Hot Jazz Jubilee

Hot Jazz Jubilee Join Us Labor Day Weekend 2025 for Sacramento’s Premier End of Summer Celebration!

Exciting music genres like New Orleans Jazz, Western swing, Zydeco, Rock & Roll & more!

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!John Gill is a highly regarded player on drums and banjo ...
06/21/2026

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!
John Gill is a highly regarded player on drums and banjo and has recorded with a variety of ensembles on many labels. Growing up in the same neighborhood as drummer Tony Sbarbaro of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Sbarbaro became a major influence. Gill enjoyed a busy career in music, freelancing in San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, and Austin. He was a longtime member of Woody Allen’s famed New Orleans Jazz Band. Hot Jazz is lucky he is coming out of retirement for our festival!

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!Jason Wanner has incredible skill as a pianist and his l...
06/18/2026

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!
Jason Wanner has incredible skill as a pianist and his love of jazz keeps him in demand as an accompanist for vocalists. He has played with many west coast bands, including Blue Street Jazz Band, Titan Hot Seven, and the Bob Draga Quartet. In 2008 Jason moved to San Diego, and he often appears at jazz festivals all over the United States with multiple groups at a time. He enjoys being very busy. When not traveling domestically or internationally, he can sometimes be found at Disneyland, performing with various contracted groups. “I really feel that part of my destiny lies there; it’s just the right fit. Disney and Jazz. How much better can it get?

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!Dan Barrett began playing the trombone at the age of elev...
06/15/2026

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!
Dan Barrett began playing the trombone at the age of eleven and the cornet shortly thereafter. In high school he formed his first group, the Back Bay Jazz Band, bringing the joy of early jazz to Southern California audiences. He has since become a welcomed guest at dozens of jazz festivals here and abroad. Dan played trombone for a number of motion pictures, and performed five times at Carnegie Hall, including once with Woody Herman and the New York Pops Orchestra, and another time in a tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring Wynton Marsalis.

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!New York based and Australian born is an award winning ...
06/11/2026

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!
New York based and Australian born is an award winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and world traveler. With fluent command of the saxophones, clarinet, and flute, he is one of the finest multi-instrumentalists in jazz today.

In a career spanning two decades and counting, the “down under sax star” (Wall St Journal) has performed alongside luminaries such as Jon Batiste, Chris Potter and Wynton Marsalis, and has appeared as soloist in some of the world’s great stages including New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!Nate Najar is an American guitarist, music producer, and...
06/06/2026

Check out this amazing Guest Artist coming to Hot Jazz Jubilee!
Nate Najar is an American guitarist, music producer, and composer who plays classical guitar within the jazz tradition. A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Najar studied classical guitar in his teens with Frank Mullen. Influenced by Charlie Byrd, Nate's style is a fingerstyle guitarist who plays bossa nova and Brazilian jazz. In addition to local and international festivals and concerts Najar has performed on television composed for films.

Najar has been ranked multiple times on the jazz music charts, including a top ten spot in 2011 for the song "Groove Me," on which he collaborated with singer Melba Moore. As producer and composer, Najar has worked and recorded throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Jazz is heating up in Sacramento!The recent fundraising concert featuring trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and reed player Adr...
06/04/2026

Jazz is heating up in Sacramento!
The recent fundraising concert featuring trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and reed player Adrian Cunningham was a great success, netting over $3000 for the HJJ Scholarship Fund. Special thanks to Rio Americano High School for the use of their outstanding performing arts center, and to the Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation for their generous sponsorship.
Nearly half the audience was comprised of local students, many of whom sat in on the last tune of the evening.

The deadline to apply for this year's scholarships is June 14th. Do you know a graduating senior who plans to study music after high school? If so, encourage them to apply!

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