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Rootabaga Jazz Festival
April 8, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$20Experience the excitement, artistry, and energy of the Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival, April 4-8, 2017.
The five-day festival features performances by the Victor Garcia Organ Quintet, Gretchen Parlato Quartet, the Knox Alumni Big Band, Faculty and Friends Combo, and the Knox Jazz Ensemble.
“For students to play alongside not just professional jazz musicians, but the TOP musicians and bands in the genre, is very important,” said Andy Crawford, managing director of the Knox Jazz Year. “These musicians inspire and open their eyes to what is happening and what is possible in music today.”
The first headlining vocalist at Rootabaga in more than 15 years, Gretchen Parlato was the 2004 winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk award. She has emerged as one of the most inventive and mesmerizing vocalists of her generation.
Trumpeter Victor Garcia is one of Chicago’s most versatile musicians, equally at home in pure jazz improvisation or Latin music. He has played with a multitude of artists from a wide variety of genres, such as Aretha Franklin, Arturo Sandoval, Spoon, and Sones de Mexico.
Learn more about the Rootabaga Jazz Festival and purchase tickets at www.knox.edu/jazzyear. The Festival Pass is $30 per person and includes access to all events and mezzanine seats at the Orpheum Theatre. Individual tickets may also be purchased at the door. The Festival schedule is below.
The Rootabaga Jazz Festival is part of the Knox Jazz Year, which also includes two annual events. The Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency brings world-renowned jazz artists to campus for a week of intensive and collaborative jazz activities with students, culminating in a free public concert. The Knox Winter Jazz series showcases global artists with diverse cultural perspectives for a free concert and one-on-one experiential programming with Knox students and the Galesburg community.
April 8, 2017
Gretchen Parlato Quartet
Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg St.
5:00 p.m.
Free floor & balcony seats • $20 reserved mezzanine
The award-winning Knox Jazz Ensemble will open the evening, followed by the Gretchen Parlato Quartet.
