Some of the biggest names in jazz music are scheduled to perform in the Caribbean during the “St. Lucia Jazz Festival” May 5-12.
LedisiChristian McBride, Ledisi, Etienne Charles, Russell Hall and Patrick Bartley will serve as artistes-in-residence in St. Lucia during the festival. Gregory Porter, Dianne Reeves, Catherine Russell, Somi, The Baylor Project, Veronica Swift and members of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will perform.
This year’s event, a collaboration between the festival and Jazz at Lincoln Center in the United States, will also feature “Artists in Education” initiatives, including classes and live performance collaborations with students at the St. Lucia School of Music.
“The 2019 ‘St. Lucia Jazz Festival’produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center marks another monumental chapter in our small island’s history,”Dominic Fedee, St. Lucia’s minister for tourism, was quoted as saying in a recent press release promoting the event.
“We are excited to begin this partnership which will bring together some of the world’s best jazz artistes in the world’s most beautiful destination.”
St. Lucia has been hosting a jazz festival annually since 1992.
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