Four top jazz artists assemble for ‘Jazz Camp’ concert

November 22, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Damion Reid holds a snare drum, Brandon Eugene Owens plays his base guitar, Gerald Clayton and Keyon Harrold plays a trumpet at Sunset.

The Fresno State Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Richard Giddens, Jr., will perform along with the ensemble “Jazz Camp,” featuring four widely recognized jazz musicians, Keyon Harrold, Brandon Eugene Owens, Gerald Clayton and Damion Reid.

GRAMMY-nominated ‘Kneebody’ headlines Fresno State Jazz Festival

November 26, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Kneebody is known for their explosive energy and adventurous improvisation with keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, saxophonist Ben Wendel and drummer/bassist Nate Wood.

Fresno State Jazz Festival revival is part of a larger vision for the program

November 30, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

It had been nearly 20 years since the last Fresno State Jazz Festival, and after a day of performances by visiting schools, the main concert began in the Fresno State Concert Hall on the evening of Nov. 29. Richard Giddens, Director of Jazz Studies for the Fresno State Department of Music directed the Fresno State […]