Past Performers
1978 – SEPTEMBER 21 – 24
CIVIC CENTER; CENTRAL CITY PARK, GRANT PARK, PIEDMONT PARK
Sil Austin
Villi Lakatos
Ted Howe
Joi Taubin and Nucleus
Ojeda Penn Experience
Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Buckwheat
Skip Lane and Blues
Tommy Stewart’s All Stars
Jerry Farber Quartet
Sammy Duncan
Ruby Red’s Band
Joe Jennings Life Force
Caldera
Gary Bartz
Raul de Souza
Bobby Lyle
Dave Wilson Orchestra
Clark College Jazz Band
Nick’s Flamingo Grill
Morehouse Jazz Band
Vinnie O’Neal
Yikes
Bill Braynon’s Positive Energy
The Paul Mitchell Trio
Byard Lancaster
Jean Carn
Arthur Blythe
Terri Lyne Carrington
1979 – SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 1
CENTRAL CITY PARK AMPHITHEATRE, PIEDMONT PARK, MUSIC ALLIANCE AUDITORIUM, FORREST AVENUE, CONSORTIUM (WORKSHOPS), MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ( WORKSHOPS)
Joe Jennings’ Life Force
Jazz Bones Orchestra
Clark College Jazz Band
Jack DeJohnette
Bunky Green (Jazz Clinic)
Ojeda Penn Experience
New Directions
Eddie Gomez
John Abercrombie
Lester Bowie
Dan Wall Quintet
Eddie Henderson
Woody Shaw
Blessed Relief
Charlie Williams Trio
Morehouse College Jazz Band
Joi Tobin
Jimmy Owens Plus Band
Bobby Hutcherson
1980 – AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 2
CENTRAL CITY PARK, PIEDMONT PARK, NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS CENTER (JAZZ WORKSHOPS), FORREST AVENUE CONSORTIUM (JAZZ WORKSHOPS), WALTER HILL AUDITORIUM (JAZZ ON FILM)
Bob Shaw
Ernie Carson
The Capitol City Jazz Band
12N
Jerry Bird
Carol Veto
Oliver Wells
Clark College Jazz Orchestra
Mary Lou Williams
Steve Dancz
Joi Tobin
Mary Sue Taylor
Ojeda Penn Experience
Neighborhood Arts Ensemble
George Adams Quartet
Marion Brown
Joe Jennings’ Life Force
Arthur Blythe Quintet
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
1981 – AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7
CENTRAL CITY PARK; PIEDMONT PARK
Bob Shaw Quartet
Pat Foster
Clark College Jazz Orchestra
Ojeda Penn Experience
The World Sax Quartet
Max Roach
Villi Lakatos
Dub Hudson
Carol Veto
Life Force
Betty Carter
Chubby Stevens
Billy McPherson
Rod Smith
Neighborhood Arts Ensemble
The Toshiko Akyoshi/Lew Tabackin Quartet
1982 August 30-September 6
Central City Park; Piedmont Park; OIC Sullivan Hall
Chico Freeman
Carmen McRae
Mal Waldron
Leone Thomas
Art Blakey
1983 -August 29- September 5
Central City Park, Piedmont Park
Crescent
Alan Harris
Dexter Wise
Windstorm
Chandra Currelli
Family Jazz Ensemble
Billy Gee
Clark College Jazz Orchestra
James Newton Quartet
Space Shuttle
Dan Wall Quartet
Sil Austin
Joi Tobin
Life Force
Jerome Olds
Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell featuring
Mike Baker
Steve Dwiggins
Carol Veto
Glenn Wisenbaker
Ojeda Penn Experience
Jeanne Lee
Pharaoh Saunders
Future Experience
Rod Smith
Paul Perez
Khaleefa Haamid
Miles Davis
1984 – May 25-May 29
Central City Park, Piedmont Park
Stanley Clarke
George Duke
Damaris
Ornette Coleman
Don Cherry
Ed Blackwell
Clark College Jazz Orchestra
Paquito d’Rivera
Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell
1985 – June 1-September 1
Chastain Park Amphitheatre; Grant Park; Piedmont Park
Gary Burton Quartet
Makato Ozone
Mose Davis
Nancee Kahler and the Section
Stephanie Pettis and Atlanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Bill Taylor
Michel Petrucciani
Sphere
Emily Remler & Larry Coryell
David Murray Octet
The Crusaders
Spyro Gyra
Rare Silk
Special EFX
The Yellow Jackets
Steps Ahead
Tania Maria
The Visitors
Shake and Avec
Elgin Wells
The Dan Wall Quartet featuring Carol Veto
Tom Grose Band
Bob James
Thos Shipley
Bettye Carter Trio
Clark College Jazz Orchestra
Joe Williams featuring the Norman Simmons
Trio
Ojeda Penn Experience
McCoy Tyner Trio
Joe Jennings and Life Force
Stan Getz Quartet
1986 – May 31-September 1
Chastain Park Amphitheatre; Grant Park, Zoo Atlanta Natural Amphitheatre ; Piedmont Park
Bob James & the Jazz All-Stars
The Yellow Jackets
Paquito D’Rivera
T Laviz and His Bad Habitz
Ricky Keller
Yonrico Scott
Paul Winter Consort
Tom Grant Band
John Blake Quartet
Claude Bolling
Otis Rush
John Mayall
Etta James
Ramsey Lewis Quintet with the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra
Dave Gruisin
Lee Rittnour
Hiroshima
Kilimanjaro
Neville Brothers
Dr. John
Rockin’ Dopsie
Modern Jazz Quartet
1987 – AUGUST 1
RICH AUDITORIUM ON WOODRUFF CAMPUS
Performing Artists Unknown
1988 – JUNE 2 – SEPTEMBER 4
The Arthur Blythe Quintet
Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers
Benn Golson Quartet
Michelle Hendricks
Monroe Hatcher Quartet
Music South Orchestra (Tommy Stewart and John Peak)
Joe Sudler’s Swing Machine
The Phil Woods Quintet
Azanyah
Duo Exchange
David “Fathead” Newman Quintet
Henry Threadgill Sextet
Ojeda Penn Experience
Ellis Marsalis Trio
Cassandra Wilson Quintet w/Steve Coleman
Sonny Fortune All-Stars
Joe Jennings & Life Force
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy
George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet
Sonny Rollings Quintet
Out of Hear
The Real Band
Michael Pedicin, Jr.
McCoy Tyner Trio
Michelle Petrucianni Trio
The Bazooka Ants
Nancy Kahler
Flora Purim & Group
John Cloy Quartet
29th Street Saxophone Quartet
Clark College Jazz Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet w/Sam Rivers
1989 JUNE 2- AUGUST 6
CENTER STAGE THEATRE; RICH AUDITORIUM (WORKSHOPS); GRANT PARK; PIEDMONT PARK
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Germaine Buzzle
Walter Bishop, Jr.
Ed Blackwell
Jane Ira Bloom
Hamiet Bluiett
Benny Carter
Ron Carter
Olu Dara
Miles Davis
Jon Faddis
Jim Hall
Billy Harper
Freddie Hubbard
Improvisational Arts Quintet
Branford Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
John McLaughlin
Jackie McLean
Charles McPherson
Frank Morgan
Amina Claudine Myers
Joe Pass
David Peaston
Courtney Pine
Sun Ra Arkestra
Arthur Taylor
Sarah Vaughan
Tony Williams
World Saxophone Quartet
Young Tuxedo Brass Band
1990 – JUNE 1- AUGUST 5
FAY GOLD GALLERY; CENTER STAGE THEATRE; RICH AUDITORIUM/HIGH MUSEUM OF ART; GRANT PARK; 14TH STREET PLAYHOUSE; PIEDMONT PARK
Ran Anderson Quartet
Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Quartet
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Glenn Barbour Quintet
Bazooka Ants
Anthony Braxton
Ray Brown Trio
Betty Carter & her Trio
Marilyn Crispell
Pierrve Dorge & the New Jungle Orchestra
Envizible Colour
Douglas Ewart Clarinet Choir
Von Freeman Quartet
Dizzy Gillespie
Johnny Griffin Quartet
Danny & Terry Harper Quartet
Joe Henderson-Charlie Haden-Al Foster Trio
Joe Jennings’ Life Force
Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya
Gifford Jordan
Israel “Cachao” Lopez
M’Boom
James Moody Quartet
Milton Nascimento
Neighborhood Arts Ensemble
Howard Nicholson Quartet
Manny Oquendo & Libre
Ojeda Penn Experience
Orquesta Lyrica
Houston Person-Etta Jones Sextet
Tito Puente Latin Jazz All Stars
Dewey Redman Quartet
Grant Reed Quintet
Max Roach
Michele Rosewoman & New Yor-uba
Simone & Company
Cecil Taylor
Randy Weston
1991 – MAY 31 – JUNE 9
CENTER STAGE THEATRE; CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATRE; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, HILL AUDITORIUM; GRANT PARK; WOODRUFF PARK
Sonny Rollins
Spyro Gyra
Bob James
Joe Jennings and Howard Nicholson (Jam Session)
Stanley Crouch (host of lecture and film presentation)
Rick Bell Quintet
Joe Jennings and Life Force
Cecil Bridgewater
Arthur Blythe Quintet
Jackie McLean Quintet featuring Rene McLean
Ojeda Penn Experience
Bobby Hutcherson
The Harper Brothers
Charles Earland
David “Fathead” Newman
The Harper Brothers (Jam Session)
Grant Reed Quartet
Simone and Company
Mark Maxwell Band
Audrey Shakir Company
Eddie Davis Quintet and Johnny O’Neal
Olu Dara
Okra Orchestra
Azanyah
Jerry Gonzalez and the Roty Apache Band
Dameronia
Abbey Lincoln
Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Ensemble
Dave Holland Quartet
Don Pullen Trio
David Murray Octet
1992 – MAY 29-JUNE 7
VARIETY PLAYHOUSE; CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATRE; GRANT PARK; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART HILL AUDITORIUM; WOODRUFF PARK
George Adams
Audrey Shakir
Nat Adderly Quintet
Lonnie Smith Southside Trio
Carl Allen
Malachi Thompson Quintet
Geri Allen Trio
Cassandra Wilson
Bill Anschell Trio
Scotty Barnhart
Bazooka Ants
Rick Bell
David Benoit
Cindy Blackman
Dave Burrell
Joe Chambers
George Coleman Quartet
Richard Davis
Lou Donaldson
Georgia State Faculty Jazz Band
Juedinne Gordon
Bennie Green Trio
Spyro Gyra
Miklos Harsszesi
Joe Henderson Quartet
Vincent Herring
John Hicks
Andrew Hill
Fred Hopkins
Freddie Hubbard
Al Jarreau
Carter Jefferson
Joe Jennings
Obie Jessie
Stanley Jordan
Victor Lewis
Harold Maburn, Jr.
Howard Mandel
Christian McBride
Gary Motley
Ny Unit
Greg Osby
Don Palmer
Ritual Band East
Joe Sample
1993 – MAY 28 – JUNE 4
CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATRE; UNDERGROUND ATLANTA; WOODRUFF PARK; GRANT PARK
Airto
Azanya
Scotty Barnhart
Dave Bass Quartet
Rick Bell
Vinnie Benard
Jerry Byrd
Don Byron
Norman Connors
Charles Earland
Charles Fambrough
Nneena Freelon
Joe Jennings
Stanley Jordan
Hal Galper Trio
Georgia State Faculty Ensemble
Roy Hargrove
Mark Helias
louis Heriveauz
Nancee Kahler
Earl Klugh Trio
Jon Lucien
Gloria Lynne
Dan Matrazzo
Meantime
Mulgrew Miller
Steve Nelson
Ken Professor Philmore
Flora Purim
Rebrith Brass Band
Grant Reed
Marlene Rich
Arturo Sandoval
Jimmy Scott
Audrey Shakir
Yusef Sharif
Rod Smith
Savannah Smith
Kirk Whalum
Wingspan with Kenny Garrett
Wild Magnolias & World Saxophone Quartet
1994 – MAY 27-30
UNDERGROUND ATLANTA; GRANT PARK
E Train Featuring Sheila E
Eric Leeds & Charlie Sepulveda
New York Voices
Earl Brooks
T.S. Monk Sextet
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Ravi Coltrane
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Shirley Horn Trio
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Charlie Mingus Big Band
Terence Glanchard Quintet
The Contemporary Piano Ensemble: Donald Brown, Geoff Keezer, Harold Maben, Mulgrew Miller and James Williams
1995 – MAY 20-27
WOODRULL PARK; GRANT PARK
Teddy Adams Quintet
Wess Anderson Quartet Featuring Audrey Shakir
Atlanta youth Ensemble
Azanyah
Glen BarBour
Bazooka Ants
Rick Bell Quintet
Cindy Blackman Quartet
Bluiett’s Barbecue Band
Decoy
Georgia All-Star Grammy Jazz Band
GSU Faculty Jazz Band
Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band
Jocelyn Harris and Trio
Vincent Herring
Joe Jennings and Life Force
Stanley Jordan
Oliver Lake Quintet
Russell Malone Quartet Feachering Javon Jackson and Winard Harper
Chuck Mangione
Milkshake Quartet
Ramone Morris Quartet
Naked Jazz Orchestra
Johnny O’Neal Trio
Jerome Runte
Jimmy Smith
Yohembi
Rick Bell
Russell Blake
Richard Brown
Kofi Burbridge
Eddie Davis
Sven Djorsing
William Greene
Lewis Heriveaux
Ted Howe
Obie Jessie
Elgin Manson
Tarus Mateen
Ramone Morris Quartet
Howard Nicholson
Johnny O’Neal
John Ormond
Ramone Pooser
Lil John Roberts
Sherry Scott
Eric Vaughn
Thad Wilson
1996 – MAY 10-26
WOODRUFF PARK
Kamal Abdul Allir
The Rick Bell Quintet
Dave Ferguson
Hunab Ku Quartet
Tom Harrell
Kenn Garrett
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Eric Reed
Christian McBride
Vanessa Rubin
Cecil Bridgewater Big Band (Joe Jennings)
Stephen Scott
Kuumba Frank Lacy Big Band
John Faddis (with Jimmy Heath and Slide Hampton)
Stanley Clark
George Duke
1997 – 20TH ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL MAY 19-26
WOODRUFF PARK; PIEDMONT PARK
Max Roach
Pharaoh Sanders
Gloria Lynne
Bobby Hutcherson
World Saxophone Quartet
Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Appache Band
Tommy Macon & the Gentlemen of Jazz
Phill Smith & The Jazz Consortium
Melody Cole Jazz Combo
Quar-Tech
Joe Campisi
Jeff Crompton Quartet
Dave Bass Ensemble
Mike Kelly
Jimmy Jackson All Star Band
Life Force
The Thad Wilson Quintet
Kamal Abjul Alim
Bill Braynon’s Positive Energy Big Band
Naked Jazz
Swing Association
Rita Graham Duo
Bill Anschell
Johnnie Eason
Rick Bell Quintet
Ojeda Penn
1998 – MAY 18-26
WOODRUFF PARK; PIEDMONT PARK
Performing Artists
Diane Reeves
Hilton Ruiz Quartet Featuring Dave Valentine
Kevin Mahoganey
Detroit All-Stars
Mark Turner Quartet
Andy Milne
Swing Association
Joe Jennings w/Life Force
Ojeda Penn
Rick Bell
Bill Anschell
Miguel Romero
Milkshake Quintet
Ron Taylor
Jonnie Eason
Grout
Kmal Abdul Alim
GSU Faculty
Bob Miles
Jeff Crompton Quartet
Obie Jessie
Dave Bass Quartet
Lester Walker Project
Georgia Grammy H.S. Band
The Trio
Najmah Marchelle
David Freeman
Phil Smith and the Atlanta Jazz Consortium
Mike Kelly Trio
Tommie Macon & the Gentlemen of Jazz
Cascade Avenue Be-Bop Society
1999 – MAY 23-31
WOODRUFF PARK; PIEDMONT PARK
Nancy Wilson
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Stanley Jordan
Nnenna Freeelon
Roy Hargrove
Stefon Harris
Danilo Perez Trio
The Dirt Dozen
Dave Douglas
Wycliffe Gordon
Los Hombres Calientes
Little Jimmy Scott
Mike Kelly
Grout
Marea Alta
Take Notes
Kompani
Phil Smith and the Atlanta Jazz Consortium
La Diaspora Folklorica
Audrey Shakir
Kathleen Bertrand
In the Spirit
Swing Association
Bill Anschell
Dennis Springs
Minority
Tempest
Jez Granham
Afroblue
Jeff Compton
Eclipse Jazz
David Freeman
Jazz Convergence
West End Instrumental
Dan Coy Trio
2000 – MAY 19-29
PIEDMONT PARK
Naked Jazz
Kevin Houser Quartet
Dr. Bill Taylor’s Jazz Fron The Kennedy Center
Eric Benet
Amel Larrieux
Dan Coy Trio
World Mambo Mission
Nina Simone
Freddy Cole
Audrey Shakir
Cheryl Renee
Adam’s Township
In the Spirit
David S. Ware
Claudia Villela
Regina Carter
Steve Turre & Sanctified Shells
Mahluli Workshop
Urban Blue
Squat
Papo Vazquez/ Pirates & Trubadours
Cyrus Chestnut
Tuck & Patti
Herbie Hancock
Kevin Griffin
Dennis Springer
Miguel Romero
Kathleen Bertrand
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
T.S. Monk-”Monk on Monk” Big Band
Cassandra Wilson
Jacques Lesure Trio
Rick Bell Quintet
Ron Wiggins Trio
Life Force
2001 – MAY 20-28
PIEDMONT PARK
Sonny Rollins
Medeski Martin and Wood
Michael Franks
Patti Austin
Arturo Sandoval
Terence Blanchard
Cassandra Wilson
Chucho Valdes
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Poncho Sanchez
Sheila E
Loston Harris
Brian Blade Fellowship
Russell Gunn
Rene Marie
Zelphia
Babetunde Lea
Dr. Didg
Charles Flores Quartet
Afro Rican Ensemble
Saskia Laroo
Imani
Karla McAlpine
Jacques Lesure Quartet
Joe Jennings Life force
Ken Ford
Rick Bell Qintet
Tommie Macon & the Gentlemen of Jazz
Bilal Suni Ali
Orquestra Nova Sound
Ojeda Penn Experience
Army Ground Forces Band
Yusef Sharif
Najuma
Georgia State University Faculty Band
Bill Anscell
Bernard Linette
Tropicus 22
Phil Davis Quartet
Miguel Romero
Afroblue
Urban Blue
Dennis Springer
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Audrey Shakir
Darren Winters