2017 – 8th Annual Highland/ASU Jazz Festival

Guest Artists

Dick Oatts

Born and raised in the state of Iowa, Dick Oatts was brought up in a musical family. He was introduced ...

Jim McNeely

Jim McNeely was born in Chicago, and moved to New York City in 1975. In 1978 he joined the Thad ...

Festival Clinicians

Andy Baker – Clinical Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Trombonist, composer, and conductor Andrew Baker, born and raised in London, began performing professionally at the age of 14 and had ...

Barb Caitlin

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Barb Catlin has become one of the Southwest’s leading jazz educators and pianists ...

Don Owens

It is with great pleasure that we welcome back Don Owens as a festival clinician. Mr. Owens, Coordinator Emeritus of ...

John Wojciechowski

Saxophonist John Wojciechowski is an urban musician through and through. He grew up and developed his powerful tenor sound in ...

Marlene Rosenberg

Marlene Rosenberg has emerged as one of the most talented and multi-faceted bass players on the scene today. She has ...