Program History

2009
Rayna & Dan Gellert, Garrick Ohlsson, Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, Corey Harris, Phil Wiggins, Daniel Hope, Lorenza Borrani, Keith Robinson, Carla Maria Rodrigues, Josephine Knight, Wu Han, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Eriksen, Tatnall River Shapenote Singers, Bobby Lee Rodgers, Ike Stubblefield, Joe Craven, Dianne Reeves, Andrea Marcovicci (*premiere of SMF-commissioned "Skylark: the Music of Johnny Mercer"), Prazak Quartet, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Mariza, David Finckel, Nathan Davy, Synergy Brass Quintet, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger & Vasen, Wilma Jensen, Benny Kim, Eric Kim, Sebastian Knauer, The Clayton Brothers, Manuel Barrueco, Janette Fishell, Rick Friend, Marcus Roberts, Chick Corea & John McLaughlin's Five Peace Band featuring Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Brian Blade, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Lovell Sisters, Herb Buffington, Bob Seeley, Ian Bostridge with Julius Drake, Ellis Marsalis Quartet, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Ken Peplowski, Howard Paul, Billy Jonas, Zakir Hussain, Shivkumar Sharma, Jared Johnson, Eddie Palmieri, Henry Butler, Aaron Goldberg, Patrick Messina, Caroline Herring, Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II, Joseph Golden, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Feufollet, Neko Case, Crooked Fingers, Savion Glover & the Otherz, Marcus Printup & Southern Soul, Roland Guerin, Jason Marsalis, Ted Nash & Odeon, Bela Fleck's Africa Project with Toumani Diabate, D'Gary and Vusi Mahlasela, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano with Marcus Roberts

2008
Gabriel Grossi & Daniel Santiago, Yundi Li, Blind Boys of Alabama, Adolphus Bell, Steep Canyon Rangers, Jennifer Larmore, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Daniel Hope & Sebastian Knauer, Ali Akbar Moradi, Hamilton de Holanda Quintet, Nappy Brown, Bob Margolin, Rick Friend (Silent Film Accompaniment: "The Scarecrow," "Sherlock, Jr." and "Blackmail"), Jonathan Biss, Emerson String Quartet with Wu Han, Sean Costello, Eric Culberson, Stewart Copeland (premiere of "Celeste"), Red Stick Ramblers, Audra McDonald, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, Pitingo, Modern Skirts, Fa So La Workshop with Richard DeLong, Cherryholmes, Angelique Kidjo, Ana Moura, Tiempo Libre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Garrick Ohlsson, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sweet Singing Harmony Harmoneers, Philip Dukes, Josephine Knight, Patrick Messina, Benny Kim, Kristian Kjos Sorenson, CarlaMaria Rodrigues, Daxun Zhang, Christopher Wu, Keith Robinson, Scrapomatic with Kristina Train, Carl "Sonny" Leyland, Beaux Arts Trio, Piano Showdown (Marcus Roberts, Hank Jones, Carl Leyland and Eric Reed), Derek Trucks Band, Andreas Oberg Quartet, Swinging Around the World (Roberta Gambarini, Hank Jones, Andreas Oberg and Walter Blanding), The World of Slide Guitar (Jerry Douglas, Debashish Bhattacharya, Bob Brozman and Derek Trucks), West Coast Jazz Meets Southern Swing (Eric Reed Trio with Jeff Clayton and Marcus Roberts Trio with Marcus Printup), Yu Kosuge, The One & Only Wycliffe Gordon (premiere of "Welcome to Georgia Town"), Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck with Casey Driessen & Ben Sollee, Swing Central High School Jazz Bands (1st Place - New World School for the Arts (Miami, FL), 2nd Place - Dillard Center for the Arts (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and 3rd Place - Agoura High School (Agoura Hills, CA))

2007
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Susan Tedeschi, Borodin Quartet, Leahy, Anoushka Shankar, John Pizzarelli and the New York All Star Big Band, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Moravec, Plena Libre, William Devan, Edie Hockspeier, Parris Island Marine Band, Tamboricua, Flook, David Finckel and Wu Han, Musica Angelica, Jerry Douglas Band, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Beaux Arts Trio, Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie, Wiener Akademie Baroque Orchestra, Noche Flamenca with Soledad Barrio, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, Porter-Batiste-Stoltz, Pacifica Chorale's John Alexander Singers, Randall Bramblett Band, Shawn Mullins, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Morris Robinson, Mark Padmore, Piano Showdown 2007 (Bob Baldori, Bob Seeley, Marcus Roberts, Terry Waldo), Anne Acker, Le Jazz Hot (John Jorgenson Quintet, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Wycliffe Gordon, Ken Peplowski, James Chirillo, Greg Cohen, Chuck Riggs), Swing Time (Wycliffe Gordon, Ken Peplowski, James Chirillo, Chuck Riggs, Howard Alden, Bucky Pizzarelli), Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp, Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. with Rick Friend, Annika Hope, Josephine Knight, Deborah Workman, Patrick Messina, Savannah Music Festival Mass Choir with James Bignon, Wesleyan Gospel Choir, The Boston Camerata, Randall Williams, Dr. Ron Byrnside, Huxsie Scott, Tina Zenker Williams, Daniel Hope, Benny Kim, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Philip Dukes, Peter Kolkay, Timothy Jones, CarlaMaria Rodrigues, Zuill Bailey, Glenn Fischbach, Uncle Earl, Savannah State University Choir, Harry O'Donoghue, Savannah Arts Academy Chorale, Philippe Entremont and Sebastian Knauer, Savannah Music Festival High School Honors Jazz Band

2006
Emmylou Harris, Living Legends of the Blues (Pinetop Perkins, Nappy Brown, "Steady Rollin'" Bob Margolin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Mookie Brill), Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Andre Watts, Lunasa, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Emerson String Quartet, The Codetalkers, The New York Collegium, Del McCoury Band, Katiana and Marielle Labeque, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (with Buster Keaton's "The General"), The Biscuit Burners, Les Ballet Africains, Brazilian Duets with Mike Marshall and Hamilton de Holanda, Peru Negro, Derek Tricks Band, Oteil and the Peacemakers, Timothy Hall, Rebirth Brass Band, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Piano Showdown (Bob Seeley, Mark Braun, John Cocuzzi and Bob Page), Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters, Kristin Gustafson, Gabor Boldoczki, Matthew Vaughn, Jonathan Moore, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen, James Richardson, Savannah Choral Society, David Russell, Perfecting Praise Chorale, Daniel Hope, Benny Kim, Yuval Gotlibovich, Michael Tree, Annika Hope, Philip Dukes, Zuill Bailey, Sebastian Knauer, Elisabeth Howard, Kathryn Van Eck and Family, Bottles.N.Cans, Sister Barbara McCoy and Members of the First Christian Community Church Choir, Metta Quintet, Brian Taylor, Tim Jones, Patrick Messina, Peter Kolkay, Armstrong Atlantic University Chorus, Ben Tucker, Marcus Roberts Trio with Wycliffe Gordon, Jeff Lewis, Terrence Simien and the Zydeco Experience, Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Dave Samuels, Jacqueline Schwab, Bill Charlap Trio with Slide Hampton and Frank Wess, The Campbell Brothers, The Sweet Singing Harmony Harmoneers, Kenny Carr and the Tigers, Savannah Music Festival Mass Choir with James Bignon

2005
Ballet Pro Musica, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Mando Madness (David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Tony Williamson, Sam Bush, Don Stiernberg, Tony Trischka, Todd Phillips, Darol Anger, David Grier) Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Septet, San Francisco Jazz Collective with Joshua Redman, James Moody's 80th Birthday, The Heath Brothers, Carey and Lurie Bell, Cool John Ferguson, The Magic of Swing Street (Ed Polcer, Barbara Morrison, Wycliffe Gordon, Allan Vache, John Cocuzi, Frank Tate, Joe Ascione, Mark Shane), The Biscuit Burners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Buddy Guy, Bob Margolin, Lee Gates, Cootie Stark, Cool John Ferguson, Cudamani, Menahem Pressler, Richard Goode, The Codetalkers with Col. Bruce Hampton, Derek Trucks Band, David Grisman Quintet, Psychograss, Perpetual Groove, Blueground Undergrass with Rev. Jeff Mosier, East Meets West (Daniel Hope, Derek Trucks, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash, Gaurav Mazumadar, Sandeep Das), Cyrus Chestnut, Ardie Dean, Hansel Creech, U.S. Army Ground Forces Band, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Glenn Fischbach, Annika Hope, Benny Kim, Sebastian Knauer, Josephine Knight, Gro Lovdahl, Jaime Martin, Patrick Messina, Benno Schollum, Hans-Kristian Sorenson, Philip Dukes, Ina Zdorovetchi, Adrianna Zukerman, Mark Gainer, Savannah Music Festival Chamber Orchestra

2004
Beaux Arts Trio, Frederica Von Stade, Mingo Saldivar y Los Cuatro Espadas, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Jose Guitierrez, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Toots Thielemans' Brazilian Project, Marcus Roberts Septet, Derek Trucks Band, Pancho Sanchez, Christopher Taylor, Anton Kuerti, Lewis Nash Septet, Lorenzo Cruz and Marimba Chiapas, David Grisman Quintet, Sebastian Knauer, Daniel Hope, Francois Atlan, Little Freddie King, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, John Dee Holeman and David Butler, Hubert Sumlin with the Nighthawks, Little Freddie King, Wycliffe Gordon, The Codetalkers with Colonel Bruce Hampton, Dick Hyman Trio, Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson/Marcus Printup Quintet featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Anointed Jackson Singers, Hadra des Femmes de Taroudant, Yungchen Lhamo, The Tallis Scholars, The Benedetto Players (Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Frank Vignola, Martin Taylor, Jimmy Bruno, Roland Guerin, Jason Marsalis), Gene K. Jarvis, Mark K. Williams, James C. Richardson, Edie Hockspeier, Irene Federn, Steven Branyon, Savannah Symphony Players, Kim Polote, John Wesley Wright, Alice Tillotson, Andrew Garland

2003
Blind Boys of Alabama, Cyrus Chestnut, Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Corund, Tamas Kocsis, Jiri Barta, Gerre Hancock, Martin Stadtfeld, Tien-Yi and Shih-Yi Chang, Robert Plano, Gilles Vonsattel, Timothy Hall and Friends, Brian J. Taylor, Edie Hockspeier, Tina Zenker Williams, James Richardson, Richard L. Myers, Gene L. Jarvis, Marcus Roberts, Cootie Stark, Essie Mae Brooks, Drink Small, Cool John Ferguson, Artie Dean, Sol Creach, Tim Duffy, Kristina Beaty and Friends, Rosie Ledet, Wycliffe Gordon