Apr 29, 2025 11:53 AM
Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85
Singer Andy Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with a four-octave range that encompassed a bellowing…
Rochester International Jazz Festival officials today announced record-setting attendance figures for the 2007 Festival, held in Rochester, N.Y. Attendance soared to 121,000, a 51% increase over 2006. This represents the largest single-year attendance jump in the festival’s history.
The Festival’s sixth edition was held June 8-16, with more than 600 artists from 15 countries performing in 220 concerts.
Officials also announced that next year’s festival will be held June 13-21, 2008. For more information, see rochesterjazz.com.
“It kind of slows down, but it’s still kind of productive in a way, because you have something that you can be inspired by,” Andy Bey said on a 2019 episode of NPR Jazz Night in America, when he was 80. “The music is always inspiring.”
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