We are pleased to announce that we have two amazing guest artists signed up for February 2009: drummer Tommy Giampietro (http://www.tomgiampietromusic.com/) and his colleague, the incomparable saxophonist with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Jeff Coffin (http://www.jeffcoffin.com/)!
(click HERE to hear Jeff Coffin with the Dave Matthews Band or playing two saxes)
ENTER YOUR BAND IN THE 2009 JAZZ
COMPETITION USING THE 2009 ONLINE ENTRY FORM
YOU MAY ALSO ENTER BY SENDING A PRINTABLE
PDF ENTRY FORM BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2008.
JAZZ SUMMIT 2008 SCHEDULE (PDF)
JAZZ COMPETITION REPERTOIRE FORM
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HERE FOR JAZZ SUMMIT 2008 TICKETS
Grand Finale
Concert
February 28,
2009, 8:00 p.m.
Featuring the Coe College Gold Jazz Ensemble
Sinclair
Auditorium
Coe College
1220 First Avenue
NE
Cedar Rapids,
Iowa 52402
Held annually the last weekend in February, the Jazz Summit features appearances by jazz musicians from throughout the nation and has even, on four occasions, attracted international artists (2000 - Delbert Bernabela, Ivan Quandus; 1994 - Jim Mair, Canada; 1995 - Delbert Bernabela, Ivan Quandus, and Carlos Bislip, Aruba, and Victor Mestas , Venezuela; 1996 - Ignacio Berroa, Cuba). School jazz bands and enthusiastic jazz aficionados from throughout the Midwest flock to Coe College to get clinics from the guests and to hear them perform. The Jazz Summit was founded in 1992 and continues a tradition of jazz festivals at Coe College that stretches back to the 1970's. During this period, the festival has grown from an afternoon event with an evening concert, to a two-day festival encompassing clinics, workshops, jam sessions, a jazz band competition which accommodates almost 1500 musicians from fifty different high school jazz bands, an awards ceremony, and the Grand Finale concert featuring the jazz ensemble from Coe College and performances by the guest artists.
Coe also has a long history of hosting jazz events in a concert setting. Recent guests have included Danny Barber, The Motion Poets, Richard Stoltzman, The United States Army Jazz Ambassadors, The Either/Orchestra, Bobby Shew, and Chick Corea with Bob Berg, John Patitucci and Gary Novak. And it's been a few years, but even the great Louis Armstrong has graced the stage of Sinclair Auditorium.
The Coe College Jazz Summit is the place to be for Jazz at the end of February. Jazz artists from around the nation convene to work with high school and middle school jazz bands from throughout the state, then demonstrate their own expertise in concert with the Coe College Gold Jazz Ensemble. Your students will receive a clinic on your competition repertoire from one of the fine Jazz Summit clinicians, as well as have the opportunity to attend instrument clinics. Concert tickets are still FREE when ordered by mail before February 1! Plan now to schedule your band for the IHSMA-sanctioned Coe College Jazz Summit 2009.
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