Idaho is known for its potatoes, not its incredible jazz clubs. So why do the greatest jazz icons of all time choose to play in the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival?

Lynn “Doc” Skinner, the festival’s director from 1976 to 2007, said musi-cians come for the chance to play for a young audience — students whose lives can be altered by what they hear at a concert. This is why Lionel Hampton wrote a $15,000 check as an endowment for the festival the first time he played in 1984.

“He told me, ‘I believe in what you’re doing ... I want to see it stay around,” Skinner said.

Before Hampton visited Idaho the festival existed as the Univer-sity of Idaho Jazz Festival, which debuted in 1968.

Kevin Woelfel, director of the UI Lionel Hampton School of Music, said he first attended the jazz festival in the mid-‘70s as a junior high and high school student. The festival only hosted one guest appear-ance at that time, but Woelfel said he was still in awe when the performer played with the number one jazz band from the UI music school. He said the student experi-ence is different now.

“You’d come down during the day and play your 15 minutes and you’d get a 15-min-ute critique,” Woelfel said. “Then you’d go to maybe a clinic with the big artist and then go to the concert. After that you’d go to the local pizza place and hang out with the art-ist and the University of Idaho students for a few hours.”

Woelfel said high school students’ time was much less scripted and the best part of attending Jazz Fest was hanging out on campus, pretending he was a col-lege student. He said his favorite experi-ence was meeting Clark Terry, a world-class trumpeter.

“He was the guest artist the year that I won the outstanding jazz solo,” Woelfel said. “That was just a wonderful experience and he gave me his business card, which I still have. I carried it around with me for a long time.”

Woelfel said the hallmark of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival is the personal nature of it, which he experienced with Terry. He said Terry sat down with him and talked about trumpeting, sharing his

years of knowledge and expertise. Dwina Howey, the festival’s artistic rela-

tions director, said the festival grew through word of mouth. She said artists don’t come to UI because it pays great or because it sounds like a fun place to go in February, they come because other great names tell them to.

In 1981, Ella Fitzgerald headlined at the festival, something Skinner said he worked hard to make happen. He said he traveled around the country and Canada doing workshops and people were amazed by the artists coming to UI. This created a snowball effect and more and more schools traveled to the festival.

Lionel Hampton changed the future of the festival. After Hampton made his donation and expressed interest in the festival, Skinner suggested to UI’s president that the name be changed and in 1985 the Lionel Hampton Interna-

tional Jazz Festival became the first jazz festival to be named after a musician.

Skinner said Hampton never missed the festival until his death in August 2002.

Howey said she loved the liveliness Hampton exuded when he played. He would be up and down the aisles, playing in people’s faces, really engaging the audience, she said.

“He would never stop playing ... a couple times his band almost walked out on him they were so tired,” Howey said.

She said the memory that stands out for her is the last time Hamtpon played at UI.

“He forgot the words to his song, so the audience sang it for him ... It was just amazing to see how much they loved him,” Howey said.

Many other great musicians have performed in the Kibbie Dome and Memorial Gym, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Diana Krall, Gerry Mul-ligan, Ray Brown, Benny Golson, Stan Getz, Victor Wooten and Roy Hargrove.

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From Fitzgerald to Wooten, famous jazz has been played at UI

History happens here

He (Lionel Hampton) would never stop playing... a couple of times his band almost walked out on him they were so tired.” U

Dwina Howey

Skinner said he could never pinpoint a favorite moment among his years of being Jazz Festival director because every year had something special about it. But there is something he remembered artists always telling him about why they traveled in the middle of winter to frosted Northern Idaho,

“They said, ‘There is something magic hap-pening here, Doc. It doesn’t happen

at any other place in the world we play,’” Skinner said.

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Victor Wooten performs with the

Victor Wooten Band Feb. 25,2011 in the

Kibbie Dome for the Lionnel Hampton International Jazz

Festival.

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The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music puts its best jazz performers on stage this year with Anat Cohen and Paquito D’Rivera.

For only the second time since 1986, UI Jazz Band I students will be playing on stage with interna-tional musicians, said Vern Sielert, director of jazz studies.

“The history of the festival, as I understand it, when it began in the ’60s as the University of Idaho Jazz Festival, was one guest artist play-ing with the U of I band”, Sielert said. “It’s been a long time since that happened.”

Sielert, who has been teaching jazz band at UI for six years, has a long personal history with the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. When he taught at the University of Washington, he brought his own band to play in the adjudicated stu-dent competitions.

“I have been involved from all angles as an adjudicator, as an edu-cator, as a performer,” Sielert said.

Sielert said he understands the importance of the education that happens during Jazz Festival.

“It’s an opportunity for these students to be showcased,” Sielert said. “We have great students, and there is no better way for them to learn.”

Sielert said Jazz Band 1 is the top tier of jazz bands at UI. There are three student jazz bands in the mu-sic department and each requires students to audition to participate every semester.

“(Jazz Band I) showcases our best competitors,” he said. “There’s a big difference between musicians at the high school level, in college, in real life.”

Every jazz band at UI is set up in the style of traditional big bands, Sielert said. This set-up includes four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones and a four-piece rhythm section.

This year’s lead alto saxophonist is Jasmine Hankey, a UI junior and veteran of Jazz Band I.

“This is my third semester in Jazz Band I,” she said. “It’s really great, but really terrifying.”

Hankey said each student in the band is required to sight-read mu-

sic — reading and playing a sheet of music that they haven’t seen or practiced before — as well as be able to improvise, a common

feature of American jazz.Playing on-stage with renowned

musicians is “a mixture of terror and awe,” Hankey said, and a lot of hard work, but when it all starts to click it is worth it.

Hankey said each of the saxo-phonists sacrifices even their bod-ies for practice leading up to the festival.

“We all have raw slits under our mouths (from their reeds) from all the practice,” she said.

Jack Lee, UI senior and guitarist for Jazz Band I, said the hard work is the same for the other instruments.

“We were given all the music for the festival six to seven weeks ago,” Lee said. “That seems like a long time, but each time you are given music, you have to show the direc-tor that you have it under your fingers by the next rehearsal.”

Hankey said she spends about 15 hours a week leading up to the festival on Jazz Band I music alone — three hours of rehearsal every week, plus six hours of sectional practice and six hours of practice at home.

“It’s a lot of fun, but so stress-ful,” she said.

Lee said Jazz Festival is a great musical opportunity.

“You don’t get to hear this kind of music at this level in Moscow (outside of the festival),” Lee said.

Sielert said the work the stu-dents put into their performance is not just about the music, but the opportunity to play with interna-tional headliner musicians.

“They work fast and furious to learn their stuff to play on-stage with these master musicians,” Siel-ert said. “It takes dedication, hard work and persistence.”

Last year, when his band opened for Terell Stafford, known for his trumpet playing ability, Sielert said he was struck by the look of awe in his students’ eyes.

“What I will always remember is the immediate reaction of my students getting inspired,” Sielert said. “It’s worth the admission cost, but you also get to hear some truly great music.”

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Playing with professionals

more informationJazz Band I will play on-stage with Anat Cohen and Paquito D’Rivera at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Union Building ballroom.

Jazz Band I takes notes from the best through performance

alex aguirre | argonautBrendan Burns, instrumental performance major, practices in the Lionel Hamption School of Music building Monday with Jazz Band I as its prepare for their performance Wednesday. They will perform onstage with Anat Cohen and Paquito D’Rivera at 8 p.m. in the Student Union Building ballroom.

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Considering the heavy workload taken on by Uni-versity of Idaho students, free time can be lim-ited. Sometimes students’ downtime is best spent relaxing with a good movie or catching up with friends. However, using free time to volunteer for a worthy cause is both gratifying and great for the community.

The Lio-nel Hampton International Jazz Festival is here and many students are volunteering for the event. Blake Brintnall, UI junior, is volunteering as a site manager for the 2012 Jazz Festival.

Brintnall said his duties include running the site, managing volunteers, talk-ing to directors and mak-ing sure everything goes smoothly. Site manager is a position Brintnall has worked his way up to.

“As a freshman, I was a volunteer at the same site that I’m managing now,” Brintnall said. “Last year I helped out too. This year I’m actually taking the class. It’s a month-and-a-half class that tells you how to do everything and runs you through it.”

Brintnall said his volun-teer experience began when someone in his living group asked for help.

“They put me in charge of it, and I was in charge of running around, getting guys to that site,” Brintnall said. “Well, me being a freshman in this living group, it wasn’t exactly the easiest thing to do, but I got some help from the upper-classmen,

and that’s basically where it started for Jazz Fest.”

Brintnall said there are many things he’s enjoyed through his Jazz Fest volun-teer experience.

“It’s been rewarding in the sense that you’re getting up at the crack

of dawn, and you’re working hard for a cause, versus wasting the day away,” Brintnall said. “You’re help-ing your school, you’re helping your community — it’s bigger than yourself.”

Taryn Ball, UI junior, is also vol-unteering as a site manager, oversee-ing the Student

Union Building ballroom. “I am in a living group

on campus and I’m the Philanthropy Chair, so in December, I knew that (the Jazz Festival) was com-ing up and I knew that it’s something that we par-ticipate in every year, so I wanted to get a leg up,” Ball said.

She said part of her duties will include “greet-ing the students and the directors when they come in, making sure they go from each different stage, whether it’s where they drop off their equipment, to the practice/warm-up room or to the actual per-formance, and then to the critique room if they are being critiqued.”

Ball said some of the basic volunteers are “run-ners” who guide students to and from rooms and stage managers who make sure the stages get set up.

“It’s not the first year I’ve volunteered for Lionel Hampton,” Ball said. “In the past I just went to the site and volunteered, and was

essentially that runner.”If students are interested

in volunteering, Ball said get involved and the sooner the better.

“I would definitely jump on it early enough,” Ball said. “When they send out those emails wanting volun-teers, look to see what kind of sites you’re interested in.”

Samantha Flaherty, UI junior, works in the Lionel Hampton office with stu-dents who want to volun-teer for the festival.

“I am the volunteer coor-dinator’s intern, so basically I do the paperwork,” Flaherty said. “We went around to

all the Greek houses and handed out flyers. We gave them information to sign up, because most of them sign up every year.”

Even though volunteer-ing can be tiring, Flaherty said students shouldn’t un-derestimate the importance of donating their time.

“Just keep a positive at-titude, because I know the days can be long, but it’s a really good program for the university,” Flaherty said. “It gets our name out there, and it’s really important to the community too.”

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If you are planning to get jazzy this week, there are a few things you need to remember to make the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival experience enjoyable — for you and everyone else.

First, there is an important distinction to be made between student performances and the concerts. Steven Remington, executive director of Jazz Festi-val, said band directors and their young charges often travel great distances and prepare all year to have their performances evaluat-ed by professionals. At the student performances, it’s important to be respectful of the students’ time and effort by being courteous and giving students the quiet they need to focus.

The most important tenet is to turn off your cell phone. Additional-ly, there is no outside food allowed in the student performances.

The professional concerts are much more casual. There are concessions, and dancing and conversations are encouraged, and applause is welcome at any time. There are a couple guidelines to follow during performances and they are important to remember.

“Like gravity, they are not just an idea, they are the law,” Reming-ton said.

Video or audio recording of the concerts and performances are not allowed. In addition to these being disrespectful, doing so is a violation of the law.

Flash photography is also forbid-den.

The most important things to remember at the Jazz Fest are common sense, courtesy and respect for others. Some people have been waiting all year for this opportunity to be immersed in jazz, and being disrespectful will spoil their fun.

As rapper Atmosphere often advises his fans at concerts, “Have a good time, but don’t let your good time infringe upon the rights of other people’s good times.”

Nicole Lichtenberg can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu.

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Making Jazz Fest possible

file photo by zach edwards | argonautVeronica Hennessey teaches a group of dancers the basic move of the merengue, which is a Latin dance. The dance clinic took place in the Physical Education Building Feb. 26, 2011 afternoon as part of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival.

Student volunteers help events run smoothly

You’re helping your school, you’re helping your community — it’s bigger than yourself.” UI

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For all those who want to know what happened to the funk, Tower of Power has kept things bumping for the past 43 years and tenor saxophone man Emilio Castillo said they plan on keeping the funk alive until they drop.

The Oakland-based band will bring its unique brand of “urban soul” to the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival stage Saturday.

Castillo, the de facto leader of the 10-man band, said the secret behind the decades of sold-out shows world-wide is soul power.

“You can have all the musicianship in the world,” Castillo said. “But you gotta have soul.”

Tower of Power’s legendary horn section is famous for playing some of the tightest grooves on the planet. Combine that with a “world-class” rhythm section and vocalist, and

Castillo said Tower of Power is the same relentlessly frenetic show it was in 1970.

Castillo promised to be a wake-up call for Moscow jazz fans and to jump them out of their seats in this era of sleepy, smooth jazz.

Castillo and Stephen “Doc” Kupka founded the band in 1968, after Kupka’s signature baritone saxophone sound impressed Castillo during an audition at his house.

The band has always worked tire-lessly to be the tightest thing around, Castillo said.

“We always rehearsed — sometimes five days a week,” Castillo said. “We had a day off, then back to it. (Now) we just know how to be tight — it’s ingrained.”

The hard work paid off with notable hits “What is Hip” and “You’re Still A Young Man” that made the group a commercial success in the 1970s.

The band has evolved in the decades since. Some 60 different musicians

have played with the group, including Saturday Night Live band-leader Lenny Pickett. Castillo, Kupka, drummer David Garibaldi and bassist “Rocco” Prestia, are the only four left from the original group. Tower of Power refuses to let changes affect, which is a little easier considering, musicians from all around line up for a chance at per-forming with Tower.

“It looks good on the resume if you spend time with Tower of Power,” Castillo said.

Castillo said Tower of Power has had some “lean times.” Many in the group lived hard — the booze and drugs that ruin so many music careers took their toll. Tower of Power also went without a record contract for a stretch of nearly a decade, relying exclusively on the endless touring.

Castillo turned things around and got clean in 1988, and Doc followed suit the next year.

“We started to live right,” Castillo said.

“It’s been a lot easier when we’re sober.” Tower of Power got a new contract

soon after, but Castillo said even in the hard times, the group was never undermined.

“I can say unequivocally we are all good friends,” he said. “The gig is a small part of the day, we hire a high caliber person with principles of life.”

Fans of Tower of Power will tell you that it is all about the live show. The energy and performance style honed by the years on the road mean fans at this year’s Jazz Festival, Castillo said, are in for a true Tower experience.

Their time atop the charts may be long gone, Castillo said, but Tower has refused to compromise.

“We make the music that pleases us,” Castillo said.

Something about 43 years of sold-out shows hints that Tower of Power con-tinues to please audiences worldwide.

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courtesy photo from tower of powerStephen “Doc” Kupka of Tower Of Power perfoms at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. The band will perform during the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival Saturday in the Kibbie Dome.

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Moscow High jazz choir instructor Joel Pals grew up with the jazz festival in his backyard, which served as inspi-ration in his pursuit of music.

“I enjoyed participating in instru-mental music classes in junior high and high school,” Pals said. “My teachers ... inspired me to teach music.”

Pals has had the chance to experience the 45-year-old tradition of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in a myriad of ways: As a University of Idaho student, festival volunteer, per-former, and now, director.

“My undergraduate degree is a Bach-elor of Music Education from the Uni-versity of Idaho,” Pals said. “I (also) have a Master of Music in performance from the UI.”

His love of education and music were also inspired by educators at UI.

“At the UI, Dan Bukvich, Bob Mc-

Curdy and Al Gemberling were my mentors in the study of jazz,” Pals said. “(They were all) models for me in how to teach jazz style.”

Main figures associated with the jazz festival also influenced Pals future within the world of music educa-tion. Lionel Hampton and Lynn J. “Doc” Skin-ner, one of the festi-val’s former executive directors, left him with memories of one partic-ular performance on the main stage.

“One of my fondest memories of the Jazz Festival is ‘Hamp’ passing the micro-phone to me and some of my friends during one of the evening concerts in the Kibbie Dome,” Pals said. “He

praised us for singing so well at the concert ... talk about encouragement.”

Pals has been teaching music at Mos-cow High and Junior High Schools for five years, but has taught at the high

school and junior high levels for 17 years total. Even with this experi-ence, Pals said some aspects of preparing for the festival still take much longer than others.

“Deciding on songs and arranging them or adapting existing ar-rangements takes a lot of time,” Pals said. “It is worth it in a rehearsal ...

because the students will learn faster if it is a good fit for their abilities.”

During the festival, nearly every stage UI has to offer is filled with jazz bands,

ensembles, solo performers, jazz choirs and workshops and instrumental clinics led by musicians and education profes-sionals. The Jazz Fes-tival is a convenient opportunity for Mos-cow High and Junior High students to learn and perform.

“Students have the opportunity to hear jazz year round thanks to the University of Idaho ensembles,” Pals said. “I love seeing the students grow through their expe-riences in perfor-mance, critique time with the festival judge and in workshops and clinics that they see during the day.”

Many directors will turn the festival weekend into a series of learning experi-ences, offering students a wide range of educational opportunities.

“We attend one or two workshops as a group, three to five performances by other schools ... then we attend the Young Artist Concert together in the Kib-bie Dome,” Pals said. “My students have to complete an evaluation form for the groups we observe.”

Making the trip from Montana

Seventeen empty chairs wait for the band to file onstage, and cast shadows on the floor from the glare of the spot-light above. The room goes silent. One of

the adjudicators clicks one finger down on a small stopwatch as members of the

Blue Notes emerge into the light.

“The programs in the bigger cities are amazing. Very in-spiring,” said Dusty Molyneaux, director of bands in Great Falls, Mont..

Molyneaux and the Great Falls High School jazz ensem-ble, the Blue Notes, make the 416-mile trip from Great Falls to Moscow to com-pete in the Lionel Hampton Interna-tional Jazz Festival as an all-around learn-

ing experience. “It’s worth it, whether the group is

fundraising, selecting songs or putting practice hours into pre-festival rehearsal,” Moly-neaux said.

Moscow’s population is small in comparison to other significant “jazz capitol cities,” such as New Orleans and New York, but the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival was award-ed a National Medal of Arts in 2007 — the most prestigious arts award in the nation.

Some jazz bands in the region are based on an “extra-curricular” for-mat and meet outside of class hours.

Great Falls High School, on the other hand, offers participation in the jazz ensemble as a daily class, which is an opportunity for Molyneaux to meet with her students regularly and coach them in the language of jazz. When it comes time to prepare the class for their Jazz Fest performance, the lim-ited class-time is used to its utmost potential.

“We are lucky that our jazz band meets as a class during the day that the kids get credit for,” Molyneaux said. “So we have been rehearsing every day since mid January for this performance.”

Aside from crossing three mountain passes in wintry conditions, acquir-ing a budget to fund the trip is one of the hardest aspects of traveling to Moscow. Molyneaux and her students worked hard to find the resources to get to Jazz Fest.

“Raising the money is (a) huge (part of it),” Molyneaux said. “We do a mas-

sive fruit sale every year to earn money to travel with for all the bands.”

When traveling long distances on limited budgets, high schools often find innovative ways to cut expenses.

“We travel with the other high school in town to try and share some of the costs,” Mo-lyneaux said. “(To try to) keep it affordable for

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During the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, jazz music is everywhere — especially within the halls of Moscow High School.

“One of my fondest memories of the Jazz Festival is ‘Hamp’ passing the microphone to me and some of my friends during one of the evening concerts in the Kibbie Dome. He praised us for singing so well at the concert ... talk about encouragement.”

Joel Pals, Moscow High jazz choir instructor

The Moscow High Jazz Choir will be

performing at 10:20 a.m. Friday at the

LDS Stake 1 site on Warbonnet Drive.

The GFHS Blue Notes will be

performing at 1 p.m. Saturday in

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Jazz is rooted in the human experi-ence. It’s a conversation. It’s a beat. It’s all American.

“It’s about going on a date with your girl, or having that first dance, or trying to say I love you in a way that doesn’t completely embarrass yourself,” Brad Howey said. “That’s wrapped up in jazz.”

Howey taught jazz for 11 years in Alaska before coming to the University of Idaho to earn a doctorate in educa-tion. While in Alaska, he even started his own jazz festival.

Amazing technique, attitude and ability can come through in a good jazz performance, he said.

“But underneath all that, you hear dances, and you hear romance, and you hear love songs,” Howey said. “That’s part of the tradition of jazz. Where it began, and where it continues to go.”

Howey said jazz songs touch on those familiar moments.

“Sad is still sad, the blues are still the blues,” Howey said. “When you wake up in the morning after pulling an all nighter, or that assignment didn’t come out the way you want, or your funding — your bills are stacking up, and you just can’t get a grip on life — those are the blues.”

Jazz is a conversationSarah Dramstad, UI instrumental

performance senior, said jazz is best defined by musical improvisation.

“Improvisation is essentially on-the-spot composition,” Dramstad said. “Because of that, you can really do whatever you want and it can be right.”

Howey said improvisation comes from skill, hard work and an under-standing of the music.

“Improvisation is also about the community on the stage,” Howey said. “So one musician signals to another, or a certain direction that a musician wants to go, those concerts maybe have one rehearsal, maybe none.”

Howey said the concert is an impro-visation.

“The musicians don’t even know what’s going to happen,” Howey said. “In a way, we’re all a part of that com-position that happens in that moment. We’re all a part of that art experience.”

The music in a jazz concert is unique to the time and place, and may never be replicated, he said.

Dramstad said jazz allows the musi-cian to play in a tight-knit ensemble.

“It’s also an opportunity for a person to express individual musical desires,” Dramstad said. “People’s thoughts — expressions.”

A democracy where the ensemble plays the melody and individuals can play solos, Dramstad said.

“It gives each musician an opportu-nity to express something,” Dramstad said. “And then they go back to playing together, so it’s (a) really democratic art form that allows each musician to have their own say. But then you come back together and you finish the tune together.”

Dramstad said when improvising, the musician works with sets of notes and chords that go together.

“You understand the harmonies, and you spontaneously create the melody that goes well with them, with the harmony,” Dramstad said. “Some people are really thematic, and take one little idea and start to repeat it.”

Others play with longer phrases and

use different vocabulary, Dramstad said.

Jazz is a beatVern Sielert, director of jazz stud-

ies with the Lionel Hampton School of Music, said the rhythmic element, the groove, in jazz is what connects the music.

“That can be a lot of different things in jazz,” Sielert said. “That can be swing style, it can be Latin jazz, it can be jazz that is combined with rock elements. But the most important thing is the groove, because it started out as dance music.”

Jazz is a combination of elements from Africa, Europe and South America, Sielert said.

“(It) all sort of melded together in the Southern United States around New Orleans, and spread across this country that way,” Sielert said. “It’s gone through a lot of different relationships with dif-ferent kinds of music. With Latin dance, there’s combining jazz with classical music, or country and rock’n’roll.”

Sielert said the music and dance

of jazz were a symbiotic relationship contributing to each other as the genre grew.

“Swing dancing and swing music, that was a part of jazz, that was huge,” Sielert said. “That was fueled by the dancers.”

Jazz is AmericanHowey said modern rock music grew

out of jazz.“You can hear some of the (Rolling)

Stones in there, you can hear some of the – (insert) whatever great rock and roll (name) that you’d like to,” Howey said. “It’s in there, because their inspira-tion came from the jazz musician’s ap-proach to music, that was uniquely dif-ferent than anything that came before.”

Sielert said jazz is the only art form that developed in the U.S.

“We could use the term American classical music,” Sielert said. “It seems like it would be great if students knew more about this music. They may not think they like jazz, but maybe take a chance and go to a concert.”

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alex aguirre | argonautSarah Dramstad, junior in saxophone performance and music composition, plays a tune outside the Lionel Hampton School of Music Monday. Dramstad said she started playing jazz in middle school.

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SUB: Student Union Building, 709 Deakin Ave., 2nd floor

GMC: Gritman Medical Center, 700 South Main Street

PEB: Physical Education Building, 1060 Rayburn St.

HPH: Haddock Performance Hall in the Lionel Hampton School of Music, 1010 Blake Ave.

ABA: Administration Building Auditorium, 851 Campus Drive

KPAC: Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 South Main St.

LDSI: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute, 902 Deakin Ave.

BOARH: Borah Theatre in the SUB, 709 Deakin Ave., 2nd floor

events calendarwednesday locations key

10:30- 11:30 a.m. The Responsibility of an Artist Anat CohenBorah

1:30-2:30 p.m.Vocal Improvisation: Letting Rhythm Lead the Way Rosana EckertBorah

Jazz Culture and Swing RhythmEli YaminABA

3:15-4 p.m.Latin Dance: Have Some Salsa FunMartin Wellness Center in GMC

4-5 p.m. Smooth Ballroom: American Foxtrot Martin Wellness Center in GMC

5-6 p.m.Jazz to Classical and Back AgainPaquito D’Rivera with Alex BrownSUB ballroom

8 p.m.“Swing Out, Blow Out” SUB ballroom Paquito D’Rivera and Anat Cohen with the All-Star Quartet featuring Josh Nelson, Ben Williams, Graham Dechter and Kevin Kanner and the Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 1

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thursday9:30-10:30 a.m.Roots of SwingSwing DevilsPEB 212

10-11 a.m. Free Improvising, A Great Place to StartEli YaminBorah

Learning from the Jazz MasterCorey ChristiansenKiva Theater

Telling your Story: Solo Piano Technique and MethodsJosh NelsonHPH

Swing DanceSwing DevilsPEB 110

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.Understanding Through Stories and Songs with Bob Athayde Blind Boys of AlabamaSUB ballroom

SteppinMary HellerPEB 212

11 a.m.-12 p.m.Hip HopChristine Maxwell PEB 110

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Mentors in my life Ira Nepus Borah

Beginning Jazz Improvisation for Elementary and Middle School StudentsSherry LuchetteKiva Theater

Singing BalladsSara Gazerk accompanied by Josh Nelson HPH

Move itDiane Walker PEB 212

12-1 p.m. Ray Brown: Memvories and Magic Karriem Riggins and Larry FullerSUB ballroom

Swing DanceSwing Devils PEB 110

12:30-1:30 p.m.Broadway JazzGreg Halloran PEB 212

1-2 p.m.Role of Guitar in the Jazz Band and Small Combo Corey Christiansen Borah

Jazz Culture and Swing Rhythm Eli YaminKiva Theater

Leading a New Beneration Paquito D’Rivera HPH

Hip Hop Belle BaggsPEB 110

1:30-2:30 p.m.Rhythm TapFawn Youngdahl and Sara Skinner PEB 212

2-3 p.m. Bollywood BeMovedMary Heller

PEB 110

2:30-3:30 p.m.Beginning Jazz Improvisation for Elementary and Middle School StudentsSherry LuchetteBorah

The Essence of Jazz Performance Style from Louis Armstrong to Paul McCartneyIra Nepus Kiva Theater

Seriously FunMatt Wilson Arts and CraftsABA

Rhythmical JazzBelle BaggsPEB 212

4:30Young Artist Concerts Kibbie Dome

6:30Hamp’s Club 6:30 p.m.Kibbie Dome

7:30 and 9 p.m.Ray Brown Tribute featuring John Clayton, Larry Fuller and Karriem RigginsSUB ballroom

8 and 9:30 p.m.Sara Gazarek and Carmen Bradford with Rickey Woodard and the All-Star QuartetHPH

8:30 and 10:00 p.m.Matt Wilson’s Art and Crafts featuring Terell Stafford, Larry Goldings and Martin WindABA

file photos by amrah canul | argonautTurner-Jones Connection and “The Matt Montgomery Duo” (page 9) perform at Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub and The Red Door Restaurant Saturday, Feb. 25, as part of “Late Night Jams” in the 2011 Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, where professionals and hobbyists alike volunteer to be the night’s entertainment at participating coffee shops and restaurants.

friday9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.Sing and Swing Carmen Bradford Borah Theater in the SUB

9:30-10:30 a.m.The Essence of Jazz from Louis Armstrong to Paul McCartney Ira NepusKiva Theater

Musical ExplorationsRicky Woodard Nuart Theatre

SteppinMary HellerPEB 212

10-11 a.m. Drumming Basics to Advanced TechKevin KannerKPAC

Singing with Piano Solo Sara Gazerak and Larry Goldings ABA

Elements of Giving a Great Performance Jon Pugh LDSI

Swing Dance Swing DevilsPEB 110

10:30-11:30 a.m.Move it!Diane WalkerPEB 212

11 a.m.-12 p.m. Practice like a Pro

Jon Harnum Kiva Theater

Hip Hop Christine Maxwell PEB 110

11 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.Jazz and Drama: Building Jazz Communities WorldwideEli YaminNuart Theatre

11:30 – 12:30The Best Musical AdviceRosana EckertKenworthy Performing Arts Centre

Soul Explosion Ike Stubblefield TrioABA

Learning from the Masters Corey Christiansen LDSI

A Sound Garden for Jazz/Jazzy Drawing/Acoustics TourArt and Architecture Faculty Ridenbaugh Hall

Broadway jazzGreg HalloranPEB 212

12-1 p.m.Swing danceSwing DevilsPEB 110

12:30-1:30 p.m. I Remember Hamp: His Life and Music

Doc SkinnerKiva Theater

Roots of SwingSwing DevilsPEB 212

1-2 p.m. Improv Basics Using only a Few NotesBob Athayde and Ira NepusKPAC

Playing Duets and Comping Josh Nelson and Graham DechterABA

Elements of Giving a Great PerformanceJon PughLDSI

Hip Hop Belle Bags PEB 110

1:30-3:30 p.m.Sing and SwingCarmen Bradford Borah Theater in the SUB

1:30-2:30 p.m.Rhythm TapFawn Youngdahl and Sara SkinnerPEB 212

1:45Making Waves with Music Christine Berven and Marty YtrebergRenfrew Hall, Room 125

2-2:30 p.m.Math and the Musical Scale

Mark Neilsen Renfrew Hall, Room 125

2-3 p.m. Body DrummingBob StoloffKiva Theater

Bollywood BeMovedMary Heller PEB 110

2:30-3:30 p.m. Student Ensemble on Stage Bob AthaydeKPAC

Patterns for ImprovCorey Christiansen ABA

Practice like a ProJon HarnumLDSI

4 p.m.Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Choir 1Kibbie Dome

4:30 Young Artist Concerts Kibbie Dome

7:30 p.m.Hamp’s Club Kibbie Dome

8:30 p.m.“Soul Explosion”Blind Boys of Alabama Ike Stubblefield Jazz Trio with special guests Jeff Clayton, Wycliffe Gordon, James Morrison and Rickey Woodard Kibbie Dome

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On behalf of the University of Idaho’sFaculty, Staff and Students

Welcome! Enjoy the 2012

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

“World-class music at Idaho’s premiere

Jazz Event — see you there!”

M. Duane Nellis, President

10-11 a.m. Playing as OneTower of Power’s Adolofo Acosta and Torn PolitzerBorah

Body DrummingBob StoloffKiva Theater

Introducing a Jazz Superhero: The Allower Matt WilsonNuart Theatre

Sing it First!Wycliffe GordonKPAC

African Roots MusicSesitshaya Marimba BandFirst United Methodist Church

West African Dance Roots Christine MaxwellPEB 110

10:30-11:30 Making Waves with MusicChristine Berven and Marty YtrebergRenfrew, Room 125

Swing DanceSwing DevilsPEB 212

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.Elementary Jazz Circulation: The Flying Jazz Kittens, Vol. 1 and 2Sherry Luchette LDSI

Hip HopChristine MaxwellPEB 110

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Student eEsembles on Stage, Sitka Alaska Middle SchoolBob Athayde

Borah

Patterns for Improve — Do a Lot with a Little Corey ChristiansenKiva Theater

Recording Techniques and Songwriting Ike Stubblefield KPAC

A Sound Garden for Jazz/Jazzy Drawing/Acoustics TourArt and Architecture faculty Ridenbaugh Hall

Roots of SwingSwing DevilsPEB 212

11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Jazz and Drama: Building Jazz Communities Worldwide PresentationEli Yamin Nuart Theatre

12-1 p.m. I Remember Hamp: His Life and Music Doc SkinnerFirst United Methodist Church

Latin Dance/SalsaPatrick BarnesPEB 110

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Saxophone Fundamentals Vanessa Sielert LDSI

1-2 p.m. My Musical JourneyBen WilliamsBorah Vocal Percussion Bob StoloffKiva Theater

Master Showman and his Secrets to SuccessJames MorrisonKPAC

Latin Dance/Merengue Patrick BarnesPEB 110

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.Finding your Own Voice Rosana Eckert First United Methodist Church

Math and the Musical ScaleMark Neilson Renfrew Hall 125

2-3 p.m. Jazz Trumpet 101Vern Sielert LDSI

2:30-3:30 p.m.Using Smart Music Import and Slow Down for PracticeBob AthaydeBorah

Jazz Trombone Slide and SwingAl GemberlingKiva Theater

Tips, Tricks and Song!All Star Rhythm SectionNuart Theatre

Practice! Practice! Practice!Corey Christiansen KPAC

3-4 p.m. Voice Improvisation: Letting Rhythm Lead the WayRosana EckertFirst United Methodist Church

4:00 Lionel Hampton School

of Music Jazz Band 1Kibbie Dome

4:30Young Artist ConcertKibbie Dome

7:30 Hamp’s Club Kibbie Dome

8:30 p.m. “Urban Urges”Lionel Hampton Youth Jazz Orchestra with Special Guests Carmen Bradford, James Morrison and Hendrik MeurkensThe Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth BandTower of Power

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