43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival

About this event

The 43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival, in partnership with Seacoast Jazz Society, is back on the Wilcox Main Stage. Prescott Park Arts Festival, in partnership with Seacoast Jazz Society, is delighted to present the 43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival featuring a host of local, regional, and international talent, amplifying the different styles of jazz. The festival has a tremendous history on the seacoast. The first festival was held in 1983 under the name, Portsmouth Jazz Festival. For over 25 years, it was known as the Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival, to honor legendary local jazz pianist and composer, Tommy Gallant. In recent years it has become the Seacoast Jazz Festival in the hopes to expand the jazz festival’s reach in the future as a destination event featuring acclaimed jazz artists from around the globe. The Seacoast Jazz Society was formed in 1990 and its mission is to promote jazz through community outreach and education, to support local musicians, and to provide scholarships for young artists. For more information about the Seacoast Jazz Society, or to donate, please visit www.seacoastjazz.org. 43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival * Rain Date: Sunday, August 23 Please note: the line-up is subject to change in the event of a move to the Rain Date 12:00-12:50 Yoko Miwa Trio “Yoko Miwa has been gifted with both extraordinary musical skills and has the pure spirit that is necessary for great art. We love her musical gifts and her beautiful spirit as well.” – Ahmad Jamal “Miwa is a virtuoso pianist with dazzling technique always in the service of interaction and exchange of ideas.” – Donald Elfman, NYC Jazz Record “Pianist Yoko Miwa displays unpretentious melodies, elegant phrasing, and the lyrical sensibility of a jazz poet.” – Jazziz Magazine “She has the enviable ability to play in any context with authenticity, clarity, and spontaneity…” – Wilbert Sostre, JazzTimes “I greatly appreciate and respect the clarity and strength in Yoko’s playing, it…