Lionel Hampton Jazz Fest

The 2008 Jazz Fest was a great opportunity to shoot, and I had a lot of fun shooting for two nights in a row, in front of hot spotlights until way into the early morning. These are all from way back in February. If you YouTube the Jazz Fest I think you can spot me scurrying about in front of the stage.

You just can't find snappy dressers like Jon Hendricks anymore. Really how many people you know could pull off this red jacket? And his whole performance is full of energy. If you ever get the chance to hear him don't pass it up.

My favorite shot from the whole entire Jazz Fest. Sara Gazarek.

One of my other favorite shots. Don't know his name though. The lighting was just awesome for every performer.

And this is the big shiny National Medal of the Arts President Bush presented to the University of Idaho this year in recognition of the Jazz Fest. Apparently UI is the first public university to get one of these bad boys.

The Jazz Fest has gone on since 1967. The 2008 Jazz Fest was a celebration of what would have been Lionel Hampton's 100th birthday.

I think Dee Daniels was my favorite singer of the whole Jazz Fest. It was hard to remember to shoot instead of just stand and listen when she came on.

Gerald Clayton.

Here is Jon again. He performed Friday and Saturday night.

Jon's daughter Aria Hendricks ... I'm pretty sure. She has the same on stage energy her father does.

This is when Jon and she were singing together.

Some hand held action in the dark without a flash. This was going on at the same time as the concerts on either sides of the main stage. The line to get on the dance floor was easily a hundred people long.