We attended the 9th Annual Celebration of the Sacramento Hot Jazz Jubilee over Labor Day weekend. There were eight in our group, with six of us attending for the first time. It was fantastic and we plan to go again next year! An easy flight from Tucson through Las Vegas got us to Sacramento in time for an impromptu jam session on Thursday evening that introduced us to the many musicians that arrived early. The mix of musicians was a never-to-happen-again event with Jason Wanner, Stephanie Trick, Paolo Alderighi, Brian Holland, and Todd Morgan playing what was ten hand piano while scooching each other off or on the piano bench; master clarinetist Dave Bennett enjoying a duet with teenager Nathan Tokunaga; Brian Casserly adding some trumpet magic and Yve Evans (v/p) with her trio, Larry Washington (dr) and Richard Taylor (bs), gave us a preview of what to expect this wonderful weekend.
Aside from the unscheduled Thursday night session, music began on Friday at 12:30 pm until about 10:30 pm, with each following day beginning at 9:30 am – there were four separate venues with a fifth evening venue beginning at 7:00 pm each night through to 4:00 pm Monday.
Hundreds of hours of music available in one hotel!
Additional “special guest” artists included Bill D
Trumpeter James O’Donnell: The Motor City Jazz Maestro
Brian Sheridan
