A year after the departure of their major sponsor, the New York Jazz Festival will return on June 17-26, 2010 with the backing of long time festival impresario George Wein and his new sponsor CareFusion. For the 2010 CareFusion New York Jazz Festival, Wein will ‘accentuate the positive’ by producing concerts in partnership with some…
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CareFusion Corp Sponsoring NY, Newport and Other Jazz Festivals
Well, whaddya know, looks like New York will have a Jazz Festival after all next year. CareFusion Corp, a medical technology company, is picking up where flagship sponsor JVC left off and sponsoring events in Newport, Chicago, Monterey, Sydney, Paris and NYC. Hey, what goes better together than medical technology and jazz? NEW YORK –…
JVC Pulls Out of Jazz Festival, But George Wein Still Putting On Some Shows
JVC, the longtime flagship sponsor for New York’s annual Jazz Festival is pulling out this year, putting the festival in limbo until a new sponsor emerges. Terry Shea, a spokesman for JVC made the following statement to the Associated Press: “JVC is proud of its association with the Jazz Festivals, but the marketplace in which…