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The John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival
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Inspired Student Contest Winners
A group of North Carolina middle and high school student musicians stood on stage, beaming with pride, next to the instruments they’d won in the 2024 John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival Student Instrument Contest. Their families and thousands in the...
2019 Recap
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JOHN BROWN
North Carolina bassist John Brown is one of this state’s leading musicians and educators. The Fayetteville native and alum of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the School of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
SNARKY PUPPY
Snarky Puppy, the five-time Grammy® Award-winning collective will bring their boundless, category-defying sound to the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, August 30, 2025 in High Point, NC. Their music is a mosaic of genres: jazz, funk,...
STANLEY CLARKE
Stanley Clarke, one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world, will perform at the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival (JCIJBF) on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. He is a four-time Grammy® Award-winner, NEA Jazz Master, composer,...