Jazz & Rib Fest
July 20-22, 2012
Downtown Columbus Riverfront
Admission is FREE


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Past Headliners  
2011
Nick Colionne
Carmen Lundy Quintet
Christian Scott Quintet
Bobby Sanabria

Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
Big Sams Funky Nation
Dave Koz
Christian McBride and Inside Straight
2010
Afro-Caribbean All-Stars
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Sax Summit featuring Shilts & Jackiem Joyner
Tito Puente Jr.
Johnny O'Neal Trio
Columbus Jazz Orchestra featuring Christian   Howes

Lao Tizer
RnR featuring Rick Braun and Richard Elliot
Joel Harrison Quartet
Ali Jackson Quartet
Mark Lomax Quartet
Alfredo Rodriquez Trio

2009

Brian Simpson Quartet
Stefon Harris & Blackout
Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers
Norman Brown’s Summer Storm starring Alex   Bugnon, Eric Darius and featuring Gail Johnson
Byron Stripling Quartet
Mindi Abair

Donald Harrison
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson performing Bird with   Strings
Lou Donaldson Quartet
Etienne Charles Quintet
Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra with Herlin Riley

2008

Albino!
The Motet
The Either/Orchestra with special guests Mulatu   Astatke, Hana Shenkute, Minale Dagnew and   Setegn Atanaw
Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Sextet
Dafnis Prieto Sextet

Will Bernard
Charles Tolliver Big Band
David Sanborn
Maurice Brown Effect
Eric Person & Meta-Four
Simone
The Curtis Fuller Super Band

2007

Delfeayo Marsalis
James Moody
Diane Schuur
The Headhunters
Robert Glasper
Diego Urcola’s Tango Jazz Quartet

Flora Purim & Airto Moreira
T.S. Monk, Monk on Monk Too
The Winard Harper Sextet
The Groove Collective
Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion
Columbus Jazz Orchestra

2006

Kevin Mahogany and Red Holloway
Papo Vazquez
Kathy Kosins Quartet with guest Shawn   “Thunder” Wallace
Hiromi
Diane Reeves

Spyro Gyro


Lou Hayes & Cannonball Adderley’s Legacy Band
Lafayette Gilchrist
Liquid Soul
Christian Howes and Friends
Mingus Big Band
Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra

*** The Jazz & Rib Fest was presented by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce
from 1996-2005 and information on headliners is unavailable ***

1995

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Spyro Gyro
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band
Betty Carter & her Trio
Columbus Jazz Orchestra  

1994

Tom Scott
Special EFX
Nelson Rangell
Pancho Sanchez

Ramsey Lewis
Norman Brown
Jazz Arts Group featuring Vince Andrews and   Jeanette Williams

1993

Arturo Sandoval
Kim Pensyl
Fattburger

Earl Klugh
Ahmad Jamal
Jazz Arts Group featuring Paquito D’Rivera

1992

Tito Puente
Eddie Palmieri
Jazz Arts Group featuring Diane Schuur

 
1991

Yellowjackets
The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman
Stanley Jordan
Jazz Arts Group featuring Tia Harris and Randy   Brecker

 
1990 1989

Chick Corea Elektric Band
Kim Pensyl
Jazz Arts Group featuring Tia Harris and Eddie   Harris

David Benoit
Hugh Masekela
Kim Pensyl
Jazz Arts Group featuring Benny Golson
1988 1987

Cabo Frio
Levon Helm & the Allstars
Count Basie Orchestra
Jazz Arts Group featuring George Coleman

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Eddie Daniels
Jazz Arts Group featuring Frank Wess

1986

 

Leon Redbone
Buddy Rich
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Kilamanjaro

***1980-1985 featured performances
by Central Ohio musicians***
1985

Don Hales & Selah
Stan Smith Ensemble with Tia Harris
Hank Marr Quintet
Joe Diamond Quintet
Gene Walker’s Generations

Tom Carroll Quartet with Michelle Horsefield
Rusty Bryant Quintet
Vince Andrews Band with Jennifer Price
Jump Street
Jazz Arts Group featuring Mary McClendon

1984

Rusty Bryant
Chuz Alfred Quintet
Hank Marr Sextet with Jeanette Williams
Joe Diamond Quartet

Vince Andrews Band featuring Bobby Floyd
OSU Faculty Jazz Octet
Irie
Jazz Arts Group featuring Clifford Jordan

1983
Cornell Wiley’s Jazz City Workshop Faculty   Quintet
Seeds of Fulfillment
Tom Carroll Quintet with Jeanette Williams
Chuz Alfred Quintet
Vince Andrews Band
Rusty Bryant Quintet
Hank Marr Quintet
Jazz Arts Group featuring Sir Roland Hanna
1982

Bobby Floyd Aggregation with Rusty Bryant
Hank Marr Quintet
Bobby Alston Sextet
Sanctuary

Bobby Pierce and Friends
Seeds of Fulfillment with Jeanette Williams
Joe Diamond and Ornithology
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus featuring Pepper   Adams

1981

Hank Marr Sextet with Monciella Young
Joe Diamond and Ornithology
William Burton Trio
Seeds of Fulfillment with Jeanette Williams
Bobby Floyd Quartet

Bobby Pierce and Friends
Sanctuary with Tonya Rhodes
Columbus Jazz Dream Team
Jazz Arts Group

1980

Bobby Pierce and Friends featuring Ronnie Taylor
  Strata
Keith Henson Octet
Stan Smith Orchestra

Hank Marr Quintet with Debra Rothrock
Orion
Seeds of Fulfillment with Jeanette Williams
Bob Allen Trio
Geoff Tyus