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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Receives Grant from Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Posted: Tuesday, February 7 MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Foundation has received $20,000 from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to support the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. This is the second consecutive year the foundation has chosen to bestow this grant to the university in support of the festival. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation was established in 1988 by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. Th...
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Seeks Volunteers

Posted: Thursday, January 12 MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is seeking volunteers to help manage student performance sites, transport artists and general setup of the festivities during the 45th Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Feb. 22-25. The festival attracts world class artists and more than 10,000 students and guests from over 150 schools. It takes more than 500 volunteers ...
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Jazz Fest Announces New Commemorative Button Program

Posted: Monday, January 9 MOSCOW, Idaho – The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival announced the creation of an exciting new commemorative button program, in celebration of the festival’s 45th anniversary year. The collectible buttons, featuring festival graphics, will allow the purchaser to receive discounts at area merchants during the month of February. People also can register to win prizes through the program, inc...
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Tickets for Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Available Dec. 2

Posted: Monday, November 21 2011 MOSCOW, Idaho – Tickets for the 2012 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, Dec. 2. The University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival celebrates its 45th anniversary with jazz, funk, gospel and soul during the four-day winter festival in Moscow, Idaho, which runs Feb. 22-25. Tickets are available for all nights with prices ranging from $25 - $...
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Funk and Gospel Join Jazz at 2012 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

Posted: Wednesday, October 19 2011 MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival celebrates its 45th anniversary with jazz, funk and gospel during the four-day winter festival in Moscow, Idaho, which runs Feb. 22-25. The 2012 festival will highlight “Mentors and Masters: Partners Shaping Tomorrow.” “It’s fitting to focus on our mentors and masters, since the Lionel Hampton Jazz ...
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival: Lionel Hampton Big Band, Jimmy Heath, Carmen Bradford and more

Saturday, February 26 2011 The Lionel Hampton Big Band, joined by Jimmy Heath, will lead the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Saturday evening concert. The band will include vocalist Carmen Bradford as well as drummer Ed Shaughnessy and tenor sax Pete Christlieb, both of who played with “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” band. Special guests are common on Saturdays as well. The 2011 festival will wrap up with a special...
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival: The Manhattan Transfer and the Victor Wooten Band

Friday, February 25 2011 The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Friday evening concert, presented by Alaska Airlines, features The Manhattan Transfer, a multiple Grammy Award-winning vocal group that has been performing for more than 30 years with their current line-up. Friday night also will feature the Victor Wooten Band. Wooten, an innovator, composer, arranger, lecturer, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumental, is a five...
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival: 3-Concert Evening

Thursday, February 24 2011 The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival evening concerts, presented by Pepsi, will feature a new “festival seating” format in which three separate groups will be performing at staggered times at three different locations on campus. The new Thursday format will allow people to move from venue to venue to be able to catch multiple sets or stay and watch two sets of their favorite performer if desired. Th...
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival: Jimmy Heath, Terrell Stafford and More

Wednesday, February 23 2011 The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Wednesday evening concert lineup, presented by Avista Corp., features National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Jimmy Heath, who is acclaimed for his distinctive sound on tenor, and is a fluid soprano and flute player and a very talented arranger and composer. Wednesday night’s performances will also include the Lionel Hampton All-Star Rhythm Section, compromis...
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Local Artists Celebrate Jazz Festival

Posted: Wednesday, February 16 2011 Written by Steven Nelson   MOSCOW, Idaho – Jazz enthusiasts attending this year’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will have the opportunity to explore art displays sharing the festivals theme: Explorations of the Heart. In partnership with the Moscow Arts Commission and the Moscow Chamber of Commerce, area artists will create window displays with local businesses. The window displays will be i...
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