Presented by Fresno City College
 Fresno City College presents the 20th anniversary edition of the City Jazz Festival Thursday March 25th and Friday March 26th. The festival features performances by dozens of top junior high and high school jazz ensembles, plus evening concerts with guest jazz stars. This year Rolling Stones saxophonist Tim Ries is the guest artist in the Thursday night March 25th awards concert. And the festival is capped off on Friday March 26th with a performance by the GRAMMY nominated Tierney Sutton Band. All concert performances take place at the Fresno City College Theatre.
This year the festival also features a new series of off campus events leading up the festival. Join the Valley’s finest jazz artists and students at the City Jazz Cafe at the Revue (620 E. Olive in Fresno’s Tower District). And it is free!
http://www.cityjazzfestival.com
Monday March 22nd: Karen Marguth & Espacio, Buchanan HS Jazz Combo
Tuesday March 23rd: Mike Dana Trio, Bullard HS Jazz Combo
Wednesday March 24th: Jimmy Emerzian, CSU Fresno Jazz Combo
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 Jazz @ the Library
Jazz On Fire: Jazz Inspired by Fahrenheit 451
Featuring a discussion by Les Nunes
Tuesday March 16th 2010 - 7:00 PM
- Woodard Park Regional Library
Jazz artist and educator Les Nunes will present a concert of jazz compositions from the 1960’s during the time Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451. The music, some original, presented will mirror the themes and plots of this influential book. This Jazz @ the Library event coincides with The Big Read 2010, an event coordinated by the Fresno County Public Library.
More info about other Jazz @ the Library events...
Support for Jazz @ the Library comes from the Community Enrichment
Program, administered by the Fresno Arts Council and from the Fresno
County Public Library.
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 The City of Brotherly Love isn't just the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution - it's also one of the great jazz cities of the world. In this Jazz @ the Library event, Philadelphia native and jazz pianist Vince DiCiccio will tell us more about Philly's rich jazz legacy, and some of the finest players from the city, both big stars and relative unknowns. The list of players who were born in, or lived in Philadelphia is impressive: John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Philly Joe Jones, Shirley Scott, Ray Bryant, Bobby Timmons, The Heath Brothers (Percy, Jimmy & Albert), Benny Golson, Hank Mobley, Micheal Brecker, Joey DeFrancesco, and dozens more.
Jazz @ the Library - Jazz From Philly - Featuring a discussion led by Vince DiCiccio
Tuesday April 20th 2010 - 7:00 PM - Woodard Park Regional Library
More info about other Jazz @ the Library events...
Support for Jazz @ the Library comes from the Community Enrichment Program, administered by the Fresno Arts Council and from the Fresno County Public Library.
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1st, 3rd & 4th Sundays of the Month at Tokyo Garden
For nearly five years, local jazz fans and musicians have had a home at one of Fresno's longtime restaurants and music venues, Tokyo Garden,
located 1711 Fulton Street in downtown Fresno. On the first
Sunday of every month, local pianist and jazz educator Craig Von Berg
hosts a jam session with his trio, featuring John Lauffenburger on bass
and Brian Hamada on drums. On the third Sunday of the month, jazz
guitarist and Director of Jazz Studies at Fresno City College, Mike
Dana hosts the session, with his band. On the fourth Sunday of the month the jam is hosted by pianist David Aus and guitarist Andre Bush. The sessions begin at 6:00pm.
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