BOB FALLSTROM H&R Community News Editor, 29 jan 2014
DECATUR — Traditional jazz is usually portrayed as music played by old timers to entertain a white-haired audience.
So it’s noteworthy to point out that the 39th Central Illinois Jazz Festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1-2, at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel has a youth focus playing happy music, the kind that’s good for what ails you.
Yes, seasoned veterans will be here. Mixing in will be youngsters, more so than in the past. Consider:
* Peter and Will Anderson, leaders of a sextet from New York, are in their 20s. They provide the dinner show music Saturday night.
* Stephanie Trick, considered to be the world’s No. 1 stride piano player, is in her 20s.
* Clarinet expert Dave Bennett, a Benny Goodman clone, is in his 30s. He leads a quartet.
* Nicki Parrott, double bass player and leader of the Central Illinois Jazz Festival All Stars, is in her 30s.
* Adrian Cunningham, the clarinet/saxophone playing member of the All Stars, is inhis 30s.
* The Red Skunk Zipzee Swing Band from California members are in their 20s. Molly Reeves, the leader, is 22.
* The two Millikin University jazz bands are ultra-young. They play Saturday starting at 10 a.m. in Fountain Hall, open to the public free of charge.
Now for the veterans:
The long-time favorite groups return, including Cornet Chop Suey from St. Louis, Tom Rigney and Flambeau from Berkeley, Calif., Wally’s Warehouse Waifs from Michigan, Red Lehr’s Powerhouse Five from theSt. Louis area, the Dixie Daredevils from Central Illinois and Bob Draga and Friends from Florida. Also returning as featured guests are vocalist Marilyn Keller from Portland, Ore., and drummer Danny Coots from Nashville, Tenn.
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