2018 – 9th Annual Highland/ASU Jazz Festival

Guest Artists

Jason Palmer

Trumpeter/Composer/Educator Jason Palmer is becoming one of the most in demand musicians of his generation. He has performed with Roy Haynes, ...

Walter Smith III

“A line of fans young and old hoping to see a show that had sold out of advance tickets stretched ...

Festival Clinicians

Dr Matthew Patnode

Saxophonist Matthew Patnode performs in many classical and jazz genres, both as a soloist and chamber musician. As a soloist ...

Dr Robert Miller

Miller began his career as band director at Tempe Union High School in Tempe, Arizona. In 1966, he started the ...

Erik Applegate

A man of many passions, Erik Applegate is a jazz bassist, a composer, and a songwriter. Current projects include recording ...

Tim Coffman

Tim Coffman is one of the most active trombonists and teachers in the Chicago area. A graduate of the prestigious ...

Vern Sielert

Vern Sielert is Associate professor of trumpet and director of Jazz Studies at the University of Idaho. From 2001 to ...