Jazz Fest & Jazz Week 2009/2010

For information and tickets call 502 852 6907

Educational Festival: Invitational Letter & Entry Form

Jazz Master Concert

Kenny Barron - solo piano (bio - pdf doc)


Sunday, October 25, 2009
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall
7:30 PM
$20 general admission/$10 students with ID

Sponsored by:
Gist Piano Center
BankingQuestions.com
Accommodations by: Crowne Plaza Hotel
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Fest

Saxophone Concert

Gary Keller – saxophone, with Faculty Jazz Combo (bio - pdf doc)
 

Friday, January 29, 2010
Bird Recital Hall
8:00 PM
$10 general admission/$5 students with ID

Sponsored by: Louisville Jazz Society
Accommodations by: Quality Inn & Suites
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Fest

Jazz Week 2010

Jazz Week – Special Presentation

Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers From Slavery to the Present - One Woman Show
Sandi Russell – musician/actress

"Render Me My Song is a stunning one-woman show with a difference. With the simplest means, Sandi Russell tells a complex and moving story, which raises consciousness without being overly didactic. The twin themes of racial subjugation and gender prejudice are given subtle and varying emphasis, during a recital that alternates literary excerpts and classic vocal repertoire.

Drawing on authors such as Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston and performers Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Oscar Brown and Nina Simone, Russell lays it on the line, whether reading or singing.  On a bare stage, with the most sparse props and minimal musical accompaniment, she takes her audience on a journey of discovery and self-discovery."
- Brian Priestly


Tuesday, February 23, 2019
Bird Recital Hall
8:00 PM
$5

Sponsored by:
Women and Gender Studies Department
Jazz Studies Program
Quality Inn & Suites
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Fest

Jazz Week – International Night

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall
8:00 PM
$10 / $5

Renato Vasconcellos (Brazil) - piano (bio - pdf doc)

Group – To be announced

Open World Jazz Ensemble (Russia)
Group – To be announced

Sponsored by: Mr. Vasconcellos – The School of Music
Open World Jazz Ensemble – Open World Leadership Program
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Week

Jazz Week – Adjudicator’s Night

Thurman Barker - drums (bio - pdf doc)

Jarrad Harris – alto saxophone (bio - pdf doc)

Steve Thomas – trumpet

Frank Sumares – piano (bio - pdf doc)


Jazz Ensemble II – Anderson Pessoa, director

Thursday, February 25, 2010
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall
8:00 PM
$5

Sponsored by: BankingQuestions.com
Accommodations by: Quality Inn & Suites
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Week

Jazz Week – Friday Concert with Valery Ponomarev– trumpet

Friday, February 26, 2010
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall

9:00 –   Noon        Jazz Ensembles /  Combos - free
12:30 – 1:45          Valery Ponomarev – Clinic - free            
2:00 –   5:00         Jazz Ensembles /  Combos - free
5:30 –   7:00         Jamey Aebersold – Jazz Improvisation Clinic – free            
7:45                       Pre-Concert performance by selected participant ensemble
8:00                       Featured concert - $15 / $5

Valery Ponomarev – alto saxophone (bio - pdf doc)

Faculty Jazz Combo:
                         Craig Wagner – guitar
                         Chris Fitzgerald – bass
                        Jason Tiemann - drums
Jazz Ensemble I – John La Barbera, director

Sponsored by: Open World Leadership Program
Accommodations by: Crowne Plaza Hotel
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Week

Jazz Fest – Saturday Concert with Houston Person – saxophone

Saturday, February 27, 2010
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall

9:00 –   11:00        Jazz Ensembles /  Combos – free
11:00 – Noon        Clinics – free
                Jarrad Harris – saxophone    Steve Thomas – trumpet
                                       – trombone     Frank Sumares – piano
               Craig Wagner – guitar           Chris Fitzgerald – bass
               Jason Tiemann – drums           
12:30 – 1:45            Houston Person – Clinic - free
2:00 –   5:00           Jazz Ensembles /  Combos - free
5:30 –   7:00           Jamey Aebersold – Jazz Improvisation Clinic – free            
7:45                         Pre-Concert performance by selected participant ensemble
8:00                         Featured concert - $15 / $5

Houston Person – saxophone (bio - pdf doc)

Photo by Gene Martin/Courtesy of HighNote Records

Faculty Jazz Combo
                 Jim Connerley – piano
                 Tyrone Wheeler – bass
                 Jason Tiemann – drums
                 Jazz Ensemble I – John La Barbera, director
                                   

UofL Jazz Studies ‘All Star’ Award presentation

Sponsored by: Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program
Accommodations by: Crowne Plaza Hotel
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Week

Jazz Master Concert

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall
3:00 PM
$25 / $15

Toots Thielemans – Harmonica (bio - pdf doc)

Kenny Werner - piano (bio - pdf doc)

(duo - Toots only performs in the United States once a year and he will be in Louisville this year)

Sponsored by: Dr. Kenneth Beilman
Open World Leadership Program
Accommodations by: Crowne Plaza Hotel
Steinway by Gist Piano Center: the Official Piano of Jazz Week