norah Jones, Julio Iglesias, Roberta Flack, Lou Rawls, Dionne Warwick, India Arie, Nancy Wilson, Earth Wind and Fire, Kenny G., Michael McDonald, Gladys Knight, Kool & the Gang, Al Jarreau, Branford Marsalis, Brian McKnight Harry Belafonte, Babyface, Stephanie Mills, George Benson, Erykah Badu, Gladys Knight, Michael Bolton, and many more. And to bring the Jamaican flavor well known names such as Ziggy Marley, Morgan Heritage, Third World, Toots Hibbert, Shaggy, Sean Paul Maxi Priest, Beres Hammond, Monty Alexander, Ritchie Stephens and many other Jamaican talents have made their mark on the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues stage.
For more information:

• visit AirJamaicajazzandblues.com

Labels: festivals, Montego Bay

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