And here they are, for MIJF 2009 ; from North America, Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific, we present another line-up of eight international virtuoso jazz performers; the fourth edition since 2006.

Rumba Calzada brings back their hot Latin jazz and salsa to sizzle the senses. Voted as the crowd's favourite to come back for the second time,the Canadian septet will be joined by Jeff Maluleke, his 4-piece band and their African smooth jazz.

The classy Jazz Standards with a classy voice/guitar Malaysian duo in Double Take will be as intimate as the Thompson Big Band is ... well ... BIG. This Singapore 17-piece band will take us down memory lane with sounds of the Forties and beyond.

Alamode (Australia) and Dites 34 (France) will go head to head with their groove oriented Australian Jazz funk and high energy French contemporary Jazz respectively. And raising the beat a bar higher, the wild and percussive Brass Band in Bombay Brass Band will even get your hair dancing.

Wrapping up the 2009 roster is John Neptune's Steps in Time (Japan), where a Japanese jazz shakuhachi master meets Indian percussion for a unique rendition of Asian Jazz.

And folks, to make it even more enticing, we are offering a (1) specially designed MIJF2009 singlet for every purchase of two (2) two-day adult tickets. The offer is set to a limit of 500 singlets, valid for 2 months only from 17 November 2008 - 16 January 2009, whichever one comes first. However, it is only applicable for ticket/s purchase via Ticket Charge's (www.ticketcharge.com.my) office, phone and online system.

This ain't no typical jazz programme folks :-)

Till then...

Warmest regards,

Michael Lu
Organising Chairman
MIJF2009