North Texas Jazz Festival set April 4-6 in Addison

Big names and new faces will take the stage at the third annual North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison April 4-6 at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Dallas, 15201 Dallas Parkway. Featuring performances by New York Voices and the Kenny Garrett Quartet, the festival will also spotlight jazz education with top university, college and high school big bands, combos and vocal groups from across the country performing. Outstanding big bands will be presented with the first Leon Breeden Award, honoring the former director who brought the UNT Lab Band program to international prominence.

The North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison is the joint project of UNT's jazz studies program and the town of Addison. Proceeds from the festival benefit scholarships in the UNT jazz studies program. For more about tickets, specific artists and times, call (940) 565-3743.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

April 4

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — College and university big bands, combos and vocal ensembles perform

7 p.m. to midnight — Performances by the Outstanding College/University Big Band, UNT jazz faculty, the Outstanding College/University Combo, the Two O'Clock Lab Band, the Outstanding College/University Vocal Group and New York Voices; awards presentation

April 5

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — High school big bands, combos and vocal ensembles perform

7 p.m. to midnight — Performances by the Outstanding High School Big Band, the UNT Jazz Singers, the Outstanding High School Combo, UNT's One O'clock Lab Band, the Outstanding High School Vocal Group and the Kenny Garrett Quartet; awards presentation

April 6

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jazz Brunch Jam featuring UNT faculty, festival adjudicators and others

BY KELLEY REESE kreese@unt.edu

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