February 2003

DeFranco celebrates 80th birthday
during annual UM jazz festival
Top jazz clarinetist and Montana resident Buddy DeFranco will celebrate his 80th birthday at the jazz festival named in his honor.

The Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival takes place at UM Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, with 7:30 p.m. concerts planned each evening.

The concerts will feature a stellar lineup of jazz musicians, accompanied by local favorites the All-Star Jazz Trio and UM Jazz Band I.

On Friday, DeFranco will be joined by guest artist James Moody on saxophone. On Saturday, DeFranco will welcome old friends and fellow jazz masters Butch Miles on drums, Bill Watrous on trombone, Joe Cohn on guitar and Fabrice Zammarchi on clarinet and saxophone. The event promises to be a birthday party and jam session extraordinaire.

The festival also will feature daytime clinics for more than 500 students from across the region. Guest clinicians are Bob Washut from the University of Northern Iowa and Hal Sherman of Bellevue Community College.

For concert tickets, call TIC-It-E-Z at (406) 243-4051 in Missoula or (888) 666-8262. More information is available online or by calling (406) 243-5071.

University Relations | Cary Shimek, Editor
The University of Montana-Missoula
32 Campus Drive | Missoula, MT 59812
phone (406) 243-2522 | fax (406) 243-4520
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