56th Annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival Begins Feb. 23 | elmhurst.edu/
56th Annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival Begins Feb. 23 | elmhurst.edu/
56th Annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival Begins Feb. 23
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band and the John Pizzarelli Trio will be among the featured performers at this year’s Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, one of the oldest and best-known collegiate festivals in the country.
The exciting lineup of guest artists also includes award-winning jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman, noted jazz drummer and composer/arranger Dennis Mackrel, and acclaimed trumpet player Terell Stafford. They all will also serve as adjudicators at the Festival, which will be held from Thursday, Feb. 23, through Sunday, Feb. 26.
One of the oldest and best-known collegiate jazz festivals in the country, the Elmhurst University Jazz Festival welcomes top college and university jazz bands from across the country to take part in four days of performances and education. The bands take turns performing for some of the greatest names in professional jazz today, who offer critiques and honors, and then give a performance of their own.
Most of this year’s sessions and featured performances will be offered both in person, in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, and via livestream.
The Festival kicks off at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, with the High School Invitational, made possible with the generous support of the Sylvia and William W. Gretsch Memorial Foundation.
College and university band performances begin on Friday, Feb. 24. That evening’s feature performance will be given by Hendelman, Mackrel and Stafford with the renowned Elmhurst University Jazz Band, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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