Toronto Jazz Festival
toronto jazz festival jazz event toronto take place day late june early july unlike beach international jazz festival event indoors located throughout downtown core hub festival nathan phillips square location spread across city attracts people city third largest annual music festival next nxne beach international jazz festival incorporating blend jazz style straightahead bop fusion avantgarde taste genre example blue funk rb hiphop latin etc festival something everyone formerly known dumaurier jazz festival ban tobacco advertising federal government forced need new sponsor today festival sponsored td bank since dropped word downtown title originally started festival cofounded executive producer patrick taylor former artistic director jim galloway currently artistic director josh grossman roy thomson hall cn tower metro convention centre three venue inaugural season mile davis roberta flack tony bennett headliner year toronto jazz festival artist interview