North Carolina Jazz Festival - Wilmington NC
Traditional Jazz Music Festival held in Wilmington , North Carolina
How do you Keep the Music Playing? 2013 Festival Review
Sandy Evans and the Board of the NC Jazz Festival have answered the proverbial question of “How Do You Keep The Music Playing.” Their solution is to share the music and artists with young listeners in schools, Master Classes and providing tickets for them to attend the Festival. This Festival celebrated the 33rd edition this year with many … Read
NCJF Patron May 2013 Profile: Bob Troxell
My name is Bob Troxell, a 90 year old jazz trombonist from Pennsylvania Dutch Lancaster, PA, a Penn State graduate engineer who worked as computer consultant with Armstrong Cork Co. for 41 years, helping them to manufacture and sell better resilient floors and acoustical ceilings, all this time … Read
Paul Stone Donates Painting to NC Jazz Festival
Vermont artist Paul Stone was so pleased with the level of jazz that he heard at the North Carolina Jazz Festival a couple of years ago, that he created an oil painting to be used as a fund raiser for the festival. The painting, entitled “Collaboration….an improvisation on a photograph by … Read
Jazz Education Concert/Master Classes: May 2013, New Comments!
During the 2013 NCJF weekend, for the seventh year, we continued our practice of bringing some of our all-star musicians to Roland Grise Middle School for a concert/workshop on Friday afternoon. David Boeddinghaus, Kerry Lewis, Dan Levinson, Kevin Dorn, Jonathan Russell and David Sager … Read
Creative Programing Highlights 33rd NC Jazz Festival at Wilmington
It was a duel at sundown on the banks of the Cape Fear River. The weapons were a guitar and a violin, and fortunately there were no casualties – just 450 delighted patrons at the 33rd North Carolina Jazz Festival at Wilmington enjoying a special Jazz Strings set involving 87-year-old Bucky … Read
What’s New?
2014 Jazz Education Funding Well On Its Way
North Carolina Jazz Festival at Wilmington already has plans for the 2014 Jazz Ed Program in place! The concert/workshop … Read
Bucky Pizzarelli and Ed Polcer Honored by N C Jazz Festival @ Wilmington
World renowned musicians, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and cornetist Ed Polcer were honored at this year’s Patron’s Brunch … Read
Brazilian Vocalist To Open 34TH NC Jazz Festival @ Wilmington
Continuing in our efforts to bring different styles of jazz to the North Carolina Jazz Festival’s opening night each year, … Read