2013 – 4th Annual Highland/ASU Jazz Festival

Guest Artists

Byron Stripling

A spectacular trumpeter with a very wide range, a beautiful tone, and the ability to blend together many influences into ...

Rufus Reid

Rufus Reid, one of today’s premiere bassists on the international jazz scene, with his reputation firmly established in the education ...

Festival Clinicians

Doug Beach

Doug Beach is a performer, composer, publisher, educator, arranger, and Grammy Award winner. At Elmhurst College, where he has taught ...

James Riggs

Saxophonist James Riggs serves as Regents Professor at the University of North Texas where he teaches in the Divisions of ...

Jon Hamar

JON HAMAR is a versatile artist who’s ability to find a tasteful, unique voice in any musical situation has made ...

Matt Olson – Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies at Furman University

Equally home as a jazz and classical saxophonist, Matt Olson is Associate Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies ...

Robert Tapper

A Native of Boston, Massachusetts, Rob is currently Assistant Professor of Trombone and Director of jazz Activities at the University ...