Portrait photograph of the young Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton playing with an early jazz band

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On Wednesday college and university students will perform after the evening concert at Gambinos a local restaurant.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday one hour before each evening concert - where student soloists jam on their own stage in the Kibbie Dome.


Concert Schedule

 Jazz Is . . .
Discovery

Wednesday, February 24

SUB Ballroom - 8:00 p.m.
In every performance Jazz is made new and every generation adds a layer of depth and richness to the musical legacy. Experience tomorrow’s music today with some of the hottest young players in Jazz. Step into the future in the intimate, renovated SUB Ballroom. You don’t want to be left out. Young Artist concert to be announced.

All Star Quartet
Josh Nelson - Piano
Kevin Kanner - Drums
David Wong - Bass
Graham Dechter - Guitar		 Gerald Clayton Trio
featuring
Gerald Clayton - Piano
Justin Brown - Drums
Joe Sanders - Bass

Additional Young Artists - TBA
Friends & Family
Thursday, February 24

Ray Brown Tribute Concert Kibbie Dome - 8:00 p.m.
Music is a language, sometimes intimate, often boisterous, always layered with experience and life profoundly lived. Two great families of Jazz and three generations of acclaimed musicians command an evening swinging with the love of life.
Sponsored by Horizon Airlines

ClaytonBrothers Quintet
John Clayton - Bass
Jeff Clayton - Sax
Gerald Clayton - Piano
Obed Calviere - Drums
Terrell Stafford - Trumpet 		The Pizzarelli Family
Bucky Pizzarelli - Guitar
John Pizzarelli - Guitar
Jessica Molaskey - Vocals
Martin Pizzarelli - Bass
Tony Tedsco - Drums
Larry Fuller - Piano
Blues & Sacred Roots
Friday, February 26

Kibbie Dome - 8:30 p.m.
The roots of Jazz run deep in the soul of the American experience. African-American Spirituals, Gospel Music, and the Blues provide the deep well from which Jazz is nourished. Step into this river of living history and be lifted onto the shoulders of musical wisdom.
Sponsored by Pepsi

Cyrus Chestnut-Piano
Dee Daniels with Lionel Hampton
Jazz Festival
Gospel Choir
Taj Mahal Trio
Taj Mahal – Guitar and Banjo
Bill Rich – Bass
Kester Smith – Drums
A Party
Saturday, February 27

Kibbie Dome - 8:30 p.m. with a dance floor
Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller and Count Basie all knew how to throw a party. They put the best musicians in the world on the bandstand and turned them loose to swing hard and long. The dance floors will be down, the musicians will be primed and ready and the Kibbie Dome swinging like a gate.
Sponsored by Avista
 
The Lionel Hampton New York Big Band featuring Dee Daniels
Scott Hamilton – Sax
James Morrison – Trombone, Trumpet, etc.
Ken Peplowski – Clarinet and Sax
Chuck Redd – Vibes
Terell Stafford – Trumpet

 Young Artist Concerts
Thursday Friday Saturday
Potlatch Young Artists Concert at 4 p.m. Elementary, Junior High and Middle School ensembles from the day's adjudicated performance. Young Artists Concert at 4:30 pm Vocal ensembles from the day's High School adjudicated performances. Wells Fargo Young Artists Concert at 4:30 p.m.
Instrumental ensembles from the day's High School adjudicated performances.