Jazz at the Ballroom presents "Flying High"

Saturday, August 24, 2024 - 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
The Main Stage

Purchase Main Stage Seating HERE

The festival is excited to present a creative program by the Jazz at the Ballroom organization, which has presented special programs on the Great American Songbook at the country’s most respected venues such as the Kennedy Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Lobero Theatre, and at New York City’s famed Birdland. Jazz at the Ballroom will feature a lineup of rising stars led by the extraordinary jazz pianist Konrad Paszkudzki and featuring bassist Dylan Shamat, vocalist Olivia Chindamo, pianist/vocalist Champian Fulton, vocalist Vanessa Perea, vocalist Wyatt Michael, trombonist Rob Edwards, saxophonist Adrian Cunningham, and more.

More information about the Jazz at the Ballroom Ensemble HERE

FLYING HIGH

We're celebrating the great canaries.  Female vocalists Billie Holiday, Anita O’Day, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, and others.   Early in their careers, they were “canaries” -- women singing with the popular Big Bands of Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, and others. But these women were birds of a feather in more ways than one. They didn’t let bandleaders define them and they all went on to remarkable soloist careers.  Jazz at the Ballroom is presenting “Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared.” It's a revue of the music made famous by jazz canaries once they spread their wings.!