It will be a Grammy Affair at the Caribbean`s best musical festival this
January – the 2010 Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival – as acts like Gladys
Knight, Kenneth `Babyface` Edmonds, Billy Ocean, Erykah Badu, Third
World and The Whispers, take to the main stage in Trelawny, Jamaica.
The line-up of the 14th staging of the annual event recently expanded
with the addition of multiple Grammy-winners, `Babyface` and Erykah Badu.
Babyface will take to the stage on Thursday January 28th at The Greenfield
Stadium in Trelawny along with The Whispers, Joss Stone, Monty Alexander
and Joe Roy Jackson. Babyface has won over 10 Grammys for hits like `Two
Occasions,` `Never Keeping Secrets` and `For The Cool In You.`
On Friday, January 29th, fans can get ready for Erykah Badu, Billy Ocean,
Machel Montano, Robin Banks and the Queens Project – featuring Tamia,
Kelly Price and Deborah Cox.
The festival wraps up on Saturday January 30th with the Empress of Soul,
Gladys Knight along with Third World, Hall & Oates, Jon Secada and Marion
Hall.
The 2010 staging of the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival will be a seven-day
long celebration of The Art of Music that will see the North Coast engulfed in
the awesome sights and sounds of the Turn Key Productions event from
January 24-30.
Jamaica Jazz festival officials are urging all music fans in the U.S., U.K. and
Canada to give themselves an early Christmas gift now by booking a package
to the festival to experience the sights, sounds and magic of sunny Jamaica,
West Indies.
Hotel rates are available from as low as US$46 per person or US$92 for single
occupancy and most hotels will offer shuttle service to the venue. Tickets
and packages are available at www.jamaicajazzandblues.com or by
calling your favorite travel agent.