Gladys Knight, Al Jarreau & The George Duke Trio, Taj Mahal, Al Di Meola, Ramsey Lewis & Ahmad Jamal and Many Others Highlight This Year's Festival SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced that the 33rd annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival will present a stellar 2010 lineup including the "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight, jazz singer Al Jarreau & the George Duke Trio, legendary blues icon Taj Mahal, guitarist extraordinaire Al Di Meola and two piano legends -- Ramsey Lewis and Ahmad Jamal.

By Greg Haymes, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jul. 1--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- No question about it, Return to Forever was the main attraction at the 31st annual Freihofer's Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Saturday.

By Steve Jones For years, it seemed that Return to Forever would never come back. The supergroup that helped pioneer the revolutionary jazz fusion genre in the '70s has reunited for the first time in 25 years for a 50-city tour of the USA and Europe.

Why has it taken, um, forever, for jazz-rock fusion masters Return to Forever to reunite? It's been 25 years _ which is like forever in the music business _ since the classic 1970s RTF lineup of pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, drummer Lenny White and guitarist Al Di Meola toured together.

By Jon Bream, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jun.