QUICK TAKES - April 28, 2009

The curtain has fallen on the JVC Jazz Festival New York, and the Big Apple will probably be without a flagship jazz festival until new sponsorship emerges.

A spokesman for the Japanese electronics company said it would not be sponsoring any jazz events in 2009, ending what he called “a productive and successful relationship” dating to 1984, when JVC first attached its name to the New York festival.

Instead of a festival, jazz impresario George Wein is producing under his own name three concerts at Carnegie Hall in late June, when the JVC event usually takes place. Last year’s two-week JVC Jazz Festival New York featured nearly 40 concerts.