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where is this jazz fest?!?!?!?! bela fleck!?

It's on the OCC campus. It's Friday, and it's free. I think the URL is http://www.syracusejazzfest.com. And yeah, Bela Fleck, I can't wait to go.

EDIT: Here's the complete line up from the site:

Schedule
June 24-26, 2005
Onondaga Community College

Friday June 24th
Carrier Main Stage

5:00PM - 5:30 PM
Onondaga Community College Jazz Band (Steve Frank, Director.)

6:00PM - 7:00 PM
Ron Blake Band

7:30PM - 9:00 PM
Trio! Featuring Stanley Clarke, Bela Fleck, Jean Luc Ponty

9:30PM - 10:30 PM
The Randy Brecker - Bill Evans Soulbop Band feat. Hiram Bullock, Dave Kikowski, Rodney Holmes and Victor Bailey
Saturn / FM-88 Scholastic Stage

3:30PM - 4:00PM
Solvay High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Carolyn Pardee, Director

4:30PM-5:00PM
Syracuse Department of Parks & Recreation Stan Colella
Labatt / Y-94FM CNY Stage

5:30PM-6:00PM
Grupo Pagan

7:00PM-7:30PM
Evan Knight Band

9:00PM--9:30PM
Evan Knight Band
Clinics, Master Classes, Workshops, Jam Sessions

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Randy Brecker (trumpet) & Bill Evans (saxophone)
CLINIC
Room W 102/103

5:30PM - 6:30PM
Mike Longo (piano)
CLINIC
Room W 102/103

Saturday June 25th
Carrier Main Stage

12:00PM-12:30PM
Signature Syracuse Jazz Ensembles (Ray Sturge and Liz Buell, Directors)

1:00PM-1:30PM
C.W. Baker High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Silk & Satin Carol Jacobe, Director

2:00PM-2:30PM
Onondaga County Music Educators Association 2005 All-County Vocal Jazz Ensemble Carol Jacobe, Director

3:00PM-4:00PM
Eye Level

4:30PM-5:30PM
Mike Longo Tro

6:00PM-7:00PM
Ilona Knopfler

7:30PM-8:30PM
Club Django Sextet of Toronto

9:00PM-10:30PM
Gino Vannelli

10:30PM
Price Chopper Fireworks Display
Saturn / FM-88 Scholastic Stage

12:30PM-1:00PM
C. W. Baker High School Jazz Ensemble – Jonathan Bowen, Director

1:30PM-2:00PM
W. Genesee High School Jazz Band Steve Frank, Director

2:30PM-3:00PM
The Greg Evans Trio
Labatt / Y-94FM CNY Stage

4:00PM-4:30PM
The Bells of Harmony

5:30PM-6:00PM
The Bells of Harmony

7:00PM-7:30PM
Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook

8:30PM-9:00PM
Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook
Clinics, Master Classes, Workshops, Jam Sessions

2:00PM - 3:00PM
Victor Bailey (bass)
MASTER CLASS
Room W 122

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Ilona Knopfler (voice)
MEET THE ARTIST SESSION
Room W 102/103

4:00PM - 5:00PM
STUDENT JAM SESSION
w/ professional rhythm section
Room W 122
Sunday June 26th
Carrier Main Stage

12:00PM-12:30PM
Onondaga Community College Latin Jazz Ensemble
Dr. Robert Bridge, Director

1:00PM-1:30PM
Liverpool High School Jazz Ensemble
James Spadafore, Director

2:00PM-2:30PM
Onondaga County Music Educators Association 2005
All-County Sr. High Jazz Ensemble
James Spadafore, Director

3:00PM-4:00PM
Spaces

4:30PM-5:30PM
Corey Christiansen

6:00PM-7:00PM
Toph-E and the Pussycats featuring Will Lee, Chris Parker, Ralph McDonald, David Mann, and Cliff Carter

7:30PM-9:00PM
Smokey Robinson
Saturn / FM-88 Scholastic Stage

12:30PM-1:00PM
Skaneateles Middle School Jazz Ensemble – David G. Wilbur, Director

1:30PM-2:00PM
Henninger High School Jazz Ensemble
Michelin Kelleher, Director

2:30PM-3:00PM
MPH Jazz Combo Joe Colombo, Director
Labatt / Y-94FM CNY Stage

4:00PM-4:30PM
Nanni-Salce Intention

5:30PM-6:00PM
Nanni-Salce Intention

7:00PM-7:30PM
Soft Spoken
Clinics, Master Classes, Workshops, Jam Sessions

1:00PM - 2:00PM
Chris Parker a k a Toph-E (drums)
MASTER CLASS
Room W 122

2:00PM - 3:00PM
Corey Christiansen (guitar)
CLINIC
Room W 102/103

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Will Lee (bass)
WORKSHOP
Room W 125

3:00PM - 4:00PM
David Mann (saxophone)
CLINIC
Room W 116

4:00PM - 5:00PM
STUDENT JAM SESSION
w/ professional rhythm section
Room W 122

longest post ever

I'd like to see the Know How, I just hope you'd get them here before July 25

erm, por que?

i'm sorry but you put gino vannelli in bold. what's up with that? the club django sextet should be the ones in bold. i went saturday night and club django was a buncha old dudes were playing the most ripping gyspy jazz i've heard in a long long time. gino vannelli had girls jeans and a permed mullet. that and he sucked. hard.

go go gergie signing off.[/b]

GINO WAS HORRRRRIBLE, he gets extra "'R's" in "horrible" for being so bad.

i say bring the know how in.

Really? Because some others were far less enthused ...

Some are arguing the Know How needs to rebuild their audience in Syracuse. You all tell me, because I honestly don't know what to think about that.

Also, the Knockouts from Toronto really wanna play here. How do you all feel about that?

I Voted For Kodos also wants to come back through this summer. Opinions?

I'd love to see IV4K. The Knockouts would be cool too, I need to listen to the rest of the songs but they seem like they'd put on a good one.

IV4K!!!!!!

i love the know how and ivfk

I would definately love to see IV4K back here.
Danny, do you happen to know how they felt about playing at the Coffee Pavillion, because personally I loved the show that they played there earlier this year, and if they liked it too I'd love to see them play there again. It seemed like they had fun there, and I thought it was great too.

Yeah. I personally am not a fan of Gino Vanelli, but he was the headliner for the night, and it was the headliners that I bolded.

And then Ron Blake just because I'm partial and have to show my bias. Ooooooh yeah.

Hehe. I actually ended up missing Ron Blake because I had to go pick up friends to come with me. TRIO! though, was just, AMAZING. Honestly. Stanley Clarke had his whole slap bass solo going and I almost melted. And Jean Luc, ugh, I was like 'mmmm fiiiiddle." And who doesn't love banjo? Haha.

Oh man, that was easily the most fun I've had at a show in a REALLY long time. That night was amazing. We went back to my friend Rhett's house after because his parents where out of town for the weekend, and we watched Monty Python's Holy Grail until like 1am. We went to the store and got a bunch of food that we didn't end up eating. Took tons of pictues. Ahh me, good times.

We talked about it at Ska Weekend in Knoxville and they loved it as much as we did. But I'm thinking that Coffee Pavilion can't handle any more people than that (remember how crazy crowded it was?), plus next time IVFK will be a Friday night, which Coffee Pavilion can't do, because it's their very successful high school jazz jam night. So, it's probably going to happen at a new venue I've been working on for awhile that I suspect will be even more popular than Coffee Pavilion.

More details VERY soon ...