Save the date for our first Saturday Night Live Jazz Fest featuring some of the most talented local jazz musicians in Louisville. Curated by Dean Thomas, market vendor and nationally recognized jazz musicians.
Experience unique jazz performances with expert musicians, during a day of unforgettable music, food, and fun!
2024 Logan Street Jazz Festival
Time: 2 PM - 10 PM
Tickets to Performances in Venue: $20 CLICK HERE
Join us with Louisville’s finest Jazz musicians as we celebrate Louisville’s thriving and multifaceted jazz music heritage. Come and take part in this event, featuring jazz veterans and new talent from UoL’s jazz department. Thank you to Louisville Jazz Society for your generous sponsorship!
The festival features live performances from top acts like the Jamey Aebersold Quartet, The Buzzard, and Hermanos Latin Groove. While enjoying the music, explore local artists retail shops, choose from multiple food vendors, and enjoy handcrafted cocktails. With its lively atmosphere and diverse offerings, the Logan Street Jazz Festival is the ideal way to immerse yourself in a full day of jazz, food, shopping, and fun!
Set times:
2:00 – 3:45 Subtle Changes Funky Fusion and Traditional Jazz
4:00 - 5:15 Chomsky Jazz Modern Hard-Bop Jazz
5:30 – 6:45 Hermanos Latin Groove Latin Jazz
7:00-8:30 Jamey Aebersold Quartet Classic Acoustic Jazz
8:45-10:00 The Buzzard Modern Straight-Ahead Jazz
The festival is headlined by The Jamey Aebersold Quartet. Louisville’s Iconic Jazz Maestro and saxophonist has been an instrumental teacher, revered around the world for jazz education and reverence for the tradition. Jamey brings a quartet of Louisville’s greatest players.
The Buzzard is an acoustic instrumental collective of well-seeded local jazz veterans. Members have played with jazz greats including Joe Henderson, Eddie Harris, Jack McDuff, Sammy Davis Jr., Stan Getz, and Gary Burton. These guys keep busy, playing Friday nights in NuLu, and continue to influence and inspire the newer crop of local musicians. Members include Tim Whalen, sax; Marlin McKay, Trumpet, flugelhorn; Pete Petersen, piano; Danny Kiely, bass; and Mike Hyman, drums.
Hermanos Latin Groove is a 6-piece Latin Jazz band featuring a diverse group of instrumentalists from various musical and cultural backgrounds. Headed by saxophonist Rob Nickerson, Hermanos creates a fusion of American and Latin American music, blending great melodies with electrifying rhythms. There’s no mistaking, these players are the real deal. Plan to bring your dancing shoes! Ivo Ferigra on Trombone, Winton Reynolds on piano, Yody Hernandez Marti on bass, Caleb Leiva on Conga, and Johnny Castaneda on drums.
ChomskyJazz Central is a straight-ahead acoustic collective including UoL’s top students and graduates. Drummer Dean Thomas leads these rising stars, including Will Doty on Piano, Drew Thomas Miller on sax, Craig Twedell on trumpet, and Lee Puckett on upright bass.
Subtle Changes kicks off the festival at 2 pm. This collective of upcoming local musicians mixes a combination of jazz fusion with standard bop with a little edge. Joe Coleman. Drums; Brady DeWitt, guitar; JonAnthony Floyed-Jackson, Sax; Brandon Everett, trombone; Matthew DeVore, keyboard; Ryan Huddleston, bass.
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