New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - Blue Note Records and Bonnaroo are proud to announce that they will team to present Somethin? Else, a dedicated Jazz club curated by Blue Note Records at the 2007 Bonnaroo
Music and Arts Festival. The sixth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 14-17, 2007, on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.
The first event of its kind, Somethin? Else aims to create an authentic Jazz club atmosphere in the middle of the largest outdoor rock festival in the United States, and to introduce the Bonnaroo audience to Jazz through live performances by legendary and up-and-coming artists, panel discussions about Jazz History, and exhibits of classic Blue Note Records photography and album artwork.
The legendary jazz label along with festival organizers selected an outstanding line-up from the Blue Note Records artist roster and beyond. Performers will include legendary artists such as saxophonist Lou Donaldson and Hammond B3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, established artists such as pianist Jacky Terrasson, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, clarinetist Don Byron, and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, up-and-comers such as pianist Robert Glasper and guitarist Lionel Loueke, and crossover artists such as the Scott Amendola Band featuring Nels Cline, Stanton Moore, Mago featuring Billy Martin and John Medeski, and The Philadelphia Experiment featuring Ahmir Thompson, Christian McBride, Uri Caine, and Robert Glasper.
DownBeat magazine will also present afternoon panel discussions on the Somethin? Else stage in between music sets on June 15 and 16, with various prominent musicians from the Jazz world and beyond discussing the music and its legendary figures, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and John Coltrane.
The Somethin' Else, which will be designed to resemble a downtown New York City Jazz club, will be housed in an air-conditioned tent with table seating and bar-service for patrons. The tent will be decorated with the classic Blue Note Records photography of Francis Wolff and album artwork of Reid Miles.
SOMETHIN' ELSE 2007 LINE-UP:
SCOTT AMENDOLA BAND feat. NELS CLINE
DON BYRON PLAYS JUNIOR WALKER feat. CHRIS THOMAS KING
RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET
LOU DONALDSON & DR. LONNIE SMITH QUARTET
ROBERT GLASPER TRIO
STEFON HARRIS & BLACKOUT
LIONEL LOUEKE
MAGO feat. BILLY MARTIN & JOHN MEDESKI
STANTON MOORE TRIO
DAVID MURRAY QUARTET
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT feat. AHMIR THOMPSON, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, URI CAINE & ROBERT GLASPER
JACKY TERRASSON TRIO
DOUG WAMBLE TRIO
