The 4th Annual 2017 SLO Jazz Festival, May 20, 2017 in Mission Plaza, San Luis Obispo.
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The 4th Annual 2017 SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL OFFICIAL LINE-UP

On the MAIN STAGE (Mission Stage):

Grammy Award-winning PONCHO SANCHEZ and His Latin Jazz Band!

THE PURPLE ONES: Insatiable Tribute to PRINCE

Grammy Award Winning Percussion Legend AIRTO MOREIRA with EYEDENTITY, featuring DIANA PURIM
PETER HORVATH GROUP featuring RAY OBIEDO and PETER MICHAEL ESCOVEDO
Inga Swearingen with Cuesta Jazz Faculty All-Star Band with Charlie Shoemake on Vibraphone

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LIVE ON OUR BROAD STREET STAGE

The Broad Street Stage this year features:
Jon Stephen - Tropical Brazilian Guitar
​​Dylan Johnson Quartet - Straight Ahead Jazz
Dawn Lambeth - Standards, Dixieland, and Jazz Songbook
​Mama Tumba - Afro-Funk

Youth In Music Stages

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12:15 - 1:00PM Paradigm Shift - a new combo formed at Cuesta College will kick off the Youth in Music Stage this year. Catch their set to see what's happening at Cuesta combo's! 

1:00PM - 1:15PM - Break

1:15PM - 2:00PM Samurai Flamenco - Another new combo at Cuesta is Samurai Flamenco!

2:00PM - 2:15PM - Break

​2:15pm - 3:00pm - ​Charlie Shoemake - a special JAZZ CLINIC, demonstration and jazz instruction by Southern California's most esteemed jazz educator, former vibraphonist with George Shearing.

"Arguably the most successful teacher of jazz improvisation in Southern California history, Shoemake is also a highly charged mallet man capable of blistering solos off the metronome markings…" - Leonard Feather ​

3:15pm - 4:15pm TRUCKS, TRUCKS, and MORE TRUCKS - this exciting combo is new to the SLO Jazz Festival. They'll be joining Charlie Shoemake for a special JAZZ CLINIC.

4:45PM - 5:30PM -  Summer Jazz Workshop Band - Did you know that Cuesta Jazz, Cuesta Community Programs and SLO Jazz Festival have been busy building a new education offering for students in the summer? We hosted this at Cuesta last year and are THRILLED to further showcase the development from these fine young musicians. COMBINED with High School All-Star Band - Featuring some of the finest jazz performers from High Schools throughout San Luis Obispo County, this band will pack a punch and leave you wanting more. We're thrilled to feature some of our finest up-and-coming talent from among our schools! Friends and family, come join the fun!

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LIVE PERFORMANCES BY STUDENT BANDS at the YOUTH IN MUSIC STAGE II: HIGH SCHOOL BANDS, in the SLO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM on the PHYLLIS MADONNA STAGE (2nd Floor):

Bands to be announced.

Full Set Time for Program

MISSION STAGE (Main Stage in front of Mission Steps)

11:25am - 12:55pm
Cuesta Jazz Faculty All-Stars with Charlie Shoemake

1:45pm - 3:15pm
Peter Horvath Group featuring
Ray Obiedo and Peter Michael Escovedo

3:45pm
Legend in Jazz Award
Presentation

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Grammy Award Winning Percussionist Airto Moreira with Eyedentity
​featuring Diana Purim

6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Purple Ones: Insatiable Tribute to Prince 

8:30pm - 10:00pm
Grammy Award Winning
PONCHO SANCHEZ and his Latin Jazz Band

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BROAD STREET STAGE (Side Stage by SLO History Museum)

11:00am - 12:30pm
Jon Stephen
Brazilian Tropical Guitar

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Dylan Johnson Quartet

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Dawn Lambeth

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Mama Tumba
Afro-Latin Rhythms

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YOUTH IN MUSIC STAGE (in Museum of Art)

12:15pm - 1:00pm
Paradigm Shift

1:15pm - 2:00pm
Samurai Flamenco
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SPECIAL EVENT!
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Jazz Clinic with
Charlie Shoemake

3:15pm - 4:15pm
Trucks, Trucks, and More Trucks  - A band of Cuesta performers as fun as their name implies.

4:45pm - 5:30pm
​Summer Jazz Workshop Band - Students from the Summer Jazz Workshop and popular HIgh School students

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cal Poly Jazz Combo
1st time ever at SLO Jazz Fest - the Cal Poly Jazz Combo!

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Youth in Music II HIGH SCHOOL BAND Stage (in the SLO Children's Museum on the Phyllis Madonna Stage, 2nd Floor)

1:00pm - 1:45pm
Righetti High School Jazz Band