The 26-year-old Syracuse Jazz Festival is at a crossroads less than two weeks after the end of this year's event. Despite having drawn an estimated 50,000 people over two days this year, Director Frank Malfitano is concerned that the festival may be over."The decision is never up to me," Malfitano says. "Ultimately the decision is up to those people who have the checkbooks and the pens."
Malfitano wants to keep Jazz Fest a free event, but so far does not have a title sponsor for next year. Some of the members of the organizing committee have suggested charging admission to the festival. JGB Enterprises was the title sponsor this year, but says it can't afford to do so again.
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