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News Release
February 21, 2007
Boise State University's Gene Harris Jazz Festival Celebrates
10th Year with Tribute to the Piano Great
The 10th Gene Harris Jazz Festival will honor the legacy of the late piano great
with an all-star concert and new acts during the festival, April 4-7. Highlights
of this year’s festival include:
• April 4: Club Night, 5:30-10:30 p.m. at various locations in downtown Boise.
Acts include Paul Tillotson, winning high school bands, the Boise State Vocal
Jazz Ensemble, Billy Mitchell and Cherie Buckner, the 6th Street Collective,
Justin Neilson, Jeff Baker, the Gene Harris All-Stars, Pete Peterson and the
Frim Fram Fellas and Nima and Merge.
Special performances include a concert by New Orleans musician Henry Butler,
part of a full-access program co-sponsored by Idaho Parents Unlimited. This
program is designed to be accessible and will feature methods to make the music
more enjoyable to people with hearing or visual impairments. An artist will
“paint” music on a large canvas as it is being played and American Sign Language
interpreters will participate. In addition “Forever Fabulous: A Musical
Conversation” will feature Jo Thompson, who will recall her memories of such
jazz greats as Billie Holiday. For a complete Club Night schedule, visit
www.geneharris.org.
• April 5: The Roger Kellaway Trio and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, 7:30 p.m.
at Qwest Arena. Kellaway is a noted pianist who has played with greats such as
Elvis, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Joni Mitchell. Gordon Goodwin’s Big
Phat Band is an 18-piece jazz ensemble that was recently nominated for two
Grammy awards: Best Instrumental Arrangement and Best Engineered Album,
Non-Classical.
• April 6: Jon Faddis with the Boise State Big Band and A Tribute to Gene
Harris, 7:30 p.m. at Qwest Arena. Faddis has been called “the world’s greatest
trumpeter.” The Tribute to Gene Harris features musicians who knew and played
with Harris, including Luther Hughes, Ron Eschete, Paul Kreibeck, Frank Potenza,
Tillotson, The Cannonball/Coltrane Project and Niki Haris, his daughter.
• April 5-6: Student clinics and competitions, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Boise State
Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Free and open to the public.
• April 7: Gospel Concert, 2 p.m. at the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Free.
Tickets to the Gene Harris Jazz Festival are available through the Qwest Arena
Box Office at (208) 331-8497 or toll-free at (888) 330-8497;
www.qwestarenaidaho.com or in
person at the box office. All-
Festival passes are on sale until Feb. 28. New this year are subscriber
packages, which include discounts for tickets as well as Gene Harris Jazz
Festival gear. For more information, visit
http://www.boisestatebooks.com
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Contact: Brad Peters, Gene Harris Jazz Festival, (208) 426-3099 or
bpeters@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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