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Attend the next Fox Jazz Fest . . . September 4th and 5th, 2010

          This page lists all known acts who performed at the annual Fox Jazz Fest, in Jefferson Park in Menasha, WI. This is the successor to the defunct Neenah Jazz Fest. Please write if you know the dates for, and/or who performed at, any of the first six (1995-2000) festivals held in Neenah.

      Neenah Jazz Fest
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
      Fox Jazz Fest
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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?-1995 - 1st Annual
?-1996 - 2nd Annual
?-1997 - 3rd Annual
?-1998 - 4th Annual
?-1999 - 5th Annual
?-2000 - 6th Annual
          All dates and performers are unknown for the first six Neenah Jazz Fests. Does anyone have a complete schedule of any of the 1995-2000 performers?

Neenah Jazz Fest 2001 - 7th Annual -- Select by year: Neenah 1995-2003 / Menasha 2004-2009 / 2010

      Saturday, September 1, 2001
      Neenah Public Libary
1. 11:00 am - Matt Turner
         Main Stage
2. 12:00 pm - Neenah High School Jazz Ensemble
3.   1:00 pm - David Sullivan & Friends
4.   2:30 pm - Ziji w/ Chris Salerno
5.   4:00 pm - MadiSalsa
6.   5:30 pm - Ernie Watts
         The Cabaret Tent
7.   1:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Tom Theabo
8.   7:00 pm to 9:00 pm - Habanero Jazz Band (Jambalaya Jazz Party)
         The Fan Club @ Valley Inn
9.   9:00 pm to 11:00 pm - Thunder from Down Under
         Sunday, September 2, 2001
         Main Stage
10. 11:00 am - Jazz Worship Service
11. 11:45 am - St. Mary Central High School Jazz Band
12. 12:30 pm - Africa West
13.   1:30 pm - Mrs. Fun
14.   3:00 pm - RH Factor with Randy Hoecherl
15.   4:30 pm - TWQ (Tom Washatka Quartet)
16.   6:00 pm - Kitty Margolis
          The Cabaret Tent
17.   1:00 pm to 4:00 pm - The Arrangement

Neenah Jazz Fest 2002 - 8th Annual -- Select by year: Neenah 1995-2003 / Menasha 2004-2009 / 2010

      Saturday, August 31, 2002
      Neenah Public Libary
1. 11:00 am - Jazz Pianist Matthew Buchman
         Main Stage
2. 12:00 pm - Neenah High School Jazz Ensemble
3.   1:00 pm - Tom Reynolds Quartet
4.   2:30 pm - Kristen Korb
5.   4:00 pm - Dave Bixler Quartet
6.   5:30 pm - Gene Bertoncini [NY]
         Cabaret Tent
7.   1:30 pm - Brad Curran
8.   7:00 pm - Rand Skelton Group (Jambalaya Jazz Party)
         Valley Inn
9.   9:00 pm - Tom Theabo (Jam Session)
         Sunday, September 1, 2002
         Main Stage
10. 11:00 am - Jazz Worship Service
11. 12:00 pm - Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band
12.   1:00 pm - Janet Planet
13.   2:30 pm - Brian Holland
14.   4:00 pm - Joel Adams
15.   5:30 pm - Miles Griffith
          The Cabaret Tent
16.   1:30 pm - Janet Macklin
17.   7:00 pm - Playtime (Afterglow Party)

Neenah Jazz Fest 2003 - 9th Annual -- Select by year: Neenah 1995-2003 / Menasha 2004-2009 / 2010

      Saturday, August 30, 2003
      Main Stage - 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm (actual performance start time for each act unknown)
1. Neenah High School Jazz Ensemble
2. Birth of the Cools
3. Playtime
4. Africa West
5. Woody Mankowski
6. Janet Planet
         Cabaret Stage
7.   1:30 pm - Emilie Rose Bishop
8.   7:00 pm - Janet Macklin (Jambalaya Jazz Party)
         Valley Inn
9.   9:00 pm - Tom Theabo (Jam Session)
         Sunday, August 31, 2003
         Main Stage
10. 11:00 am - Jazz Worship Service
          12:00 pm - 7:00 pm (actual performance start time for each act unknown)
11. Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band
12. Randy Hoecherl
13. Todd Buffa
14. Matt Turner
15. Chris Salerno
16. Ryan Cohan
          Cabaret Stage
17.   1:30 pm - Nash (Noah?) Harmon

Neenah Jazz Fest 2004 - 10th Annual -- Select by year: Neenah 1995-2003 / Menasha 2004-2009 / 2010
          Canceled by its host for nine years, Future Neenah, Inc. [Archive], due to the renovation of Shattuck Park, the Festival's home. Sometime in the Spring of 2004, they decreed the Festival would go on "hiatus" for a year and resume the following year after the Park was finished. However, to the local Jazz community, that was unacceptable. The Neenah Jazz Fest was reorganized by John Harmon, Jim Putman and friends, moved to Menasha, and renamed to "Fox Jazz Fest". Neenah lost its Festival permanently.

      Neenah Jazz Fest
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
      Fox Jazz Fest
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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1. September 4-5, 2004
   Actual dates and performance times unknown: T.S. Monk, Janet Planet & Friends, John Salerno, others?

1. 09-01-2005 - 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Tom Washatka and his quartet, Fat Kid Wednesdays [MN], The Charlie Hunter Trio [?]
             held in downtown Oshkosh at the Grand Opera House Square
2. 09-02-2005 - 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm: The Vig, Mrs. Fun, Dr. Eugene Chadbourne with Gil Scott Heron's pianist Brian Jackson, Violent Femmes, Victor DeLorenzo, Brian Ritchie
             held at the Leach Amphitheatre in Oshkosh. These two nights were the only Fox Jazz Fest concerts ever held in Oshkosh.
3. 09-03-2005 - Main Stage: Noon - 8:30 pm: Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band, Neenah High School Jazz Band, Paul Silbergleit, Woody Mankowski, Matt Turner and Randy Sabien, Siora [?], Marvin Stamm Quartet [?], MadiSalsa
4. 09-03-2005 - Pavilion Stage: Noon to 5:00 pm: Helen Exner and Red Brown [?], Jazz Orgy, Twins [?] (featuring T. Ditzler, M. LaVarda, B. Lydeen, D. Munson)
5. 09-04-2005 - Pavilion Stage: Noon to 5:00 pm: Marty Robinson Group, Noah Harmon and friends, Playtime

1. 09-02-2006 - Noon - 7:00 pm: Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band, Neenah High School Jazz Band, Lee Tomboulian and Return to Whenever (Lawrence U.), The Africa->West Trio, Chris Salerno & ZIJI, Adam Yarian (CA), Janet Planet and Tom Washatka Quartet, Playtime
2. 09-03-2006 - Noon - 7:00 pm: St. Mary Central High School Jazz Band, Sulco, Bob Levy's Little Big Band, Mike Kubicki Trio with vibrophonist Joe Cooper [MI], Jim Paolo Trio and Mark Davis, David Sanchez Quartet [?]

1. 09-01-2007: Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band, Neenah High School Jazz Band, A Tribute to Art Blakey, Laura Caviani Trio [MN], Green Bay Packer Tailgaters, Randal Harrison Trio, Curtis Fuller Quartet [?]
2. 09-02-2007: St. Mary Central High School Jazz Band, Sulco, Jeanne Woodall with The Mike Kubicki Trio, Manty Ellis, Janet Planet with John Harmon and The Tom Washatka Quorum, Dan Trudell Organ Trio, Cedar Walton Trio [?]

      Saturday, August 30, 2008
1. 12:00 pm - Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band
2. 12:30 pm - Neenah High School Jazz Band
3.   1:00 pm - ZIJI featuring Christine Salerno
4.   2:15 pm - Lee Tomboulian Sextet
5.   3:30 pm - The Mulligan Mosaics 13 piece Big Band [IL]
6.   5:00 pm - Tigran Hamasyan Trio (Armenia)
7.   9:00 pm - JAM Session with Noah Harmon Trio with Andy Mertens & Mike Underwood
         Sunday, August 31, 2008
8. 12:00 pm - St. Mary Central High School Jazz Band
9. 12:30 pm - Common Time
10.   1:00 pm - Steve March Torme [NY]
11.   2:15 pm - Saxophone Summit: Woody Mankowski & Tom Washatka
12.   3:30 pm - The Big Band Reunion: Tribute to Count Basie, plus the winners of the 2008 Student Jazz Soloist Competition (names?)
13.   5:00 pm - Jerry Bergonzi Quartet [?]

      Saturday, September 5, 2009
      Sunday, September 6, 2009
Donald Harrison (LA), Arturo O'Farrill [NY], others TBA

I could not attend this year. Does anyone have a complete schedule of 2009 performers?

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