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2010 Festival Bands

Over 450 Sets of Live Music!

Sponsored by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, this year's lineup includes bands from all over the USA and Canada, and from all over the stylistic map. Where else can you find this much live music, over a four-day period, at such a low price? Go for the All-Events badge, and then catch as many bands as you can! Lots of new faces this year...

Featured Bands

NEW in 2010

First-time appearances by:
Arbors "Statesmen of Jazz"
Louis Ford & His New Orleans Jazz Flairs
Ray Obiedo & Mambo Caribe
Loose Marbles • Little Charlie Caravan
Quebe Sisters • RedSkunk Jipzee Swing
La Descarga! • Mark St. Mary
Delta Wires • Rhythm Vandals
Joe Getty & the Dead Flowers
Miss Margie & the Hot Five
   

Bob Draga   2010 Festival Emperor
   Bob Draga – clarinet
   Largo, Florida

 

Tom Hook   Tom Hook – piano/vocals
   New Orleans, Louisiana

Bria Skonberg   Bria Skonberg – trumpet/vocals
   Vancouver, British Columbia
   Canada

 

 

101st Army Dixieland Band
101st Army Dixieland Band

Ragtime, traditional jazz, swing
Aurora, Colorado

 

Arbors Statesmen of Jazz
Arbors "Statesmen of Jazz"
Featuring jazz legend Bob Wilber and
his protegé Antti Sarpila,
with Pieter Meijers, John Cocuzzi,
John Sheridan, Nicki Parrott, Jeff Hamilton
Sidney Bechet style / Benny Goodman style

From England, Finland, the Netherlands, USA


Banjo Buddies
Traditional jazz
California

 

BED (Becky, Eddie & Dan)
Rebecca Kilgore, E. Erickson, D. Barrett, Dave Stone
Swing
Portland, OR

 

Beth Duncan Quintet
Mainstream
Sacramento, California

 

Big Mama Sue Trio
Novelty / traditional jazz
Santa Cruz, California

 

Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band
Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band
(celebrating their 20th year)
Classic jazz & swing
Orlando, Florida

 

Bill & Eddie
Novelty / traditional jazz
Sacramento, California

 

Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition
Billy Mata & the Texas Tradition
Western swing
Lytle, Texas

 

Blue Street Jazz Band
Blue Street Jazz Band
Swing & traditional jazz
Fresno, California

 

Bob Schulz
Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band
Bob Scobey Chicago & NY style
San Francisco, California

 

California Repercussions
Street marching band
San Francisco, California

 

Capital Jazz Project
Capital Jazz Project
Mainstream
Sacramento, California
SUNDAY ONLY

 

Capital Pops Concert Band
Diverse, high-quality music
Northern California
MONDAY ONLY

 

Catfish & the Crawdaddies
Blues
Sacramento, California

 

Catsnjammer Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
Sacramento, California

 

Climax Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
Toronto, Ontario CANADA

 

Cornet Chop Suey
Cornet Chop Suey
Swing &traditional jazz
St. Louis, Missouri

 

Delta Wires
Hot-wired harmonica & horns blues
San Francisco, California
SUNDAY ONLY

 

Dr. Bach & the Jazz Practitioners
Traditional jazz & swing
Sacramento, California

 

Fulton Street Jazz Band
Swing & traditional jazz
Sacramento, California

 

Gator Beat
Zydeco
Sonoma, California

 

Gramercy Six
Traditional Jazz & swing
Sacramento, California

 

Hayriders
Hal Smith's Hayriders
Rockabilly
La Jolla, California

 

High Sierra JAzz BAnd
High Sierra Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
Three Rivers, California

 

Igor's Jazz Cowboys
Western swing
Tempe, Arizona

 

Jim Martinez Quartet
Mainstream jazz
Sacramento, California

 

Joe Getty & the Dead Flowers
Rock / Americana / Alternative
Sacramento, California
SATURDAY ONLY

 

La Descarga
La Descarga!
Latin jazz
Sacramento, California

 

Little Charlie Caravan
Little Charlie Caravan
Django style / Gypsy jazz
Davis, California
SUNDAY ONLY

 

Loose Marbles
Swing & traditional jazz (street band)
New Orleans, Louisiana

Louis Ford and band
Louis Ford & His New Orleans Jazz Flairs
Traditional jazz
New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Mariachi Los Gallos
Latin jazz / Mariachi
Sacramento, California

 

Mark St. Mary
Traditional Louisiana zydeco & blues band
Sacramento, California

 

Mick Martin
Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers
Blues
Sacramento, California

 

Migrant Jazz Workers
Vince Bartels' All-Stars (aka MJW)
Featuring Jon-Erik Kellso, Allan Vaché,
Russ Phillips, Johnny Varro, Steve Homan,
Richard Simon, Vince Bartels
Swing & Eddie Condon-style Jazz

From all across the USA

 

Miss Margie & the Hot Five
Swing
Sacramento, California

 

Molly Ringwald Quintet
Molly Ringwald Quintet
Mainstream
Los Angeles, California
SATURDAY ONLY

 

Nagual
Latin jazz
Sacramento, California
SATURDAY ONLY

 

Natural Gas Jazz Band
Traditional jazz
San Francisco, California

 

New Lowdown
New Lowdown
Swing & traditional jazz
Sacramento, California

 

New Orleans Ale Stars
New Orleans Ale Stars
Traditional Jazz & Swing
Vancouver, Canada

 

Night Blooming Jazzmen
Traditional Jazz
Claremont, California

 

Ophir Prison Marching Kazoo Band & Temperance Society, LMTD!
Novelty Marching Band
Northern California

The Professors
Traditional Jazz & Swing
Sacramento, California

 

The Quebe Sisters
Quebe Sisters Band
Western Swing
Texas

 

Ray Obiedo & Mambo Caribe
Caribbean, Brasilian, Afro/Funk, Latin jazz
San Francisco, California
SUNDAY ONLY

 

RedSkunk Jipzee Swing Band
RedSkunk Jipzee Swing
Django-style gypsy jazz
Morro Bay, California

 

Reynolds Brothers Quartet
Traditional jazz
Southern California

 

Royal Soc. Jazz Orch.
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Swing & hot 20s dance
Petaluma, California

 

Rhythm Vandals
Classic rock, blues and R&B / Santana Tribute
Sacramento, California

 

Sacramento Banjo Band
Banjos and more banjos - trad. jazz
Sacramento, California

 

Sacramento Blues Revue
Blues
Sacramento, California
SUNDAY ONLY

 

Shelley Burns & Avalon Swing
Novelty / Swing
Sacramento, California

 

Sister Swing
Swing
Sacramento, California

 

Steelin' Dan
The music of Steely Dan
Sacramento, California

 

Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums
Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums
Swing
Emeryville, California

 

Tom Rigney & Flambeau
Tom Rigney & Flambeau
Zydeco
Berkeley, California

 

Vivian Lee Quintet
Mainstream
Antelope, California

 

Zydeco Flames
Zydeco Flames
Zydeco
San Anselmo, California

 

NEXT GENERATION BANDS (Youth):

Denver Jazz Club All-Stars — Denver, CO
Diversely Dixie — Sacramento, CA
Dixie Dominus Jazz Band — Union City, CA
Evolution (big band) — Oregon Coast
Front Porch Swingers — Chilliwack, BC
J Street Jazz Cats — Davis, CA
Jazz Raptors — Roseville, CA
Mission Avenue Open Elementary & Leonardo da Vinci Elementary Joint Choir — Sacramento, CA
Mission Bay H.S. Dixie Jazz — San Diego, CA
Raisin Babies Jazz Band — Fresno, CA
Reedley River Rats — Reedley, CA
Sax by Popular Demand — Davis, CA
Syncopating Sea-Monkeys — West Sac., CA
Take 2 — Elk Grove, CA
T-N-T — Sacramento, CA

 

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Featured Music


In 2010 we presented these bands and more!

  • Louis Ford / New Orleans Jazz Flairs
  • Arbors "Statesmen of Jazz"
  • Molly Ringwald Quintet
  • Ray Obiedo & Mambo Caribe
  • The Quebe Sisters Band
  • Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band
  • Cornet Chop Suey
  • New Orleans Ale Stars
  • Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
  • Billy Mata and Texas Tradition
  • Tom Rigney and Flambeau
  • The Little Charlie Caravan
  • High Sierra Jazz Band
  • La Descarga!
  • Delta Wires
  • Steelin' Dan

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