40th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival

For Immediate Release
January 5, 2011

40th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival

February 24 - February 26, 2012

Featuring the Yellowjackets, Dave Morgan's "The Way of the Slyman",

Big Band Matinee, and College and High School Invitational

Lakeland Community College Performing Arts Center

Mentor, OH

      Hi Folks. The Lakeland Jazz Festival is celebrating it's 40th anniversary and we have pulled out all the stops. In addition to all the great educational instruction and performances that take place, this years headline concert is the multi-Grammy award winning group, the Yellowjackets on Saturday February 25. Additionally on Friday February 24th we are featuring Dave Morgan's "The Way of the Slyman" with a fourteen piece ensemble of the regions best musicians. Sunday February 26 features a double bill Big Band Matinee.

We have assembled a complete and detailed media resource page for you. It has all the details, contacts, hi-res photos, authorized YouTube videos, etc. The link is http://jwpjazz.com/Lakeland/PR.html. We will add all updates at they are completed and will periodically email you when something has been added.

We very much appreciate your giving this great jazz festival publicity. The festival is the longest continuous running jazz festival in the region and has brought in numerous major artists over the years. Additionally over two dozen high schools and colleges perform for adjudicators of some of the finest educators in the region for a very robust education experience for the students.

Please let us know if you would like to arrange an interview with one of the headliners or one of the festival coordinators, Dave Sterner or Dr. Steve Stanziano.

Best,

Steve Frumkin
Jim Wadsworth Productions in support of the Lakeland Jazz Festival
330-405-9075
steve@jwpagency.com