
Rootabaga 2018: Our Jazz Community
Rootabaga, a part of the Knox Jazz Year, aims to bring together professional jazz artists, alumni, local musicians, Knox faculty, and current students for jazz events that are open to the surrounding community.
Sosy Fleming '19, who plays the French horn and the trombone, worked with headliner Greg Ward. They said that the Knox Jazz Year program makes it easier to bring guest artists to Knox and Galesburg.
"Knox and Galesburg have a robust jazz community, unlike a lot of other places, and if I were anywhere else, I don't think I'd be as much a part of a jazz community or even as much of a jazz player or aficionado," Fleming added.
Knox Jazz Year includes two other annual events that culminate with free public concerts. The Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency brings world-renowned jazz artists to campus for a week of intensive and collaborative jazz activities with students. The Knox Winter Jazz series showcases global artists with diverse cultural perspectives for one-on-one experiential programming with Knox students and the Galesburg community.
Published on May 04, 2018