Miami Jazz Fest®

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Welcome to the first annual Miami Jazz Fest®

Miami Jazz Fest, LLC, proudly presents the first ever Miami Jazz Fest® which promises to become the premier jazz event in the country! Join us on November 17th & 18th 2012, at the Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park in beautiful downtown Miami. This magnificent park and open air amphitheater on the bay is the ideal setting for our easy, breezy jazz weekend featuring some of the most talented TRUE jazz musicians from all over the globe! World class TRUE jazz at its finest in a South Florida setting capturing the essence of Miami, with warm ocean breezes and magnificent sunsets alongside the Bay.

Piano Great in the Art Tatum - Oscar Peterson tradition.

One of the last of the old school swinging guitarists.

Carrying on the vision of her former employer, Antonio Carlos Jobim, she preaches the message of Brazilian Jazz through her world wide performances.

Saturday night dedicated to the sound of jazz from Brazil.

The #1 Brazilian Jazz Trio today.

Direct From Brazil, the newest Brazilian Jazz sensation.

Part of the international jazz scene for more than four decades.

In demand NY piano master since his first recording in 1961 for Riverside Records.

One of the New York Young Turks, reinforcing the message of Hard Bop through his alto sax.

Brazilian Jazz Master since the 1960s when he led his hard driving piano trio and was the musical director for Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento and others.

Jazz vocalist extraordinaire, his newest CD, "The Revolution Will Be Jazz -The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron:" on Savant Records, was Number One for Six Weeks on Jazz Programmer's Playlist... and after 13 weeks, it's still in the top twelve!

“One can feel that Joe Carter plays only to create beauty.” - Francois Postiff, France

A strong presence on the burgeoning jazz renaissance in South Florida.

Four Mallet Vibes Master!