10th Annual Prescott Jazz Summit

Written by Administrator | 03 June 2010

AUG 27-29 PRESCOTT
Prescott Jazz Summit

10th Annual Prescott Jazz Summit
Join Jazz Legends for Three-Day Music Event
 
The 10th Annual Prescott Jazz Summit takes place August 27-29 in Prescott, Arizona. More than 40 local and national jazz musicians will perform a series of concerts and events designed to bring the best of jazz to northern Arizona and raise funds for local school music departments and jazz camp scholarships.
 
Festival Director Mike Vax of Friends of Big Band Jazz, a nonprofit organization, has brought together a group of international jazz legends that includes Fred Radke-leader of the Harry James Orchestra, Bill Tole-leader of the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Dennis Roland-vocalist with The Count Basie Orchestra, Rusty Higgins-studio great from Los Angeles, Judy Roberts, Greg Fishman, Scott Whitfield, Gary Hobbs, and many others. Arizona jazz favorites include Jack Petersen, Ted Sistrunk, Joel Robin, Frankie and Rosemary Chavez, and Tony Vacca, plus local school bands and the Prescott Jazz Summit Youth Band.
 
“Jazz is America's true art form and the Prescott Jazz Summit is dedicated to perpetuating that art and creating enthusiasm for jazz music,” said Festival Director Mike Vax, an international artist in his own right who played lead trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and the Clark Terry Big Band, and now leads the Stan Kenton Alumni Band.
 
Blaise Lantana of radio station KJZZ and Sandy Moss of radio stations KQNA/KPPV will serve as mistresses of ceremonies for the event, which kicks off at noon on August 27th with a free concert at Prescott's Courthouse Square. Tickets to the other concerts and events, including Friday and Saturday concerts, Sunday afternoon concerts, and a Sunday jazz brunch at the Hassayampa Inn, range from $25 to $40, plus a special scholarship fundraising “meet the musicians” dinner and concert at $110, with all weekend concert passes at $85, and all weekend Patron passes at $200, which include the fundraising dinner and the jazz brunch.
 
Tickets are for sale on our website (check for early-bird special pricing before August 1st). The host hotel is the Hassayampa Inn. There are many special hotel packages - information on the website.
 
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www.prescottjazz.com