Toronto Jazz Festival
The TD Toronto Jazz Festival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Toronto for ten days since 1987 at the end of June and beginning of July . The organizer is the non-profit organization Toronto Downtown Jazz; Jim Galloway was the musical director from its inception until 2009 .
The venues are spread across the city in 40 places, with a focus on Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto. The festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Some of the performances are free.
Jazz musicians such as Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie , Sarah Vaughan , Cab Calloway , Ray Charles , Oscar Peterson , Dave Brubeck , Sonny Rollins , Sun Ra , Pat Metheny , Wynton Marsalis , Herbie Hancock , Stan Getz , Keith Jarrett , Wynton Marsalis, Diana performed here Claw on.
Until tobacco advertising was banned, it was called the Du Maurier Jazz Festival . The presented TD comes from sponsor Toronto Dominion Bank .
It follows the North by Northeast Festival in Toronto in June. A ten-day Toronto Beaches Jazz Festival (Beaches International Jazz Festival) also follows in July in The Beaches neighborhood on Lake Ontario.