The Tarleton Jazz Festival has had a long list of internationally recognized guest artists. Bringing guest artists to campus allows our students to interact and learn from world-class musicians and educators. Below is a list of previous guest artists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1974 – Maynard Ferguson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1975 – Woody Herman<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1979 – Jack Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1992 – Chris Seiter, Kris Berg, and Kent Ellingson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1995 – Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1996 – Collection Jazz Orchestra<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1997 – Tim Ishii and Bart Marantz<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1998 – Kim Park and Rick Stitzel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1999 – Count Basie<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2000 – John Fedchock<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2001 – Thomas Shabda Noor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2002 – Gary Hobbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2004 – Bertha Coolidge<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2005 – Rufus Reid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2006 – Maria Schneider<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2007 – David “Fathead” Newman<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2008 – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2009 – Sean Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2010 – Kathy Kosins<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2011 – Bob Mintzer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2012 – Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2013 – Jeff Coffin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2014 – John Faddis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2015 – Wycliffe Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2016 – Josh Hanlon and Friends (Stockton Helbing, Noel Johnston, James Driscoll, Ken Edwards, Justin Pierce)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2017 – Dave Pietro<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2018 – Terell Stafford<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2019 – Ari Hoenig<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021 (Virtual) – Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Sean Jones, Lynn Seaton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2022 – Tia Fuller<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2023 – Sara Jacovino<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2024 – Doug Stone<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2025 – Bijon Watson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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