Jazz Festival Band Lineup
Bob Draga
Bob's professional career spans thirty years of live performances. The last fifteen of which encompass jazz festivals and personal appearances spanning the globe. Bob recently retired from Titan Hot Seven, but he still possesses a strong desire to entertain his friends, both new and old, and looks forward to seeing all of you on his many travels. Fortunately, his travels include Medford. Bob will appear with numerous bands over the weekend and will be serving up another portion of "Clarinet Clambake".
Carolyn Martin'sSwing Band
Singer Carolyn Martin's Swing Band has been described as "... a winning throwback to the days where emotion was measured and artful rather than loud and histrionic." From European concert halls to intimate venues at home in Nashville, fans have come to know Carolyn as a a vocalist with a unique sense of musical style, a charismatic stage presence and a voice that exudes passion and experience - the soulful elegance that is the very essence of music.
Cornet Chop Suey
With a high-energy front-line and a powerful rhythm section they have at least a century of songs in their repertoire, from the rags and Dixie of the early 1900's to contemporary jump, jazz, and swing. They guarantee that an hour later you'll be hungry for more.
Gator Beat
Gator Beat, the West Coast's hardest hitting Zydeco, New Orleans R&B band is a hand-clapping, foot-stomping, high energy concert and dance band. They are known as "The Band With A Beat That Bites". That is because Gator Beat Band has what it takes. With the same survival instinct as its namesake, Gator Beat continues to adapt itself to its audiences, always with something fresh yet true to its calling. That calling is to represent the music of South Louisiana in all its forms: Cajun, Zydeco and New Orleans style. They have the talent and diversity to do so, to express the nuances that define the genres. The result is a remarkable show with so much variety and depth that at the end of the show, the Gator Beat Band leaves you happy and hollerin' "Gimme Some Mo"!
High Sierra Jazz Band
Formed in 1976 at the base of the Sierra California Foothills, High Sierra Jazz Band has been coined the second most popular Jazz band ever. With literally hundreds of songs in their repertoire, this energetic band always promises a great show! Break out your dancin' shoes. These boys know how to get the joint jumpin!
High Street Band
High Street started out in the early 90's as a quartet playing mostly jazz standards and performing mainly at coffee houses and yogurt shops. Over the last 15 years, with some hard work, a lot of fun, a vision, and a few good breaks, High Street has headlined events as large as 50,000. High Street offers a wide range of musical styles, including: swing, latin, R & B, rock & roll, funk, jazz, and zydeco. The band's high energy shows and interactive work with their audiences have made them favorites wheverever they go.
The Midiri Brothers
The Midiri Brothers have made music, both jazz and classical, the focus of their lives since graduating Glassboro State College in the mid 1980's. On recordings they can be heard leading groups ranging from trios, quintets, sextets and big bands all featuring Joe's outstanding Clarinet and saxophones and Paul on the vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, drums and trombone!
The Mixers
The Mixers are a swing, jazz and west coast jump blues band that gives you both music and a show. The Mixers offer the best of old school bands from the 1940's and 1950's with a revved up attitude of today.
Oregon Coast Lab Band
This group of young performers has a way of captivating our growing audience. The Lab Band Program Association was created in 1992 to give young musicians on Oregon's south coast an opportunity to expand their musical skills through education and performance. They specialize in jazz, the "Big Band" sound including vocalists, with satellite specialty bands performing Dixieland and soft rock. This is a group of young talented performers you will not want to miss.
Sister Swing
Sister Swing is a fresh, exciting trio of singers which has captured the sound of the girl groups of the 1930s and 1940s, and brought it to the 21st century. Heavily influenced by the 3 part harmonies of groups like the Andrews Sisters and the Boswell Sisters, Sister Swing brings a new sound to an old style.
Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra
A 16-piece big band, Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra will have everyone dancing the night away with a mix of swing, Latin and classic big band arrangements of the '40s, '50s and '60s.
Tom Rigney and Flambeau
After fifteen years as the leader and electrifying violinist of The Sundogs, fiddler/composer Tom Rigney steps out on his own with a hot new band, Flambeau. The repertoire is original, eclectic, passionate, and filled with a musical and emotional intensity that will come as no surprise to followers of Rigneys career.
Wally's Warehouse Waifs
They have a lot stored up for you. They put their hearts and souls together to share their favorite tunes, leaving their fans wanting more of their extraordinary technical prowess and improvisation. What a sensation!
The Young Bucs
Whether it's Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" or "Little Darlin", made famous by The Diamonds, THE YOUNG BUCS Doo-Wop division take you back to the '50's, and the days before IPods and cell phones.
