Jimmy Heath Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Quintet To Headline The Kingston Jazz Festival

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The Kingston International Jazz Festival has announced the lineup for this year’s event, which will take place June 29-July 1 in Kingston, N.Y.

The Jimmy Heath Big Band and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Allstar Quintet featuring Slide Hampton will headline the free festival, now in its third year. Other notable performers include the John Lindberg Winter Birds Quartet, Jazz Kamikaze and New Talent in Latin Jazz directed by Luis Bonilla.

For more information, please visit www.kingstonjazzfestival.com.



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