Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival
	Presented by Click here for TICKETS - Package only $150 or $35 concerts Headliners include: Gerald Wilson 18 piece Big Band Orchestra, Herb Jeffries, James Torme' Jimmy Mulidore, Richie Cole, Sal Marquez, Al Williams Jazz Society,Theo Saunders, Dick Berk, Herny "Skipper"Franklin Quintet, Jazz88 All-Stars, George Lesiw Band and much more!

2008 July 10 - 13 Headliners include:

Gerald Wilson, Herb Jeffries, James Torme' Jimmy Mulidore, Richie Cole, Sal Marquez, Theo Saunders, Dick Berk, Llew Matthews, Henry "skipper" Franklin, Marshall Hawkins, Gunner Biggs, Al Williams Jazz Society, George Lesiw Band, Jazz 88 All-Stars, and more!

East West Sat. July 12 on the Chuck Niles Stage

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If your group would like to perform, call (951) 678-2517 or email: email@jonlaskin.com

The festival will include a combination of free to the public, and ticketed concert events of Internationally acclaimed performers at different venues at several locations throughout Old Town Temecula, as well as music and rhythm workshops and clinics with the performers.

This event has become one of the 'Gems of the Valley" in terms of Community Cultural & Performing Arts Events, and appeals to a full range of Temecula Valley Residents and Families, young and old.

Proceeds benefit the Musicians Workshop, and the Temecula Valley Cultural Arts & Music Center - building fund - Home of the Chuck Niles Memorial Jazz Library.

Festival Fact:

Did you know that 2008 Grammy award winning artist Herbie Hancock was indeed named in honor of our this years Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival Congressional Lifetime Acheivement Award winner – Herb Jeffries

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and Grammy award-winning American jazz pianist and composer. He embraces elements of rock and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.

As part of Miles Davis's 'second great quintet', Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. Later, he was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Yet for all his restless experimentalism, Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences.

Hancock's best-known solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album, "River: The Joni Letters" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album to win the award.