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          This page lists information about all the Fond du Lac Jazz Festivals held at various venues since 1983. Only those artists/groups which are based in Wisconsin and have an entry somewhere at this site have links. Please write if you know any details about a listed Wisconsin artist/group which has no link, and the actual dates and where any of the 1983-2003 Festivals were held.

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1. 1983 -- The Air Force Jazz Band, Lovell Ives & The Wisconsin All-Stars, Eddie Russ & Friends, Stinky Waters Jazz Band, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie
2. 1984 -- Doc DeHaven Combo, Howard Levy Jazz & The Wisconsin Quartet, Artie Shaw Orchestra
3. 1985 -- -- Bill Sargent's Trad-Jazz Rousers featuring Chuck Hedges, Bill Sargent's Swing Kings, 15-piece 4th Army Jazz Band, Jim Brandmeier Quartet, Sam Most, Buddy Defranco
4. 1986 -- -- Randy Sabien Quartet, Bobby Lewis and Ears, Brad Curran and Boobop, Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd,
5. 1987 -- Hot Jazz Vocalese Group, West End Jazz Band, U.S. Air Force Pacesetter Jazz Band, Stan Getz and his Quartet
6. 1988 -- River City Six, Willie Pickens Trio, Pacesetters Air Force Jazz Ensemble of the Midwest, Maynard Ferguson
7. 1989 -- Continental Army Show Band, Oceans, Ramsey Lewis Trio
8. 1990 -- Madguise, Andy Narell Group, "A Tribute to Goodman" w/Buddy Defranco, Terry Gibbs and Herb Ellis
9. 1991 -- Masheen Co. Show, Richard Elliot, Tonight Show All-Stars w/Tommy Newsom, Ed Shaughnessy, Conte Candoli
10. 1992 -- Random Walk, John Harmon and Wolf River, Special EFX, Supersax
11. 1993 -- Black Jack Davey, Jimmy Rogers, Greater Milwaukee Youth Jazz Ensemble, Anita O'Day
12. 1994 -- Janet Planet, Junior Wells, Maynard Ferguson and His Big Bop Nouveau Band
13. 1995 -- Funky Carnival with Janet Planet, Sonya Robinson, Clark Terry with the Art Hoyle Big Band in a "Tribute to Duke Ellington"
14. 1996 -- Third Coast String Quartet, Melvia "Chick" Rodgers, The World Famous Count Basie Orchestra
15. 1997 -- The Brown Sisters, Colby/Caruso, George Shearing
16. 1998 -- Mid-West Coast Jazz Octet, Daryl Stuermer Band, Eddie Daniels with the Big Band Reunion
17. 1999 -- Sam Lay Blues Band, Boots Randolph
18. 2000 -- Lynne Jordon & The Shivers (IL), Diane Schuur
19. 2001 -- Phil Guy & The Chicago Machine, Arturo Sandoval
20. 2002 -- Mississippi Heat, Kevin Eubanks
21. 2003 -- Jody Williams, Ellis Marsalis
22. 4/02-03/2004 -- Lynne Jordon & The Shivers (IL), Poncho Sanchez (CA), UW-Fond du Lac Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Fond du Lac All-Star Jazz Ensemble, Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds, Recreation Center
23. 4/08-09/2005 -- Program Cover / Volunteers -- Rhythm City (IL), Yellowjackets (CA), UW-Fond du Lac Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Fond du Lac All-Star Jazz Ensemble, Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds, Recreation Center
    4/07-08/2006 -- canceled, no festival
24. 4-13-2007 -- Tom "Bones" Malone of the David Letterman Show house band, Regional High School Honors Jazz Ensemble, The Lighthouse Big Band
25. 11/21-22/2008 -- David "Fathead" Newman (NY), The Lighthouse Big Band, The Jazz Combo, The Sabre Show Singers, The Marian Sabre Show Jazz Band, Marian University Sadoff Gymnasium

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