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Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Festival scheduled for June 18 and 19^th

The Toledo Jazz Society announced this year’s entertainment schedule for its annual Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Festival, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 18 & 19, 2005 (Saturday, 2:00 P.M. to 11:30 PM and Sunday, 2:00 P.M. to 10:00 PM . Gates open at 1:00 PM each day, with music beginning at 2:00 PM .), at International Park, 26 Main Street across from downtown Toledo.

The schedule is as follows:

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Saturday, June 18, 2005
2:00 - 2:30 Northview H.S. Jazz Band - Some of the best young talent around
2:45 - 3:45 TBA
4:00 - 4:15 TBA
4:30 - 5:30 Leon Cook & COOKIN’ - Leon ’s guitar smokes!
5:45 - 6:45 Phat Phunktion - Masters at smooth jazz
7:00 - 8:30 Jon Hendricks - The vocalese master brings his main men along
8:45 - 10:15 Ellis Marsalis - One of the finest on the 88s
10:30 - 12:00 Los Hombres Calientes - Hot men on a hot night

Sunday, June 19, 2005
2:00 - 2:45 The Rance Allen Group - Gospel group kicks off Sunday’s party
3:00 - 3:15 TBA - Winners of our June youth band competition
3:30 - 4:30 The Steve Wood Quartet - The TJO sax man shines
4:45 - 5:45 UT Jazz Ensemble - The teachers take the stage
6:00 - 7:00 The Toledo Jazz Orchestra - One of Toledo’s jazz treasures
7:15 - 8:45 George Benson - Jazz guitar master, indeed
9:00 - 10:00 Jimmy McGriff - Jimmy and his Hammond B-3 organ wrap up the party in style.

The Toledo Jazz Society also hosts Jazz in the Garden at the Toledo Botanical Garden every Thursday, 6:30-8:30PM , beginning July 7 through August 18^th as set forth in the schedule below.

Here we go for Jazz in the Garden 2005
July 7 - The Toledo Jazz Orchestra
July 14 - The Mark Lemle / Scott Potter Quintet
July 21 - Jean Holden
July 28 - HepCat Revival
August 4 - Los Gatos
August 11 - The Ramona Collins Group
August 18 - The Wendell Jones Quartet

For more information, call the Toledo Jazz Society at (419) 241-5299 or go to www.toledojazzsociety.org.