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Celebrating 40 Years – The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
 Monty Alexander
Some of the musicians scheduled to appear include guitarist and
vocalist John Pizzarelli, the Roy Hargrove Quintet, vocalist Jane
Monheit, Byron Stripling on trumpet and vocals, the Clayton Brothers
Quintet, the Jeff Hamilton Trio, the Four Freshmen, and James Morrison
on trumpet and trombone.
A number of musical tributes also are on tap, including a Nat King Cole
Tribute by Freddy Cole with Monty Alexander, Jeff Hamilton, Christian
McBride and Russell Malone on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The Thursday, Feb. 22
concert will feature a Tribute to Ray Brown by Monty Alexander, Russell
Malone and John Clayton, and also the 30-year reunion of the Monty
Alexander, John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton Trio.
 Freddy Cole © Andrea Canter
The tributes won’t stop there. The festival also will honor Lynn “Doc”
Skinner who retired as executive director of the festival after 35
years. Skinner, with the assistance of jazz great Lionel Hampton, took
the festival from a one-day event to its current four-day jazz
extravaganza that attracts thousands of student musicians and jazz
fans. Earlier this year, Skinner received the DownBeat Achievement
Award for Jazz Education Hall of Fame and was honored by the city of
Moscow with the Mayor’s Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Leading the 2007 festival is new artistic director John Clayton. The
six-time Grammy-nominated bassist, composer, arranger and conductor is
no stranger to the festival–he’s appeared on the festival’s concert
stage for the last 10 years. The Los Angeles Jazz Society recently
honored Clayton and frequent jazz festival performer, drummer Jeff
Hamilton, as the 2006 Tribute Honorees for their contributions to jazz.
Series tickets to all four nightly concerts in the Kibbie-ASUI Activity
Center go on sale Nov. 13, and general ticket sales begin Dec. 4.
Prices range from $22 to $32. They are available at the Idaho Ticket
Office, (208) 885-7212, toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO or online at
www.UItickets.com.
The festival’s student competitions and artist clinics are free and
open to the public. Tickets to the late afternoon student concerts in
the Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center are $5 and available at the door.
2007 Schedule
Artists are scheduled to apprear as of November 1, 2006.
Schedule is subject to change.
Click here for a printable schedule
Wednesday February 21
4:00 p.m. Potlatch Young Artists Concert - Elementary, junior high and
middle school ensembles from the day’s adjudicated performances.
7:30 p.m. Pepsi International Jazz Concert
- - Nat King Cole Tribute by Monty Alexander with Freddy
Cole, Jeff Hamilton, Christian McBride and Russell Malone
- - Benny Green, piano
- - Jeff Hamilton, drums
- - Russell Malone, guitar
- - Christian McBride, bass
- - Claudio Roditi, trumpet
- - Terell Stafford, trumpet
- - Evelyn White, vocals and piano
- - Leonid Vintskevich, piano
- - Lembit Saarsalu, sax
- - Enver Izmailov, tap guitar
Thursday, February 22
7:30 p.m. Horizon Air Ray Brown Special Guest Concert
- - Jane Monheit, vocals
- - Alexander, Clayton, Hamilton Trio 30 year Reunion Tribute with
Monty Alexander with Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton
- - Tribute to Ray Brown by Monty Alexander with Russell Malone and
John Clayton
- - Benny Green, piano
- - Jeff Hamilton, drums
- - Russell Malone, guitar
- - Christian McBride, bass
- - Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocals
- - Roberta Gambarini, vocals
- - Open World Russian All Stars
Friday, February 23
4:45 p.m. Young Vocal Artists Concert - Vocal ensembles from the day’s
high school adjudicated performances
8:00 p.m. Zions Bank All-Star Jazz Concert
- - James Morrison, trumpet and trombone
- - Wycliffe Gordon, trombone
- - Benny Green, piano
- - Jeff Hamilton, drums
- - Russell Malone, guitar
- - Christian McBride, bass
- - The Four Freshmen
- - Dee Daniels, vocals and piano
- - Jeff Hamilton Trio featuring Tamir Hendelman, piano, and
Christoph Luty, bass
- - Igor Butman, sax
- - Bill Watrous, trombone
Saturday February 24
4:45 p.m. Young Instrumental Artists Concert - Instrumental ensembles
from the day’s high school adjudicated performances
8:00 p.m. Avista Giants of Jazz Concert
- - Lionel Hampton New York Big Band with special guest vocalists
John Pizzarelli, Dee Daniels and Roberta Gambarini
- - Roy Hargrove Quintet
- - Frank Sinatra Tribute by John Pizzarelli, guitar and vocals
- - Clayton Brothers Quintet
- - James Morrison, trumpet and trombone
- - Benny Green, piano
- - Jeff Hamilton, drums
- - Russell Malone, guitar
- - Christian McBride, bass
plus some great suprises!
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