Welcome to the Festival

We’re thrilled to welcome you to the 61st annual Reno Jazz Festival!

This year’s landmark event is a celebration of jazz music like no other and marks our return to a completely in-person event since the start of the pandemic. The 2023 Festival is brimming with new content and initiatives that embody our efforts to build an equitable future of jazz.

Faculty and students from the Berklee College of Music’s Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice are an integral part of the Festival. Check out their workshop and conversation focused on setting new standards in jazz, and don’t miss their stellar student quartet in performance Friday (daytime) and Saturday night during the Festival Showcase.

We’re kicking off the packed agenda with a student-only jam session on Thursday, April 27 at 10pm at the Laughing Planet on N. Virginia Street. We hope your students will join us for this hands-on learning experience. Friday evening features our Pro Jam Session with an all-star house band of saxophonist Caroline Davis, pianist Tal Cohen, bassist Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr., and drummer Tina Raymond.

Our 2023 Festival composer is the inventive and improvisational rock star saxophonist, clarinetist and woodwind specialist, Julian Tanaka. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from Julian during his workshop and attend his Meet + Greet. This is part of our commitment to commission new music from underrepresented communities in jazz.

Two exciting headliner concerts feature groundbreaking trumpeter, Marquis Hill, performing alongside drummer Damion Reid, bassist Junius Paul, vibraphonist Joel Ross and pianist Jahari Stampley. Thursday evening, Joel Ross opens the Festival during a full-length set alongside the University’s faculty ensemble, Manzanita Quintet.

Plus, the Festival is packed with 18 workshops led by the country’s foremost jazz artists and educators.

There’s no doubt, it’s the participating students, representing 62 schools and 112 ensembles, who make the Festival a vibrant epicenter of jazz. Thank you to each of you for participating in and supporting the future of jazz and music education.

Peter Epstein Director, Reno Jazz Festival

Nurturing the World’s Most Promising Young Jazz Musicians

The Brubeck Jazz Summit, hosted by Classical Tahoe, trains the world’s finest high school musicians each summer at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Lake Tahoe campus. For one week, select students join top jazz faculty members master teachers and guest artists—including Chris and Dan Brubeck—for combo rehearsals, workshops, masterclasses, jam sessions and live performances.

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July 9 to 15, 2023

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