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Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Line-up for the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

Boston, MA (Billboard Publicity Wire) February 15, 2008 -- Tickets for entire Tanglewood season on sale February 17 -- visit www.Tanglewood.org.

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces remaining programs: 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival to feature Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Eliane Elias, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'connor, Jane Monheit, Marian Mcpartland, Edmar Castaneda and Joe Locke, among others.

Cunard® Line is the Official Cruise Line of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sponsor of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival

When the 2008 Tanglewood season goes on sale on Sunday, February 17, music fans will be able to order tickets to all Boston Symphony Orchestra concert presentations (details available at www.tanglewood.org), including the newly-announced Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 29-31, Labor Day Weekend. Jazz greats highlighting this year's festival include Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Eliane Elias, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Jane Monheit, Marian McPartland, Edmar Castaneda and Joe Locke. All shows will be held in Seiji Ozawa Hall. Tickets for the entire Tanglwood season, include the Jazz festival, go on sale Sunday, February 17.

Photos and bios of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival artists are available at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/presskit.

Opening the festival Friday, August 29, at 8 p.m. will be Colombian harpist, Edmar Castaneda, and his trio featuring vibraphonist, Joe Locke. Pianist Eliane Elias will follow performing material from her highly acclaimed CD, "Something For You," a tribute to Bill Evans.

On Saturday, August 30, at 2 p.m., Marian McPartland celebrates her 90th birthday in the seventh annual live taping of "Piano Jazz" for NPR. Ms. McPartland will have several very special guests for this performance who will be announced at a later date.

Saturday, August 30, at 8 p.m., pianist and composer, Donal Fox, will perform his Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project with special guest, trumpeter, Christian Scott. Renowned vocalist Dianne Reeves takes the stage in the second half of the concert.

The Sunday afternoon concert on August 31 will open at 2 p.m. with clarinetist and saxophonist, Eddie Daniels, and his quartet. The concert continues with violinist, Mark O'Connor, with special guest jazz vocalist Jane Monheit in her Tanglewood Jazz Festival debut in a show titled "Hot Swing."

Closing the festival on Sunday, August 31, at 8 p.m. will be a Tanglewood exclusive -- a very special concert by trumpeter and composer, Terence Blanchard, with a 30-piece orchestra performing the material from this year's Grammy winning CD, "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)."

Tickets for the 2008 Tanglewood season go on sale Sunday, February 17, and are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at tanglewood.org and in person at the Symphony Hall Box Office. The Tanglewood Box Office in Lenox opens June 13. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit our website at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org.

Cunard Line, whose fleet comprises The Most Famous Ocean Liners in the World®, the magnificent Queen Mary 2®, the legendary Queen Elizabeth 2®, and its newest ocean liner, Queen Victoria?, is the official cruise line and sponsor of the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. In a legendary time known as The Golden Age of Ocean Travel, crossing the North Atlantic onboard a Cunard ocean liner was a grand journey, rich with possibilities and a distinct sense of adventure. The epitome of a privileged, international lifestyle, a Cunard voyage encompassed the finest in contemporary entertainment, cuisine and culture. Today, Cunard offers all the glamour and excitement of that time on an even grander scale with modern-day amenities beautifully complementing Cunard's impeccably cultivated atmosphere of British tradition making Cunard the preferred choice of elegant travel.

The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by Cunard and JazzTimes Magazine.

2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Ticket Prices

Friday, August 29, 8 p.m.

The Edmar Castaneda Trio with Special Guest, Joe Locke

Eliane Elias "Something For You" A Tribute to Bill Evans

$41/$48/$59/lawn $17

Saturday, August 30, 2 p.m.

A Celebration of Marian McPartland's 90th Birthday

Live taping for NPR's "Piano Jazz with special guests TBA

$31/$38/$49/lawn $18

Saturday, August 30, 8 p.m.

Donal Fox: Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project featuring Christian Scott

Dianne Reeves

$44/$57/$70/lawn $19

Sunday, August 31, 2 p.m.

The Eddie Daniels Quartet

Mark O'Connor's "Hot Swing" with special guest Jane Monheit

$31/$38/$49/lawn $18

Sunday, August 31, 8 p.m.

Terence Blanchard's "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)"

with 30 piece orchestra

$44/$48/$59/lawn $17

For additional information, bios and photos on the performing artists, please review the electronic press kit at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/presskit or contact:

Boston Symphony Orchestra:

Bernadette Horgan (bhorgan@bso.org) and Kathleen Drohan (kdrohan@bso.org)

617-638-9280 (September -June)

413-637-5280 (July and August)

Dawn Singh Publicity:

Dawn Singh (dawn@dawnsinghpublicity.com)

505-771-0417 (office)

857-544-0739 (cell)

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