Sacramento Jazz Festival
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- Parent Category: Other Festivals
- Category: Music
- Published on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 05:00
- Written by FFestivalTraveler Staff
The 38th annual Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee runs Memorial Day Weekend, May 
27 - 30, 2011 at numerous venues in Old Sacramento, including the refurbished Delta King River Boat (afloat on the Sacramento River), and The Convention Center Area at the Hyatt Regency and the Sheraton Grand Hotels along with other venues in Sacramento, California.
THe 2011 "Emperor" of the 38th annual Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee is Tom Rigney, who appears with his band, Flambeau.
Specialty concerts and events:
- Opening Day Parade on Friday
- Swing Dance Contest on Saturday
- Gospel Sets on Sunday
- Memorial Day Salute to Service
With more than 400 sets of live music in 20 venues with over 70 bands, Featured Music covers all the bases, including:
- Traditional jazz, also known as Dixieland or classic jazz, inspired by Louis Armstrong
- Swing music, inspired by big band music of the '30s and '40s.
- Blues, inspired by American roots music of the Mississippi Delta
- New Orleans 2nd-line & street beat
- Zydeco party music
- Soulful rhythm & blues
- Ragtime and early jazz
- Straight-ahead & mainstream jazz
- Latin jazz and mariachi music
- Marching bands
- Jazz orchestras
- Youth bands
- Tributes and specialty concerts
- Banjo performances
Featured Artists:
- Banu Gibson & New Orleans Hot Jazz
- Black Dogs
- Carl "Sonny" Leyland, 2010 Inductee, Boogie-Woogie Piano Hall of Fame
- Hal Smith's International Sextet
- Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, Grammy nominee for Best Zydeco/Cajun CD
- Neville Dickie & Danny Coots
- The Tin Men (Matt Perrine, Alex McMurray, Washboard Chaz)
- Vince Bartels’ Swing Quintet
Classic Jazz & Swing Bands include:
- 101st Army Dixieland Jazz Band
- Big Mama Sue Quartet
- Catsnjammer Jazz Band
- Dr. Bach & the Jazz Practitioners
- Dutch's Gramercy Six
- Fulton Street Jazz Band
- Miss Margie & the Hot Five
- Natural Gas Jazz Band
- Pearl Django
- Red Skunk Jipzee Swing Band
- Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
- Shelley Burns & Avalon Swing
- Wally's Warehouse Waifs
Straight-ahead & Mainstream Jazz:
- Capital Jazz Project
- Beth Duncan Quintet
- Jerry Krahn Band
- Vivian Lee Quintet
- Jim Martinez Quintet
Zydeco Bands:
- Gator Beat
- Mark St. Mary Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band
- Tom Rigney & Flambeau
Blues Bands:
- Catfish & the Crawdaddies
- Delta Wires
- Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers
- Sacramento Blues Revue
Tribute Bands:
- James Garner "Johnny Cash Tribute"
- Rhythm Vandals "Tribute to Santana"
- Steelin' Dan "The Music of Steely Dan"
In addition, Drexel University's Jazz Master Class Series presents well-known musicians speaking at the high-tech campus in Old Sac.
For more information, go to www.sacjazz.com.
Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee
Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 - 30, 2011
Delta King Paddlewheel Saloon
1000 Front Street
Sacramento, CA
1-800-825-5464
www.deltaking.com
Hyatt Ballroom
209 L Street
Sacramento, CA
916-443-1234
Sheraton Ballroom
1230 J Street
Sacramento, CA
916-447-1700
plus other venues in Sacramento