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        • John Worley's Mo Chi Sextet performing Miles Davis Kind of Blue
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Press Releases

2022 Press Releases

SLO Jazz Festival selects return date in September 2022 with more days, stages, festival events, and special benefits for sponsors. 
Rozella Apel receives special scholarship to #3 Liberal Arts School after attending SLO Summer Jazz Workshop. 

2018 Press Releases

The 5th Annual 2018 SLO Jazz Festival is POSTPONED - new shows announced to keep JAZZ ALIVE in SLO
2018 SLO Jazz Festival returns May 18-19, 2018 with SERGIO MENDES

2017 Press Releases

Sept 2017 - Morovino and Costa de Oro take Gold & Silver at the first SLO Jazz Festival “Wine Tasting Competition
2017 SLO Jazz Festival Press Release
SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL RETURNS WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING PONCHO SANCHEZ AND HIS LATIN JAZZ BAND, THE PURPLE ONES: INSATIABLE TRIBUTE TO PRINCE, GRAMMY AWARD WINNING AIRTO MOREIRA & EYEDENTITY FEATURING DIANA PURIM and MORE. PRESS RELEASE with PHOTOS ATTACHED.

2016 Press Releases

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​May 2016: the 2016 SLO Jazz Festival post festival Press Release
May 2016: Rebirth Brass Band's Official Statement re: 2016 SLO Jazz Fest
March 2016: Announcing the 2016 SLO Jazz Festival
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2015 Releases

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April 4, 2015 - Paul McCandless, Grammy Award Winning saxophonist, opens the 2015 SLO Jazz Festival with Bay Area Group Charged Particles

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Press Release from March 31, 2015:
Alfano Motorcars Presents: the 2nd Annual Mercedes-Benz SLO Jazz Festival, May 16, 2015 from 11am - 10pm, featuring Joshua Redman Quartet, presented by GoDaddy.

Press Releases from 2014

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SLO Jazz Festival: 2017 events in Press

We have our 2017 SLO Jazz Festival coming May 20.
Press Release ATTACHED.

SLO Jazz Festival: 2016 events in press

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Tolosa Press: 2016 SLO Jazz Festival Stirs Motion in SLO
New Times:  Glen Starkey covers the bands performing at 2016 SLO Jazz Festival
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SLO Tribune: SLO Jazz Festival Returns For A 3rd Year of Music

SLO Jazz Festival Events in the Press in 2015

Tolosa Press:
Ad announcing Joshua Redman Quartet as Headliner for the Alfano Motorcars Presents: the 2nd Annual 2015 Mercedes-Benz SLO Jazz Festival - April 2, 2015 Tolosa Press

New Times:
Ad announcing Joshua Redman Quartet as Headliner for the Alfano Motorcars Presents: the 2nd Annual 2015 Mercedes-Benz SLO Jazz Festival - April 2, 2015 New Times

Events in Press 
2014

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For interviews with the SLO Jazz Festival Founder and Executive Director, contact scott @ slojazzfest . org (without spaces) or call 805-459-6939.
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For additional information, please contact us for additional photos, video, or audio. Please read the press releases, they have much of the information you need. For the personal story of how this organization came to bring the 2015 SLO Jazz Festival, we'd love to share with you for a featured article!

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ALL SPONSORSHIPS OF THE 2023 SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL, and MEMBERSHIPS in the 2023 SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL JAZZ SOCIETY benefit our EDUCATION PROGRAM and bring more MUSIC EVENTS to the CITY and COUNTY of SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA. SLO Jazz Festival, Inc. is 501(c)3 NON-PROFIT organization and a proud member of the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.All memberships and sponsorships of SLO Jazz Festival, and our events are bound by the SLO Jazz Festival Rev 6 Terms updated Sept 4, 2019 agreement. 

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