North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison April 2-4, 2008

The David Binney Quartet will perform on Friday, April 4, 2008 at the final concert event of the 8th Annual North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison. Earlier that day, the quartet will hold a Q&A session at 12:15 - 1:15 pm. The evening concert begins at 7:00 pm, and will include performances by selected school groups participating in the festival. After a brief intermission, the David Binney Quartet will take the stage. The festival takes place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, Texas.

Members of the group are David Binney, saxophone, Craig Taborn, piano, Thomas Morgan, bass, and Dan Weiss, drums.

http://www.davidbinney.com/

Evening Concert Tickets On-Sale March 17
We are excited to announce that a limited number of tickets to the evening concerts will be made available for the public to purchase. 75 Premium tickets will be available for purchase for each concert.

All tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling Chris McMurtry at 972-450-6251. All payments must be made at the time of the order.

HOTEL OVERFLOW
Due to the popularity of this year’s festival, the Crowne Plaza is fully booked! The good news is that the Marriott Courtyard and Holiday Inn Express have both agreed to offer rooms at the same great rate offered by the Crowne Plaza.

The Courtyard Marriott is located across the street from the Crowne Plaza and the Holiday Inn Express is 3 blocks north of the Crowne Plaza and transportation to and from the Crowne Plaza will be provided. If you have not made reservations yet, please contact:

Courtyard Marriott - Addison/Midway
4165 Proton Drive ● Addison, Texas 75001
Olivia Palmer, Sales Coordinator ● 972-490-7390
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dalad-courtyard-dallas-addison-mid...

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites – Dallas/Addison
4355 Beltway Dr. ● Addison, Texas 75001
Michelle Dalzell, Director of Sales ● 972-503-7800
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/dalqr

We are very pleased to announce that the North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison has a new home. The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison will be the new host hotel for the event, and we have set dates for the festival through 2010! We feel that this new location is an excellent fit for the festival, and we look forward to hosting the event there for years to come.
Please mark your calendar!

Festival Dates:
April 2 - 4, 2008
April 16 - 18, 2009
April 8 - 10, 2010

FESTIVAL OVERVIEW

WEDNESDAY EVENING WELCOME RECEPTION AND CONCERT (Wednesday 6:00pm)
STUDENT RECEPTION Whispering Oaks (Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm)
Food and drink, performance by UNT jazz combo.

DIRECTOR RECEPTION Hospitality Suite 2031 (Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm)
Wine and hors d'ouvres, meet faculty, adjudicators, Town of Addison and festival officials.

OPENING CONCERT Trinity Ballroom (Wednesday 7:15 - 8:15 pm)
Two O'Clock Lab Band, directed by Jim Riggs
Special guests: TBA
[b[This concert and reception is free to all festival participants![/b]

STUDENT JAM SESSION Whispering Oaks (Wednesday 9:00 - 11:30 pm)
Make new friends!

HAL MILLER FILM PRESENTATIONS (Free and open to the public)
Wednesday, April 2 (6:00 - 9:00 pm)
Thursday, April 3 (9:00 am - 12:00 noon; 1:30 - 5:00 pm)
Friday, April 4 (9:00 am - 12:00 noon; 1:30 - 5:00 pm)

SCHOOL GROUP PERFORMANCES AND CLINICS (Free and open to the public)
(Thursday and Friday 8:15am -12:00pm; 1:30 - 4:30pm)
Nearly 70 groups from universities, colleges, high schools and middle schools representing 25 states across the US will perform at the festival. Each group will be adjudicated by an expert panel, and receive a clinic from a UNT jazz faculty member immediately following their performance.

MASTER CLASSES (Thursday 12:15 - 1:15pm) (Free and open to the public)
Rosana Eckert, vocals
Jim Riggs, saxophone
Jay Saunders, trumpet
Steve Wiest, trombone
Fred Hamilton, guitar
Stefan Karlsson, piano
Lynn Seaton, bass
Ed Soph, drums
Mike Steinel, director's clinic

THURSDAY EVENING CONCERT (7:00 pm, Trinity Ballroom) (Tickets required)
North Texas Jazz Singers, directed by Paris Rutherford
North Texas Jazz Faculty Nonet
Rosana Eckert, vocals
Jim Riggs, saxophone
John Murphy, saxophone
Rodney Booth, trumpet
Steve Wiest, trombone
Fred Hamilton, guitar
Stefan Karlsson, piano
Lynn Seaton, bass
Ed Soph, drums
-intermission-
One O'Clock Lab Band, directed by Neil Slater

HEADLINER Q & A SESSION (Friday 12:15 - 1:15pm) (Free and open to the public)
David Binney Quartet

FRIDAY EVENING CONCERT (7:00 pm, Trinity Ballroom) (Tickets required)
Selected High School Vocal Jazz Group
Selected University/ College Vocal Jazz Group
Selected High School/ Middle School Combo
Selected University/ College Combo
Selected High School/ Middle School Big Band
Selected University/ College Big Band
-intermission-
David Binney Quartet

ADJUDICATORS

BIG BAND
Joe Eckert
Tim Ishii
Vern Sielert
Dan Weiss

COMBO
David Binney
Pat Coil

VOCAL
Michele Weir

CLINICIANS
Rosana Eckert, vocal
Paris Rutherford, vocal
Fred Hamilton, combo
Stefan Karlsson, combo
John Murphy, combo
Lynn Seaton, combo
Rodney Booth, big band
Jim Riggs, big band
Jay Saunders, big band
Neil Slater, big band
Mike Steinel, big band
Steve Wiest, big band