griff kaz and bob snieder

Saturday, August 26th - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
The Peace Garden Stage

Recently returned from a decade of playing in the DC area, Griffith Kazmierczak ignites his rich, melodic, original tunes and arrangements with astonishing ease and facility on trumpet, violin, and mandolin.

Before joining the Eastman faculty in late 1997, Bob Sneider toured for several years with two-time Grammy Award winner Chuck Mangione. Other notable performers with whom Sneider has performed, toured, or recorded include Nat Adderley, Joe Locke, Don Menza, Lou Donaldson, Joey Defrancesco, Pat Bianchi, Gary Versace, Pat Labarbara, Grant Stewart, Ken Peplowski, Gerry Niewood, Chris Potter, Roy McCurdy, Eric Alexander, David Hazeltine, Frank Strazzerri, Jon Faddis, Keeter Betts and frequent appearances with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Pops(guitar/banjo).