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Savannah Music Festival | March 22-April 7, 2012

Jazz

Jazz shows for SMF 2012

SWING CENTRAL SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES

RIVER STREET, ROUSAKIS PLAZA
March 31
11:00AM, FREE

Each of the twelve participating bands from SMF's Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop performs brief sets in this swing showcase on River Street. 

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BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES - THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP

Trustees Theater
March 22
8:30PM, $55, 45, 35, 25 buy tickets

For the first time in 20 years, the original Flecktones puts pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside banjoist/composer Béla Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/drumitarist Roy "Futureman"

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AMERICAN LEGACIES: THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND WITH DEL MCCOURY BAND

Trustees Theater
March 23
8:00PM, $60, 50, 40, 30 buy tickets

Boasting a direct lineage from the earliest incarnations of New Orleans jazz, the current roster of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band features some of the Crescent City's finest and most

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NOON30: CEDAR WALTON, PIANO

Charles H. Morris Center
March 26
12:30PM, $25 buy tickets

This is a very rare solo recital by NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton, who first came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the 60s, in

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PIANO SHOWDOWN

Charles H. Morris Center
March 26
5:30PM, $40 buy tickets

SMF's original "Piano Showdown" productions have captured the hearts of audiences for the past eight years. Our 2012 edition places piano giants Kenny Barron and Cedar Walton alongside young sensations

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PIANO SHOWDOWN

Charles H. Morris Center
March 26
8:00PM, $40 buy tickets

SMF's original "Piano Showdown" productions have captured the hearts of audiences for the past eight years. Our 2012 edition places piano giants Kenny Barron and Cedar Walton alongside young sensations

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NOON30: KENNY BARRON, PIANO

Charles H. Morris Center
March 27
12:30PM, $25 buy tickets

National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Kenny Barron began his career in the 1950s as a teenager, playing with such jazz greats as Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Lee

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HELLO POPS: A CELEBRATION OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG BY WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS

Charles H. Morris Center
March 27
5:30PM, $35 buy tickets

Louis Armstrong (a.k.a. "Pops" and "Satchmo") is arguably the most important and original American musician in history, and this entertaining and original show celebrates his musical legacy with an ensemble

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HELLO POPS: A CELEBRATION OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG BY WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS

Charles H. Morris Center
March 28
7:30PM, $35 buy tickets

Louis Armstrong (a.k.a. "Pops" and "Satchmo") is arguably the most important and original American musician in history, and this entertaining and original show celebrates his musical legacy with an ensemble

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FIRE & FELLOWSHIP: JON FADDIS FEAT. TERELL STAFFORD & SEAN JONES/BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP BAND

Charles H. Morris Center
March 29
6:15PM, $40 buy tickets

This power-packed SMF original double bill features the Savannah debut of the great trumpeter Jon Faddis and his Quartet (David Hazelitine, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Dion Parsons) along with special guest trumpeters

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PINK MARTINI

Lucas Theatre for the Arts
March 29
8:00PM, $70 (gold circle), 60, 50, 40, 30 buy tickets

Pink Martini is a widely celebrated twelve-piece band from Portland, Oregon, performing an unforgettable fusion of Brazilian samba, '30s Cuban dance and Parisian café music. Bandleader and pianist Thomas Lauderdale

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FIRE & FELLOWSHIP: JON FADDIS FEAT. TERELL STAFFORD & SEAN JONES/BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP BAND

Charles H. Morris Center
March 29
9:00PM, $40 buy tickets

This power-packed SMF original double bill features the Savannah debut of the great trumpeter Jon Faddis and his Quartet (David Hazelitine, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Dion Parsons) along with special guest trumpeters

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SWING CENTRAL JAZZ: THE COMPETITION

Lucas Theatre for the Arts
March 30
9:00AM, Free

Twelve high school big bands compete for cash awards and the coveted Faircloth award. Free and open to the public.

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NOON30: JEFF CLAYTON QUARTET

Charles H. Morris Center
March 30
12:30PM, $20 buy tickets

Co-leader of the acclaimed jazz ensemble The Clayton Brothers, reed virtuoso Jeff Clayton is also a dedicated educator and Swing Central Jazz clinician. Mr. Clayton has worked with Frank Sinatra,

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SWINGIN' & WAILIN' / SWING CENTRAL JAZZ FINALE

Lucas Theatre for the Arts
March 30
7:00PM, $52, 42, 32, 22 buy tickets

One of the most exciting original productions of the festival, this evening of swing begins with the top three Swing Central Jazz high school jazz bands participating in a final

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COLE IN THE AFTERNOON: MUSIC OF NAT KING COLE AND COLE PORTER FEAT. FREDDY COLE QUARTET/MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO

Lucas Theatre for the Arts
March 31
3:00PM, $65 (gold) 50, 40, 30, 25 buy tickets

The youngest brother of Nat King Cole, Freddy Cole grew up in Chicago, in a home where visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton. His vocals‚ suave, elegant,

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JOSHUA REDMAN/BRAD MEHLDAU DUO

Trustees Theater
April 6
8:15PM, $55, 45, 35, 25 buy tickets

Saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau, two of the most influential, visible and acclaimed improvisers in jazz, share a vast range of concepts, notions and feelings ripe for exploration.

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