Phoenix, Arizona (Top40 Charts/ Great Scott P.R.oductions) With much of the nation presently suffering through the worst winter in decades, perhaps planning to party in luxury Memorial Day Weekend with a stellar slate of jazz and R&B favorites will help make the snow, ice and frigid temperatures a bit more bearable. The second edition of the Payne Pest Management San
Diego Jazz Festival returns to the posh Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in sun-soaked Carlsbad, North San
Diego County May 23-25, 2014 for a memorable three-day weekend of live music, dancing and warm weather fun with thousands of festival goers from all over the U.S. Tickets are on sale now and available online at www.SanDiegoJazzFest.com or by calling 602.244.8444
Grammy-winning soul balladeer
Maxwell headlines opening night crooning a seductive set from his hit-filled R&B-pop songbook, a favorite mood-setter for the ladies and Lotharios. Energetic contemporary jazz-R&B multi-instrumentalist hitmaker
Brian Culbertson bodes to make it "Another Long Night Out" when he performs cuts culled from his similarly titled new album. Emerging saxophonist Dominic Amato warms up the crowd.
Day two gets underway with jazz, R&B and hip hop mixologist Robert Glasper who is touring in support of "Black
Radio 2," the follow-up to his Grammy-winning disc. Up next,
Mint Condition serves a refreshing taste of Saint Paul, Minnesota that incorporates the best of old school and new school R&B, funk and soul with tinges of jazz, Latin and Jamaican rhythms dynamically performed by a skintight band. Out promoting her forthcoming album, "The Truth," 8-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter
Ledisi offers a smooth blend of sophisticated soul seasoned with jazz nuances. "Uncle"
Charlie Wilson will show them how it's done old school-style when the 2013 BET Lifetime Achievement Award winner and 7-time Grammy nominee turns it out during his headline set featuring a dazzling cast of musicians and dancers along with nearly as many costume changes as Beyoncé.
The Sunday program begins with a riveting show from R&B-soul singer-songwriter
Leela James, a force of nature new school performer cut from the same cloth as such classic vocalists as Aretha, Stevie, Chaka and Marvin. After, soul-jazz saxman
Boney James will set "The Beat," his Grammy-nominated disc that spent seven weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart. Grammy-winning gritty-voiced R&B-soul singer
Anthony Hamilton is the festival's closer.
Phoenix, Arizona-based festival producer BTWconcerts.com will soon announce additional artists.
Tickets for the Payne Pest Management San
Diego Jazz Festival start at $50.00 for a single-day seat and go up to $750.00 for a three-day Skybox ticket. Hotel and ticket packages are also available through the San
Diego Jazz Festival website.
In addition to the lifestyle expo providing a myriad of food, clothing, arts and culture choices adjacent to the concert grounds, weekend events include a Friday Night After Party (free for those with ticket stubs for that evening), a Saturday Night All-Star Jam ($25.00) including some of the festival's performers and a Sunday morning Gospel Brunch ($55.00).
The Payne Pest Management San
Diego Jazz Festival is a music and lifestyle experience attracting a diverse adult audience with many coming for the entire weekend in order to enjoy the extensive array of activities and amenities offered at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa that cater to mind, body & sport. Guests relax and play on the internationally renowned golf course and tennis courts, sparkling pools and adventurous slides, state of the art fitness facilities and the No. 1 Wellness Spa in the nation according to Spa Magazine.
