The festival this year strikes a lofty tune: "The Preservation and Promotion of Black Classical Music-Jazz." I am already booked.
It runs from June 13 to June 21, 2009, with events hosted at various venues across the island, including Montego Bay and Kingston. And for the last leg of the nine-day festival, on June 20, the jazz moves to Jamaica's beautiful south coast at Treasure Beach in St. Elizabeth, before closing on Father's day (June 21) in Ocho Rios.