Annual Lutz jazz festival begins Friday at Stringer

By Lynn Spahr Staff Writer

The Bryce Luty Jazz Festival happening Friday at Stringer Fine Arts should be a good show. Pulling guest artists from multiple states and taking months of work to put together, the performance could be one to remember.

According to Greg Weis, jazz band director at Hutchinson Community College, the festival “is one of the biggest events that the music department hosts each year.”

The festival is a chance for young musicians from across the state to come together and work with a guest artist.

This year, the guest artist is Greg Gisbert, who Weis called “an amazing trumpet player.”

Weis has also put together something called the Bryce Luty Jazz Fest All-Star Big Band. Two other guest artists, Zach Rich and Derek Watson, will be perform -