Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival (CJF)

Notre Dame's legendary CJF is America's oldest collegiate jazz festival. CJF has featured performances by college bands and professional judges since 1959.

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Listen to an amazing clip from yesterday's @newlifejazz concert - https://t.co/HATNhmuDvv

That @Hentones sound is incredible! Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra plays again tonight! For today's complete CJF schedule, go to https://t.co/gmiTkfdqtW

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Get excited! @newlifejazz has arrived in South Bend. Check out the full lineup of the 65th CJF here: https://t.co/gmiTkfdqtW

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Tonight's CJF Preview Concert featuring ND Jazz Band 2 in the Hagerty Family Cafe kicked off our University's 65th Collegiate Jazz Festival! For more information regarding all of this weekend's events, go to https://t.co/gmiTkfdqtW

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We are so excited to have you here @newlifejazz !!!!

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Rewatch all of today's bands and the clinician comments here - https://t.co/bR0S9wGtEe

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You might want to rewatch the livestream to catch all of the knowledge these clinicians are dropping on us! “There is a reality to this music that is sometimes uncomfortable.” - @PatBartMusic speaking about the role race plays in jazz standards and our performance of them.

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Want to see the 2022 CJF Clinician Concert?! https://t.co/rPzCda0XHm Use the promo code LUVJAZZ10 for 10% off the ticket price.

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Our last group today is @RooseveltU Large Jazz Ensemble. You sound great!

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"Always learn something new. As long as you play, always incorporate something new in your soloing!" - Rickey Woodard, 2022 CJF Clinician

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2022 CJF clinician @JustinKauflin talked about about following the lineage. You like Robert Glasper? Who did he like? Chick Corea. Who did Chick Corea like? Bud Powell. Who did Bud Powell like… Study the lineage!!!

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Up now is the Columbia College Chicago (@ColumbiaChi) Fusion Ensemble. It's great to hear them playing some @tiafuller music. Tia was a 2021 CJF clinician!

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"I wrote some notes, and my first word was YEAH"! - John Clayton to MSU Jazz II (@MSUJazzStudies) That MSU performance was incredible!

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I see big smiles as @JohnClaytonbass and the other 2022 CJF Clinicians watch this stellar MSU Jazz II performance! @MSUJazzStudies

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To Ashland University Big Band: "The audience is part of the band too!" - Patrick Bartley @PatBartMusic, 2022 CJF Clinician

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To the Notre Dame Jazz Band: "Play so soft that you can hear a mouse pee on a sponge." - David Alvarez III, 2022 CJF Clinician

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2022 clinicians watching the @Ashland_Univ Big Band live in the CJF studio!

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2022 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival is now live on YouTube! https://t.co/bR0S9wY52O

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Wow! We are so blessed to have these incredible clinicians with us today! Pandemic schmamdemic... These jazz masters are dropping so much knowledge and bringing us so much joy! @tiafuller @JohnClaytonbass @geraldclayton @mattwilsonjazz @TerellStafford

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Up next: Western Michigan University! Watch live: https://t.co/0om4XmSfb4

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Our Clinicians are on point today! Listen live as they give each band feedback. https://t.co/0om4XmSfb4

• Tia Fuller, alto saxophone
• Gerald Clayton, piano
• Matt Wilson, drums
• John Clayton, string bass
• Terell Stafford, trumpet