San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival
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Buchanan High School presents the San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival, February 5th and 6th 2010 at Buchanan High School in Clovis CA, and at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall on the campus of Clovis North High School in Fresno, CA. For more information, visit: http://www.sjvjf.net/.
February 5th & 6th 2010
Presented by Buchanan High School
 The 22nd annual San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival takes place Friday February 5th and Saturday February 6th 2010 at Buchanan High School
in Clovis and at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall in Fresno. The event
features top student jazz ensembles, performing in competition
throughout the day, and special headline artists in showcase
performances. All events are open to the public. This year's guest
artists include the innovative improvisational group Kneebody. The event is produced by the Buchanan High School Jazz Program. Jazz Fresno is a sponsor of the event. Visit the festival website for more details about this year's festival at
http://www.sjvjf.net/.
About the San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival:
The San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival was founded in 1989 by Paul
Shaghoian. After being held at the D&D Ranch in Madera, CA, it was
moved to San Joaquin Memorial High School, and finally to Buchanan High
School in 1992. During the festival’s 21 years in existence the central
valley has seen some of the nation’s top musicians and jazz educators
during it’s numerous two day runs in February. Such notables have
included educators, Larry Sutherland, Gene Aitken, Neil Slater, George
Stone, Aaron Lington and James Miley to name a few. The performance
line-ups have been a virtual who’s who of performers throughout the
state and nation and have included Bobby Shew, Frank Mantooth, Jim
Snidero, Glenn Kostur, Jeff Uusitalo, Carl Saunders, Gary Hobbs, Dave
Rickenburg, John Gove, Lanny Morgan, Tim Ries, Michael Davis, Brian
Lynch, Peter Epstein, Terell Stafford and in 2009 David Binney.
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