a nonprofit presenter of jazz artistic and education programs
  • “The biggest and best festival in the world.” —The London Observer*
  • “The San Francisco Jazz Festival has once again laid its claim as one of America’s premier cultural events.” — Los Angeles Times*
  • “The finest such jazz event this city has ever seen and heard...superb festival.” — The San Francisco Chronicle*
  • “The nation’s best jazz Festival.” — Pittsburg Post-Gazette*
  • "…for three full weeks in the fall, the City by the Bay is the jazz capital of the world.” — USA Today*
  • “A little bit for everyone and a whole lotta soul.” — 7x7 Magazine*
  • “…when it comes to delivering America’s great indigenous musical form, the San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) is by far the biggest player on the West Coast…” — Contra Costa Times*
  • “Three years ago the San Francisco Jazz Organization expanded into [SFJAZZ], which presents concerts year round in overlapping series. …with top notch jazz stars and the latest to make a buzz.” — New York Times*
  • “…SFJAZZ indeed steps out with singular style.” — Los Angeles Times*
  • “…something New Yorkers could get jealous about.” —The New York Times*
  • “The leading jazz institution on the West Coast.” — Chicago Tribune*
  • “The folks who built the San Francisco Jazz Festival into a national powerhouse have taken the first major steps toward creating a year-round institution.” — Chicago Tribune*
  • “SFJAZZ has grown into a non-profit civic institution of international significance.” — San Francisco Bay Guardian*
  • “…one of the most important and influential jazz events on the West Coast.” — Los Angeles Times*
  • “SFJAZZ has grown into one of the country’s most innovative jazz organizations, second only to New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in visibility and prestige.” — Contra Costa Times*
  • “SFJAZZ has demonstrated that jazz can flourish in an institution much like those created to present classical European art forms.” — Contra Costa Times*
  • “It looks like the best thematic programming in an American jazz-slash-world-music festival, with each night organized according to a valid musical idea or at least the semblance of one.” — The New York Times*
  • “The City’s swankiest showcase for aural sophisticates.” — SF Weekly*
  • “Possibly the country’s best jazz festival.” — The New YorkTimes*
  • “The pre-eminent event of its kind in the United States.” — Chicago Tribune*
  • “The crown jewel among American jazz festivals.” — Chicago Tribune*
  • “A model festival.” —Boston Globe*
  • “Exceptionally well programmed.” —International Herald Tribune*
  • “The San Francisco Jazz Festival is a festival of firsts… a show you don’t get to see every day.” — San Jose Mercury News*
  • On the basis of the opening days of this year’s anniversary edition, SFJAZZ deserved high marks in its accommodation of both community and development.” —Jazz Times Magazine*

    *Full attribution not available

 

Contact Publicist

Marshall Lamm
Promotions & Public Relations
(510) 928-1410
marshall@sfjazz.org

 

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