Juan Les Pins Jazz festival is 50

Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival - Jazz à Juan

July 2010 sees the 50th International Jazz Festival Antibes Juan-les-Pins JAZZ à JUAN July 14 - 25, 2010

I went there a couple of years ago on a hot July evening and was entertained by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack Dejohnette who are again playing this year. The festival is held in the Pinede (pine grove) opposite to where former Hotel Le Provençal at Juan Les Pins is being converted into luxury apartments. Well it was up to some time in 2009, but it looks like work has well and truly stopped now, unless anyone has more information.

The 2010 Juan Jazz Festival Programme includes:

Wednesday 14 July - Jim’s Band - Jazz à Juan sextet - NJO Nice Jazz Orchestra
Thursday 15 July - David Sanborn - George Benson
Friday 16 July - Spokfrevo Orquestra - Carlinhos Brown
Saturday 17 July - Melody Gardot
Sunday 18 July - Hommage à Django Reinhardt Le Manoir de mes rêves
Monday 19 July - AvishaÏ Cohen - Paco de Lucia
Tuesday 20 July - Joshua Redman Double Trio
Wednesday 21 July - Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack Dejohnette
Thursday 22 July - Kyle Eastwood - Diana Krall
Friday 23 July - Black Dub - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Maceo Parker
Saturday 24 July - Manu Katché - Marcus Miller & Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo & guests Raul Midon & Lalah Hattaway
Sunday 25 July- Gospel Evening / Soirée Gospel - Liz McComb

For more information visit the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival - Jazz à Juan page at cotedazurrental.com http://www.cotedazurrental.com/Juan_les_pins_Jazz_festival.htm

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