Annual Jazz Festival Breaks it Down on March 31

03/29/2017


The 6th Annual JSU Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, March 31, and will feature eight High School Bands, all 10 JSU Jazz groups, and Grammy-Award Winning Trumpeter Ashlin Parker. Parker will be performing with the Downbeat Award-Winning JSU Jazz Ensemble I at the noon concert.

Schedule of Events

Leone Cole Auditorium:

8:00 a.m. – JSU Jazz Ensemble IV
8:30 a.m. – JSU Jazz Ensemble III
9:00 a.m. – Jacksonville High School
9:30 a.m. – BB Comer High School
10:00 a.m. – Sandy Creek High School
10:30 a.m. – JSU Jazz Ensemble II
11:00 a.m. – Improvisation Clinic (JSU Jazz Faculty)
12:00 noon – JSU Jazz Ensemble I with Ashlin Parker
1:00 p.m. – Meet the Artist with Ashlin Parker
2:00 p.m. – JSU Latin Ensemble
2:30 p.m. – Cartersville High School
3:00 p.m. – Lakeview High School
3:30 p.m. – Baker Jazz Band
4:00 p.m. – Sparkman High School
4:30 p.m. – Baker Big Band
5:00 p.m. – 313th Army Band Jazz Combo

Leone Cole Patio:

9:00 a.m. – Tanner Hill Quartet
10:00 a.m. – Nevala Combo I
2:00 p.m. – Enghauser Combo 2, Justice, Johnson, Hester, Hayes
3:00 p.m. – Enghauser Combo 1, Trio Blue
4:00 p.m. – Enghauser Combo 3, Soul Station Quintet 

This event is in Leone Cole Auditorium, and admission is free. For more information, please contact Andy Nevala at 256-782-5883 or anevala@jsu.edu.