SFJAZZ Announces Spring Season 2011 Lineup

SPRING CONCERT SERIES RUNS FEB. 10 – JUNE. 25

Tony Bennett

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival, today announced the complete artist lineup for the 12th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season. The unique and spectacular five-month-long concert series begins on February 10 and will continue through June 25. The season will present over forty concerts with the most illustrious names in jazz, world and related music.

TONY BENNETT
A NIGHT IN TREME
YOUSSOU N’DOUR & ANGELIQUE KIDJO
RANDY NEWMAN
BUDDY GUY
RICKIE LEE JONES
RAVI SHANKAR
STEVE TYRELL
HUGH MASEKELA
MAX RAABE & PALAST ORCHESTER
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE
NIKKI YANOFSKY
MARCUS ROBERTS
DR. LONNIE SMITH
CéU
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
JOHN SCOFIELD
PATRICIA BARBER
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
IRMA THOMAS
ELLIS MARSALIS
MARC RIBOT
LEE RITENOUR
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE
KENNY WERNER
ELIANE ELIAS
MADELEINE PEYROUX