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- “The biggest and best festival in the world.” —The London
Observer*
- “The San Francisco Jazz Festival has once again laid its claim as one of America’s
premier cultural events.” — Los Angeles Times*
- “The finest such jazz event this city has ever seen and heard...superb festival.”
— The San Francisco Chronicle*
- “The nation’s best jazz Festival.” — Pittsburg Post-Gazette*
- "…for three full weeks in the fall, the City by the Bay is the jazz capital
of the world.” — USA Today*
- “A little bit for everyone and a whole lotta soul.” — 7x7
Magazine*
- “…when it comes to delivering America’s great indigenous musical
form, the San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) is by far the biggest player on the
West Coast…” — Contra Costa Times*
- “Three years ago the San Francisco Jazz Organization expanded into [SFJAZZ],
which presents concerts year round in overlapping series. …with top notch jazz
stars and the latest to make a buzz.” — New York Times*
- “…SFJAZZ indeed steps out with singular style.” — Los
Angeles Times*
- “…something New Yorkers could get jealous about.” —The
New York Times*
- “The leading jazz institution on the West Coast.” — Chicago
Tribune*
- “The folks who built the San Francisco Jazz Festival into a national powerhouse
have taken the first major steps toward creating a year-round institution.” —
Chicago Tribune*
- “SFJAZZ has grown into a non-profit civic institution of international significance.”
— San Francisco Bay Guardian*
- “…one of the most important and influential jazz events on the West Coast.”
— Los Angeles Times*
- “SFJAZZ has grown into one of the country’s most innovative jazz organizations,
second only to New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in visibility and prestige.”
— Contra Costa Times*
- “SFJAZZ has demonstrated that jazz can flourish in an institution much like
those created to present classical European art forms.” — Contra Costa
Times*
- “It looks like the best thematic programming in an American jazz-slash-world-music
festival, with each night organized according to a valid musical idea or at least the
semblance of one.” — The New York Times*
- “The City’s swankiest showcase for aural sophisticates.” —
SF Weekly*
- “Possibly the country’s best jazz festival.” — The New
YorkTimes*
- “The pre-eminent event of its kind in the United States.” —
Chicago Tribune*
- “The crown jewel among American jazz festivals.” — Chicago
Tribune*
- “A model festival.” —Boston Globe*
- “Exceptionally well programmed.” —International Herald Tribune*
- “The San Francisco Jazz Festival is a festival of firsts… a show you don’t
get to see every day.” — San Jose Mercury News*
- On the basis of the opening days of this year’s anniversary edition, SFJAZZ
deserved high marks in its accommodation of both community and development.” —Jazz
Times Magazine*
*Full attribution not available
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