Thornton Winery, Temecula
Tickets for the entire 2008 Champagne Jazz Series are on-sale now. Please enjoy our 20th year of presenting the nations most acclaimed Smooth Jazz artist's in Concert at Temecula's finest Winery!
Whether you enjoy a seat adjacent to the fountain, up close in the first few rows or a
table for four on the east patio, our ticket office staff will be happy to create a special
package just for you.
Season tickets featured reserved seating, individual general admission single concert tickets and Gourmet Supper packages are available.
Internet orders through this web site are for General admission seating only.
Gourmet Supper Packages prepared by the award winning CAFE
CHAMPAGNE are available during each performance.
The package includes a pre assigned reserved table under a covered patio, a three course gourmet meal served during the performance, tax and gratuity. Seating is available for large parties and arrangements for birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions can be arranged by our staff in advance. Early reservations are highly recommended, as seating is limited. Gourmet Supper Packages Reservations can only be made by phone - internet sales are for General Admission tickets only.
Our Jazz Grill - offering a selection of Fresh BBQ items including fruits and salads are also available during the performances.
Dining is also available in CAFE CHAMPAGNE after the concerts. Reservations and walk-ins are welcome.
Concert seating begins 1 hour prior to show time. No outside food or beverages are allowed inside our facility during the concerts. PLEASE NOTE: Open containers of alcohol are not allowed in the parking lot area of the Winery at any time.
Please call our Box Office to make your arrangements for the 2008 Series today: (951) 699-3021
Performers
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
As an internationally known guitarist, composer and producer of gold- and platinum-selling albums, Ottmar Liebert is an artist whose music still hovers almost magically outside of any convenient category. INNAMORARE/Summer Flamenco, his new Epic release, finds Liebert and his GROUP Luna Negra drawing FROM a diverse palette of influences that includes not only the traditional Flamenco style that has woven its way through Liebert's signature guitar sound over the years, but also jazz, classical, Afro-beat, funk, merengue and any number of dance rhythms FROM around the world. Add to this a festive atmos-phere of heightened emotion, and Liebert finds himself in almost the same blissful mood that surrounded his debut, Nouveau Flamenco, released nearly a decade ago. |  | Norman Brown
Norman Brown displays a gentility, power and immense talent on the jazz guitar. His impressive finger work offers a musical range FROM pulsating and aggressive to frisky, melodic and sensual. Norman comfortably breezes through Latin-styles, contemporary jazz, Caribbean-flavored rhythms, R&B, pop and hip-hop as is heard on his latest CD Just Chillin'. |  | Peter White
Guitarist Peter White brings his intimately engaging style and wry humor to the evening. Although White is often recognized for his adept skills as a guitarist, he firmly believes in the importance of presenting a great song over great musicianship. "My manager once told me not to let the playing get in the way of the song and I've always remembered that," recalled White. White's latest CD on Sony Records, Playin' Favorites, marks his tenth solo release. |  | Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale, the former NBA star, is now shining even brighter with bass in hand. With his newest single “Get Down On It,” and the masterpiece album from which it was born titled Way Up (featuring Eric Benet, Jonathan Butler, George Duke, Bob James, Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber and Kirk Whalum), it is apparent that Tisdale came to play in 2006. He is both literally and figuratively the biggest star in jazz today. |  |
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