Festivals · First held 1986
Mount Fuji Jazz Festival
Fujiyoshida, Japan
- Location
- Fujiyoshida
- First held
- 1986
Mount Fuji Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in Fujiyoshida, Japan, first held in 1986.
The Mount Fuji Jazz Festival was an annual jazz festival held in August on the shores of Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, from 1986 to 2004. The three-day festival featured musicians from Blue Note Records and others, performing on various stages. Blue Note executive Alfred Lion came to this festival for the first time in 1986. Notable artists who have performed at the Mount Fuji Jazz Festival include Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, James Newton, Albert Collins, Jimmy Smith, Bobby Hutcherson, Michael Brecker, Jackie McLean, The Jazz Messengers, George Kawaguchi, McCoy Tyner, Stanley Jordan, Dianne Reeves, Tony Williams, Chaka Khan, Don Pullen, Sadao Watanabe, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Terumasa Hino, Bob Belden, John Scofield, Lee Ritenour, Hiromi Uehara, Junko Onishi, Us3, Joe Henderson, Shuichi Murakami, and Pat Metheny.
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