TRI C JAZZ FEST 2013

Tri-C JazzFest Opening Night Party - "We're Gonna Have a Funky Good Time" April 19, 2013 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Join us for the Tri-C JazzFest opening night party, “We’re Gonna’ Have a Funky Good Time” at Playhouse Square in the State Theatre Lobby from 5-7pm celebrating the opening of the festival. The event is free and MORE>>
	Tri-C JazzFest: Aaron Neville & Dr. John April 19, 2013 (8:00 PM - ) A night of soul, stomp and swamp. Two icons of New Orleans-based jazz, pop and blues, Aaron Neville and Dr. John, share the stage for a Crescent-City celebration. Aaron Neville has lent his trademark vibrato to hit songs with p MORE>> Buy JazzFest Tickets
	Tri-C JazzFest: Robert Glasper Experiment April 20, 2013 (2:00 PM - ) “ Pianist Robert Glasper heads down the fraught path of hip-hop jazz and gets it right. With music this smart and inviting, the implied diss of mainstream doesn’t feel like sour grapes; it feels like a blueprint forward.” — Rolling Stone MORE>> Buy JazzFest Tickets
	Tri-C JazzFest: Kenny Garrett April 20, 2013 (4:30 PM - ) Kenny Garrett has become the pre-eminent alto saxophonist of his generation. From his first gig with the Duke Ellington Orchestra through his time spent with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw Miles Davis and Art Blakey & The Jazz Mess MORE>> Buy JazzFest Tickets
	Tri-C JazzFest: Smooth Jazz All-Stars April 20, 2013 (8:00 PM - ) MARC ANTOINE, RICHARD ELLIOT, KEIKO MATSUI, MARION MEADOWS, PHIL PERRY, BRIAN SIMPSON Performer/composer Brian Simpson brings together a stellar lineup for an evening of contemporary jazz. Tokyoborn keyboardist Keiko Matsui fuses Eastern, MORE>> Buy JazzFest Tickets
	Tri-C JazzFest: Dex@90 April 21, 2013 (7:00 PM - ) February 2013 marks what would be the 90th birthday of Dexter Gordon. Known for a sound as big as his 6’ 6” frame, “Long, tall Dexter” was one of the most influential tenor players and the first to translate the language of bebop to the tenor saxopho MORE>>
	Tri-C JazzFest: Dex@90 April 21, 2013 (9:00 PM - ) February 2013 marks what would be the 90th birthday of Dexter Gordon. Known for a sound as big as his 6’ 6” frame, “Long, tall Dexter” was one of the most influential tenor players and the first to translate the language of bebop to the tenor saxopho MORE>>
	Tri-C JazzFest: Orrin Evans Trio & Jazz Academy of Metropolitan Washington DC April 22, 2013 (7:30 PM - ) See the future of jazz with some of today’s most exciting young artists. With $15 tickets and free parking, these concerts are the best buy for savvy music fans and newbies alike. MORE>>
	Tri-C JazzFest: Dominick Farinacci, Cecile McLorin-Salvant, Aaron Diehl, & the Tri-C Jazz Fest All Stars April 23, 2013 (7:30 PM - ) See the future of jazz with some of today’s most exciting young artists. With $15 tickets and free parking, these concerts are the best buy for savvy music fans and newbies alike. MORE>>
Tri-C JazzFest: Natalie Cole and special guests Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra One of the most beloved and versatile performers of our era, singer, songwriter and actress Natalie Cole has topped charts in pop, jazz and rhythm & blues through songs of love and connection. The daughter of legendarypianist/vocalist Nat “King” Cole debuted in 1975 with the album Inseparable, featuring the No. 1 hit single “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love).” The album earned Cole two of her nine Grammy Awards. In 1991, she grabbed headlines with a recording of the song “Unforgettable” in which she sang a duet with her late father. The NAACP Image Awards have honored her twice as an Outstanding Jazz Artist and once for her second career as an actress. Natalie Cole will be performing with special guests Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra. READ MORE	Tri-C JazzFest: Anat Cohen & The Rimon Jazz Institute Ensemble & Tri-C Jazz Studies Workshop Ensemble April 24, 2013 (7:30 PM - ) See the future of jazz with some of today’s most exciting young artists. With $15 tickets and free parking, these concerts are the best buy for savvy music fans and newbies alike.