Manhattan Transfer set for 2023 Amelia Island Jazz Festival
The Amelia Island Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that multiple Grammy award-winning vocal group The Manhattan Transfer will appear for its 2023 festival on Thursday, October
Critically Acclaimed Artists featured at the 2022 Festival
Guitarist John Pizzarelli and Saxophonist/Clarinetist Ken Peplowski, two legendary and critically acclaimed jazz musicians, headline the 2022 Amelia Island Jazz Festival, October 2
Jazz Festival Names 2022 Scholarship Winner at Big Band Bash
18-year-old Cameron DeVane, a gifted saxophone player from Fernandina Beach, is the winner of this year’s college scholarship from the Amelia Island Jazz Festival, it was announc
Jazz Festival Finds International Fans With Virtual Presentation
The Amelia Island Jazz Festival swung through its online virtual shows this past weekend with searing jazz that thrilled hundreds of fans locally, nationally, and in several foreig
AIJF Reschedules Big Band Bash
Social distancing measures will be in place for gala Amelia Island Jazz Festival’s Big Band Bash, a popular dinner/dance benefit gala that will feature the Dynamic Les DeMerle 17
Ringing in the Holidays on High Seas
Amelia Island’s Dynamic Les DeMerle Quartet, featuring vocalist Bonnie Eisele, is swinging and ringing in the holidays aboard Royal Caribbean’s mega cruise ship, the Harmony Of
Peter Nixon Shines as the Official Artist of 2019
Legendary musician Wynton Marsalis once said, “Jazz music is America’s past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel,
Meet the 2019 Amelia Island Jazz Festival Artist
Peter Nixon: “It was an honor and a wonderful opportunity to be asked to be the Amelia Island Jazz Festival Artist of 2019, and a rare chance to meet distinguished musicians
New Orleans Legends at the 2019 AIJF
Two critically acclaimed New Orleans artists, highly regarded trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and sizzling trumpeter Jamil Sharif, will headline the 2019 Amelia Island Jazz Festival,
Les and Bonnie Jazzing Up the High Seas
by Michael Rothschild Amelia Island Jazz Festival stalwarts Les DeMerle and Bonnie Eisele are spending the holidays and beyond performing with their dynamic new Jazz Quartet on one
