{"id":1358,"date":"2016-12-02T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2016-12-02T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:01:43","slug":"jill-scott-ll-cool-j-the-roots-and-more-set-for-2017-jazz-in-the-gardens-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/2016\/jill-scott-ll-cool-j-the-roots-and-more-set-for-2017-jazz-in-the-gardens-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Scott, LL Cool J, The Roots and more set for 2017 Jazz in the Gardens festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The headliners and performers for the 12th annual Jazz in the Gardens music festival were announced Wednesday and the lineup includes a mix of jazz, r&amp;b and hip-hop acts that have become a\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens\/article15380627.html\" target=\"_blank\">staple for the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day festival will include a mix of new stars and old-school acts headlined by Jill Scott on Saturday and LL Cool J featuring DJ Z-Trip on Sunday. The other Saturday performers include: Robin Thicke, Herbie Hancock and Morris Day and the Time performing with the Jazz in the Gardens All Stars, a group made up of Will Downing, Chantae Moore and Marion Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>The other Sunday artists include: Andra Day along with Common and The Roots. The festival is expected to add many more artists to the lineup, including\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens\/article67114982.html\" target=\"_blank\">several local performers<\/a>, in the coming months and it will be hosted by comedian Rickey Smiley. Some of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens\/article66982042.html\" target=\"_blank\">this past year\u2019s headliners<\/a>\u00a0included Charlie Wilson, Usher, Janelle Monae and Babyface.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Dec. 2 at\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/\" target=\"_blank\">jazzinthegardens.com<\/a>. The festival takes place March 18 and 19 at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/miami-gardens\/article118278748.html\">SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The headliners and performers for the 12th annual Jazz in the Gardens music festival were announced Wednesday and the lineup includes a mix of jazz, r&amp;b and hip-hop acts that have become a\u00a0staple for the event. The two-day festival will include a mix of new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}