Clifford Brown Jazz Festival

The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is a free jazz music festival held annually in June at Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. The first festival was held in 1989 on the open lawn in the center of the city, and has grown into the largest free jazz festival on the East Coast.^{[citation needed]} The event is held to keep alive the memory of Clifford Brown who died in a traffic accident in 1956 along with pianist Richie Powell.^[1] Pieces written by Brown and tribute pieces (like Benny Golson's "I Remember Clifford") are often played.^{[citation needed]} Some acts have been staged at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, where a fee was charged.^{[citation needed]}

Past acts

2020

Arturo Stable Quartet
Sharon Sable Quintet
Cintron
Gerald Chavis Quintet
Mike Boone Quartet
Barbara Walker
Johnathan Barber & Vision Ahead
Vertical Current

Raye Jones Avery - Voices For Healing

Terra Soul Project
Dennis Fortune
The Whitney Project
Korey Riker Band
Fostina Dixon & Winds Of Change
Jeff Bradshaw Band

2019

Jeff Bradshaw & Friends
Jamison Ross
Etienne Charles & Creole Soul
Alfredo Rodriguez
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Pablo Batista w/ Nestor Torres
The Jenkins Project
Christian Scott
Norman Brown's Summer Storm
Fostina Dixon & the Winds of Change
Mwenso & the Shakes
Raye Jones Avery & Adagio
Kendrick Scott
Terrence Blanchard & E Collective
Branford Marsalis

2018

Laila Biali
Matthew Whitaker
The Clifford Brown Tribute Big Band with Gerald Chavis featuring Ernie Watts
Miguel Zenon Quartet
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
Arturo Sandoval
The Lao Tizer Band featuring Chieli Minucci, Eric Marienthal & Karen Briggs
Deva Mahal SPECIAL GUEST BRIAN MCKNIGHT
Sammy Miller and The Congregation
Sara Lazarus
Scott Tixier
Sidewalk Chalk
Marcus Miller

2017

Clifford Brown Tribute Band
Alicia Olatuja
Theo Crocker
Karen Rodriguez
Danilo Perez Trio
Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble
High & Mighty Brass Band
Frederic Yonnet
Marsha Ambrosius
Wilmington Youth Jazz Band
Rob Zinn
Sumi Toonoka
Somi
Regina Carter

2016

Wilmington Youth Jazz Band
Maya Bellardo
Delaware Jazz All Stars
Miles Jaye
Marcus Johnson
The Ultimate Clifford Brown Tribute Band
Best Kept Soul
Miguel Orlando Band
Adriel Gonzalez Band
Aniya Jazz
Nadjah Nicole
Andra Day
Robert Glasper Trio
Saul Rubin Trio Feat. Leslie
Valery Ponomarev Big Band
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Euge Groove
Kim Waters

2015

Jackie Brown Jazz@a Band
Clifford Brown Trumpet Consortium
Aniya Jazz
Denise Montana w/Ray Drummond – Bass, Sharp Radway – Pno, Shirazette Tinnen -Drums,

Jermey Pelt – Trmpt, Jason Curry – Sax, Leon Jordan, Jr – Trmpt, Daniel Bauerkemper – Sax, Wayne Escoffery – Sax, Jason Marshall – Baritone Sax, Robin Eubanks – Trombone

Edgardo Cintron & The Cintron Band
Tito Puente, Jr. Orchestra
John “Sax” Williams
Point Blank
Leela James
Norman Conners
Pieces Of A Dream
Jeff Lorber Fusion w/Eric Marienthal, Chuck Loeb, Jimmy Haslip & Khari Parker

2014

The Brownie-Roach Project
Dianne Schuur
Lynn Riley
Latin Jazz All-Stars: A Tribute to Dave Valentin
Amel Larruiex
Mindi Abair
Aniya Jazz
Jawanza Kobie
Habana Sax
Brian Culbertson

2013

Benny Golson Quartet
United Trumpet Summit - featuring: Randy Brecker, Dr. Eddie Henderson, Dave Douglas & Riley Mullins
Jessy J
Buster Williams Quartet “Something More.” with Patrice Rushen, Cindy Blackman Santana and Stefon Harris
To the Maxx
BWB - Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown
JD3
The W. E. S. Group
Pedrito Martinez Group
Lalah Hathaway

2012

Monty Alexander
All-Star Tribute to Lionel Hampton featuring Jason Marsalis, Candido, Robin Eubanks, Kevin Mahogany and Russell Gunn
Claudio Roditi Septet
Randy Weston's African Rhythms
Steve Wilson: Bird with Strings
Christian McBride Big Band
Winston Byrd Quintet
Ernie Watts Quartet
Valerie Capers
Jane Monheit with special guest Mark O'Connor
Aaron Walker & Spiritual Rhythms
All These Miles: The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble plays the music of Miles Davis
Hiromi: The Trio Project with Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips
Dee Dee Bridgewater

2011

Junior Mance Quintet
Manifest 3
Ninety Miles
Avery Sharpe Quintet
Soul of Summer
Ronny Jordan Full Band
Take 6
Tizer
The Metta Quintet
Rufus Reid's Out Front Quintet
Rene Marie
Captain Black's Big Band^[2]

2010: ^{[citation needed]}

John Pizarelli Swing Seven
Champian Fulton
Jerry Gonzales and the Fort Apache Band
Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet
Ravi Coltrane
Cindy Blackman
Marcus Miller and Christian Scott, "Tutu Revisited"
USAF Satellite Ensemble
Chick Corea Freedom Band
Pyeng Threadgill
Fostina Dixon and Winds Of Change
Tony Williams Ensemble
Mark Williams Quintet
Jose Carmona III

2009: ^{[citation needed]}

Kombu Kombo
Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band
Jason Moran
Jazz Attack
Kem
Javon Jackson and Les McCann
The Bad Plus
Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
Dumpstafunk
Pete Escovedo
Bio Ritmo
Burnt Sugar, the Chamber Archestra

2008: ^{[citation needed]}

Trio 3
Helen Sung Group
George Duke
Crittenden
Suzette Ortiz Jazz Ensemble
Steve Turre and Sanctified Shells
U of D Jazz Camp Graduates
Dr. Guy's Musiqology
Jumpin' Off A Cleff
Huascar Barradas
Raw Sugar Quintet
Atiba's Dream
David Sanborn Group
Hiromi's Sonic Bloom
Rashid Ali's Quintet
Clifford Brown Tribute Band featuring Terell Stafford
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Bonerama
Barbara Walker
Point Blank
Mingus Big Band

2007: ^{[citation needed]}

The Mahavishnu Project
Skerik's Maelstrom Trio
The Blue Method
The Rhythm Council featuring Henry Butler & Papa Mali
Big Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias
The Ed Palermo Big Band
The New Mastersounds
Jean Luc Ponty
Norman Brown's Summer Storm featuring Peabo Bryson, Jeff Lorber and Marion Meadows
Sherry Winston
Rob Swanson Quintet
Stanley Clarke
Wallace Roney (replaced Freddie Hubbard) and the New Jazz Composers Octet
Elegua
Aquiles Báez
Afghan Jazz Project
Metta Jazz Quintet

2006: ^{[citation needed]}

Count Basie Orchestra
Edward Simon
Crimson Jazz Trio
Rebirth Brass Band
Wade in the Water Tour: Bill Summers, Troy Andrews, Mark Brooks, Jamal Batiste, Davell Crawford, Leon Brown, Donald Harrison, Shaka Zulu, Frenchy Frechette
Sandy Graham
The Tiptons
McCoy Tyner Trio
The RAW Sugar Quintet
Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers
Fortune Vinson Cruse
Jae Sinnett
John Pizzarelli
Curtis Fuller
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Rayford Griffin
Wilby Fletcher, Jr.
Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert