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Clifford Brown Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", an ...

Jazz Festival is a free

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held annually in June at

Rodney Square Rodney Square is the public square and historic district in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, United States, named after American Revolutionary leader Caesar Rodney. A large equestrian statue of Rodney by James E. Kelly formerly stood in the front ...

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, USA. The first festival was held in 1989 on the open lawn in the center of the city, and has grown into the largest free jazz festival on the East Coast. The event is held to keep alive the memory of Clifford Brown who died in a traffic accident in 1956 along with pianist

Richie Powell Richard Powell (September 5, 1931 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was not assisted in his musical development by Bud, his older and better known brother, but both played predominantly in the bebop style. ...

. Pieces written by Brown and tribute pieces (like

Benny Golson Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launch ...

's "I Remember Clifford") are often played. Some acts have been staged at the

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, where a fee was charged.

Past acts

;2020 ;Arturo Stable Quartet ;Sharon Sable Quintet ;Cintron ;Gerald Chavis Quintet ;Mike Boone Quartet ;Barbara Walker ;Johnathan Barber & Vision Ahead ;Vertical Current Raye Jones Avery - Voices For Healing ;Terra Soul Project ;Dennis Fortune ;The Whitney Project ;Korey Riker Band ;Fostina Dixon & Winds Of Change ;Jeff Bradshaw Band ;2019:Jeff Bradshaw & Friends :Jamison Ross :Etienne Charles & Creole Soul :Alfredo Rodriguez :Spanish Harlem Orchestra :Pablo Batista w/ Nestor Torres :The Jenkins Project :Christian Scott :Norman Brown's Summer Storm :Fostina Dixon & the Winds of Change :Mwenso & the Shakes :Raye Jones Avery & Adagio :Kendrick Scott :Terrence Blanchard & E Collective :Branford Marsalis ;2018: ;Laila Biali ;Matthew Whitaker ;The Clifford Brown Tribute Big Band with Gerald Chavis featuring Ernie Watts ;Miguel Zenon Quartet ;Jane Bunnett and Maqueque ;Arturo Sandoval ;The Lao Tizer Band featuring Chieli Minucci, Eric Marienthal & Karen Briggs ;Deva Mahal SPECIAL GUEST BRIAN MCKNIGHT ;Sammy Miller and The Congregation ;Sara Lazarus ;Scott Tixier ;Sidewalk Chalk ;Marcus Miller ;2017: *Clifford Brown Tribute Band *Alicia Olatuja *Theo Crocker *Karen Rodriguez *Danilo Perez Trio *Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble *High & Mighty Brass Band *Frederic Yonnet *Marsha Ambrosius *Wilmington Youth Jazz Band *Rob Zinn *Sumi Toonoka *Somi *Regina Carter ;2016: *Wilmington Youth Jazz Band *Maya Bellardo *Delaware Jazz All Stars *Miles Jaye *Marcus Johnson *The Ultimate Clifford Brown Tribute Band *Best Kept Soul *Miguel Orlando Band *Adriel Gonzalez Band *Aniya Jazz *Nadjah Nicole *Andra Day *Robert Glasper Trio *Saul Rubin Trio Feat. Leslie *Valery Ponomarev Big Band *Dr. Lonnie Smith *Euge Groove *

Kim Waters Kim Waters (born March 20, 1965) is an American jazz artist born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Early life Waters grew up in Harford County, Maryland. Waters learned how to play the saxophone at a young age. He attended C. Milton Wright High ...

;2015: *Jackie Brown Jazz@a Band *Clifford Brown Trumpet Consortium *Aniya Jazz *Denise Montana w/Ray Drummond – Bass, Sharp Radway – Pno, Shirazette Tinnen -Drums, Jermey Pelt – Trmpt, Jason Curry – Sax, Leon Jordan, Jr – Trmpt, Daniel Bauerkemper – Sax, Wayne Escoffery – Sax, Jason Marshall – Baritone Sax, Robin Eubanks – Trombone *Edgardo Cintron & The Cintron Band *Tito Puente, Jr. Orchestra *John “Sax” Williams *Point Blank *Leela James *Norman Conners *Pieces Of A Dream *Jeff Lorber Fusion w/Eric Marienthal, Chuck Loeb, Jimmy Haslip & Khari Parker ;2014: *The Brownie-Roach Project *Dianne Schuur *Lynn Riley *Latin Jazz All-Stars: A Tribute to Dave Valentin *Amel Larruiex *Mindi Abair *Aniya Jazz *Jawanza Kobie *Habana Sax *Brian Culbertson ;2013: *Benny Golson Quartet *United Trumpet Summit - featuring: Randy Brecker, Dr. Eddie Henderson, Dave Douglas & Riley Mullins *Jessy J *Buster Williams Quartet “Something More.” with Patrice Rushen, Cindy Blackman Santana and Stefon Harris *To the Maxx *BWB - Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown *JD3 *The W. E. S. Group *

Pedrito Martinez Group Pedrito, meaning "little Pedro" or "little Peter" in many Romance languages, may refer to: People * Pedrito (footballer, born 1989), Spanish forward * Pedrito (footballer, born 1996), Spanish midfielder * Pedrito Reyes (fl. 1930s), Filipino write ...

*Lalah Hathaway ;2012: *Monty Alexander *All-Star Tribute to Lionel Hampton featuring Jason Marsalis, Candido, Robin Eubanks, Kevin Mahogany and Russell Gunn *Claudio Roditi Septet *Randy Weston's African Rhythms *Steve Wilson: Bird with Strings *Christian McBride Big Band *Winston Byrd Quintet *Ernie Watts Quartet *Valerie Capers *Jane Monheit with special guest Mark O'Connor *Aaron Walker & Spiritual Rhythms *All These Miles: The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble plays the music of Miles Davis *Hiromi: The Trio Project with Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips *Dee Dee Bridgewater ;2011: *Junior Mance Quintet *Manifest 3 *Ninety Miles *Avery Sharpe Quintet *Soul of Summer *Ronny Jordan Full Band *Take 6 *Tizer *The Metta Quintet *Rufus Reid's Out Front Quintet *Rene Marie *Captain Black's Big Band2011 schedule
Retrieved 2011-10-05. ;2010: *John Pizarelli Swing Seven *

Champian Fulton Champian Fulton (born September 12, 1985) is an American jazz singer and pianist. Career Early years Champian Fulton was born in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1985. Her father, Stephen Fulton, was a jazz trumpeter who was often visited by musician frien ...

*Jerry Gonzales and the Fort Apache Band *Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet *Ravi Coltrane *Cindy Blackman *Marcus Miller and Christian Scott, "Tutu Revisited" *USAF Satellite Ensemble *Chick Corea Freedom Band * Pyeng Threadgill *Fostina Dixon and Winds Of Change *Tony Williams Ensemble *Mark Williams Quintet *Jose Carmona III ;2009: *Kombu Kombo *Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band *Jason Moran *Jazz Attack *Kem *Javon Jackson and Les McCann *The Bad Plus *Odean Pope Saxophone Choir *Dumpstafunk *Pete Escovedo *Bio Ritmo *Burnt Sugar, the Chamber Archestra ;2008: *Trio 3 *Helen Sung Group *George Duke *Crittenden *Suzette Ortiz Jazz Ensemble *Steve Turre and Sanctified Shells *U of D Jazz Camp Graduates *Dr. Guy's Musiqology *Jumpin' Off A Cleff *Huascar Barradas *Raw Sugar Quintet *Atiba's Dream *David Sanborn Group *Hiromi's Sonic Bloom *Rashid Ali's Quintet *Clifford Brown Tribute Band featuring Terell Stafford *Maria Schneider Orchestra *Dirty Dozen Brass Band *Bonerama *Barbara Walker *Point Blank *Mingus Big Band ;2007: *The Mahavishnu Project *Skerik's Maelstrom Trio * The Blue Method *The Rhythm Council featuring Henry Butler & Papa Mali *Big Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias *The

Ed Palermo Big Band The Ed Palermo Big Band is a New York City-based ensemble that has been active since the late 70's, playing the compositions and arrangements of their leader, New Jersey born saxophonist Ed Palermo. The band is best known for Palermo's arrangeme ...

*The New Mastersounds *Jean Luc Ponty *Norman Brown's Summer Storm featuring

Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...

Jeff Lorber Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer. After six previous nominations, Lorber won his first Grammy Award on January 28, 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for '' Prototype' ...

and

Marion Meadows Marion Meadows is an Americans, American soprano saxophonist and composer, mainly in smooth jazz. He was born in West Virginia and grew up mainly in Connecticut. His first album as a leader was ''For Lovers Only'' in 1990. He has had several oth ...

*Sherry Winston *Rob Swanson Quintet *

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...

*Wallace Roney (replaced Freddie Hubbard) and the New Jazz Composers Octet *Elegua *Aquiles Báez *Afghan Jazz Project *Metta Jazz Quintet ;2006: *

Count Basie Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 195 ...

*Edward Simon *Crimson Jazz Trio *

Rebirth Brass Band The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans brass band. The group was founded in 1983 by Phillip "Tuba Phil" Frazier, his brother Keith Frazier, Kermit Ruffins,Skelly, RichardAllMusic Profile Retrieved 2013-02-9 and classmates from Joseph S. Clark ...

*Wade in the Water Tour: Bill Summers, Troy Andrews, Mark Brooks, Jamal Batiste, Davell Crawford, Leon Brown,

Donald Harrison Donald Harrison Jr. (born June 23, 1960) is an African-American jazz saxophonist and the Big Chief of The Congo Square Nation Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Berklee Col ...

, Shaka Zulu, Frenchy Frechette *Sandy Graham *The Tiptons *

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA ...

Trio *The RAW Sugar Quintet *Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers *Fortune Vinson Cruse *Jae Sinnett *John Pizzarelli *

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 1932. ...

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) is the national jazz orchestra of the United States. It is based at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., where it is the orchestra-in-residence. The SJMO was founded in 199 ...

*Rayford Griffin *Wilby Fletcher, Jr. * Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert ;2005: *JazzReach Hangin' With the Giants *Concert of Sacred Music featuring Duke Ellington's Sacred Music *Michael Wolff and Impure Thoughts *Diane Schurr featuring Dave Sammuels' Caribbean Jazz Project *Karl Denson's Tiny Universe *The Funky Meters *Chris Brubeck's Triple Play *

The Headhunters The Headhunters are an American jazz fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973. The group fused jazz, funk, and rock music. History (and name) Hancock had grown dissatisfied with his prior band, Mwandishi, and wanted to make a band with a st ...

*Ingrid Jensen and Project O *Lou Donaldson and Dr. Lonnie Smith *Flora Purim and Airto Moriera *Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band *JazzChords of Calloway *Council of Jazz Advocates Wilmington Youth Jazz Band *Kennedy Center Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Graduates *Sherrie Maricle and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Rachael Price *

Irvin Mayfield Irvin Mayfield Jr. (born December 23, 1977) is an American trumpeter, composer, bandleader and educator. On November 3, 2021, Mayfield was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the New Orleans public library system from over one mill ...

and the

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

Jazz Orchestra *Judith Owen *

Louis Hayes Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He i ...

and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band *Hugh Masekela ;2004: *T.S. Monk *Dave Valentin/Hiltin Ruiz Latin Jazz Project *David Sanchez *Ahmad Jamal *Ceceilia Smith and Jay Hoggard *Big Bad Voodoo Daddy *Jimmy McGriff *Stefon Harris and Blackout *

Regina Carter Regina Carter (born August 6, 1966) is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of jazz saxophonist James Carter. Early life Carter was born in Detroit and was one of three children in her family. She began piano lessons at the age of t ...

and Del Symphony *

Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wi ...

*Lincoln Center’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra ;2003: *

Roy Hargrove Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American jazz musician and composer whose principal instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn. He achieved worldwide acclaim after winning two Grammy Awards for differing styles ...

*Terrell Stafford *Randy Brecker *David Weiss *The Preservation Hall Jazz Band *Barbone Street Jazz Band *Arturo Sandoval *Rolando Matias and Afro-Rican Ensemble *Kenny Barron *Greg Osby *The Masters of Groove *Lalah Hathaway * Herbie Hancock with The Delaware Symphony Orchestra *

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...

/Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ;2002: *Cab Calloway Orchestra *Claudia Acuna *Onaje Allan Gumbs Septet *Take 6 *

Nnenna Freelon Nnenna Freelon (born July 28, 1954) is an American jazz singer, composer, producer, and arranger. Early life and education Freelon was born Chinyere Nnenna Pierce to Charles and Frances Pierce in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was raised. ...

*Omar Sosa Octet * Robert Jospe *The Langston Hughes Project-Ask Your Momma *Terrence Blanchard with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra *Nestor Torres *John Scofield *Bootsie Barnes Quintet ;2001: *The Afro-Rican Ensemble *The Navigators *

Chuck Mangione Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, voice actor, trumpeter and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, ...

*Fred Hughes Trio *Barbone St. Jazz *Fortune Vinson Cruse *Melissa Walker *Airmen of Note *

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed inst ...

*Cintron *Lenora Zenzalai Helm *Groove Collective ;2000: *Ingrid Jensen *Nicholas Payton’s Louis Armstrong Centennial *

*Joshua Redman *

Stefon Harris Stefon DeLeon Harris (born March 23, 1973) is an American jazz vibraphonist. Biography A native of Albany, New York, Harris intended to work for the New York Philharmonic until he heard the music of Charlie Parker. During the 1990s he recorded ...

Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...

*Cecila Smith *Mary Kadderly *

Cyrus Chestnut Cyrus Chestnut (born January 17, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for ''Time'', wrote: "What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes ...

*Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Big Band *Michael Brecker *McCoy Tyner with Michael Brecker ;1999: *Lou Donaldson Quartet *The Jazz Messengers: The Legacy of Art Blakey *

and Randy Brecker *

Steve Turre Stephen Johnson Turre (born September 12, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using Conch (instrument), seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For ...

and

Mulgrew Miller Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in ...

*Buster Williams and Carl Allen *Nnenna Freelon *Gonzolo Rubalcaba Trio *Alex Bugnon *Najee *

Earl Klugh Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fi ...

*Patti Austin *

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album ''Taking Off'' in 1 ...

*Ivan Lins *!Cubanisimo! ;1998: *Dizzy: The Man and His Music *Featuring:

Ignacio Berroa Ignacio Berroa (born July 8, 1953 in Havana, Cuba) is a jazz drummer. In 1980 Ignacio left his country during the Mariel Boatlift, moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in 1981, becoming the drummer of all the important band G ...

*Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton *

Antonio Hart Antonio Hart (born September 30, 1968) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, studied with Andy McGhee at Berklee College of Music, and has a master's degree from Queens College, City University of New York. H ...

and John Lee *Pat Martino * Nancy Wilson *Heads Up Super Band: Kenny Blake, Joe McBride and Gerald Veasley *The Rippingtons with Russ Freeman *Joyce Cooling *Gato Baribieri *Lee Ritenour *Clarence Fountain and the Five Boys *

Staple Singers The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21 ...

;1997: *Stanley Clarke *Spyro Gyro *Roy Hargrove *Ramsey Lewis *Jonathan Butler *4th World with Flora Purim and Airto *Marlena Shaw *Kevin Mahogany *Tom Grant *Manny Oquendo and Libre *Edgando Cintron and Tiempo Noventa *United Nations Jazz Orchestra *Paquito d’Rivera ;1996: *

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...

*Betty Carter *Terrence Blanchard *Boney James *Norman Brown *Poncho Sanchez *Tania Maria *Rick Braun *Keiko Matsui *Bela Fleck and The Flecktones *Tuck and Patti ;1995: *Clark Terry *T.S. Monk *Geri Allen *Wallace Roney *Randi Crawford *Pieces of A Dream *Hiroshima *The Caribbean Jazz Project *Randy Brecker and Denis DiBlasio *Mario Grigorov *John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers *KoKo Taylor and Her Blues Machine ;1994: *Raye-Avery Jones *Judith Kay with First State Ensemble *Wayne Krantz *The Duke’s Men – Former members of Duke Ellington's Orchestra *Dave Schiff and Quartet *Harry Spencer and Vaneisa ;1993: * Lou Rawls and Band *Ray Baretto Jazz Ensemble *Angela Bofill *Benny Golson and The All Star Band featuring Helen Merrill *The Joe Harris Jazz Quartet *The Lionel Hampton Big Band

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