WCHS Jazz Band To Perform At Elkhart Jazz Festival Saturday
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The Warsaw Community High School Jazz Band will perform at the Elkhart Jazz Festival in Elkhart Saturday. In recent years, the festival has become one of the premier jazz festivals in the country, according to a press release from the WCHS Music Dept. This is the third time that the WCHS Jazz Band has been invited to perform at the festival. The band’s performance will feature guest artist Randy Reinhart. Reinhart is an accomplished jazz performer on trumpet and trombone who has collaborated with artists such as Jim Cullum, Kenny Davern, Marty Grosz, Bucky Pizzarelli, Dan Barrett, Jake Hanna, Howard Alden and Warren Vache. He can be heard on various recordings for the Arbors, Audiophile, Jump and Nagel-Heyer labels. The WCHS Jazz Band, under the direction of Mickey Ratliff, will perform at noon in the Civic Plaza in downtown Elkhart Saturday. For more information, go to www.elkhartjazzfestival.com
