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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 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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?-1995 - 1st Annual
?-1996 - 2nd Annual

Neenah Jazz Fest 1997 - 3rd Annual, held in Shattuck Park, downtown Neenah -- Select by year: Neenah 1995-2003 / Menasha 2004-2009 / 2010-2019
      All Festival details are from a copy of the program sent to me by Satoru Hayashiyama on 10-26-2015: - Neenah Jazz Fest 1997 (PDF) - (PDF Format) (get Acrobat Reader)

    Saturday, August 30, 1997
    Main Stage
1. 12:00 pm - No Strings Attached
2.   1:30 pm - Kristin Korb Trio featuring John Harmon
3.   3:00 pm - Extempo
4.   4:30 pm - Urban World with Janet Planet
       Cabaret Stage
5.   1:30 pm - Geriatric Jazz Group
6.   6:30 pm - Jambalaya Jazz Party with the Arrangement
       Sunday, August 31, 1997
       Main Stage
7. 12:00 pm - River City Six
8.   1:30 pm - Streetlife
9.   3:00 pm - Ben Hans Jazz Connection
10.   4:30 pm - Arturo Sandoval
        Cabaret Stage
11.   1:30 pm - Tim Dorsey

    ?-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 / 2010-2019

        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 / 2010-2019

        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 / 2010-2019

        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 / 2010-2019
          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.
          In other words, there never was a 10th Annual Neenah Jazz Fest in 2004. As a personal choice, I have called the 2004 Festival the 1st Annual Fox Jazz Fest. Others have called it the 10th Annual Fox Jazz Fest" because it was the 10th Jazz Festival held in the Fox Cities area.

    Neenah Jazz Fest
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
    Fox Jazz Fest
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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1. September 4-5, 2004
   Actual dates and performance times unknown: T.S. Monk, Janet Planet & Friends, John Salerno, others?

    Thursday, September 1, 2005
1.   6:00 pm - Tom Washatka and his quartet
2.   7:00 pm - Fat Kid Wednesdays [MN]
3.   8:00 pm - The Charlie Hunter Trio [?]
         held in downtown Oshkosh at the Grand Opera House Square
       Friday, September 2, 2005
4.   6:00 pm - The Vig
5.   7:00 pm - Mrs. Fun
6.   8:00 pm - Dr. Eugene Chadbourne with Gil Scott Heron's pianist Brian Jackson, and Violent Femmes's, 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.
       Saturday, September 3, 2005
   Main Stage
7. 12:00 pm - Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band li>12:30 pm - Neenah High School Jazz Band
8.   1:00 pm - Paul Silbergleit
9.   2:00 pm - Woody Mankowski
10.   3:00 pm - Matt Turner and Randy Sabien
11.   4:00 pm - Siora [?]
12.   5:00 pm - Marvin Stamm Quartet (w/Bill Mays, Rufus Reid, and more!) [North Salem, NY]
13.   7:00 pm - MadiSalsa (Madison's hottest dance band!)
    Pavilion Stage
14. 09-03-2005 - Noon to 5:00 pm: Helen Exner and Red Brown [?], Jazz Orgy, Twins [?] (featuring T. Ditzler, M. LaVarda, B. Lydeen, D. Munson)
        Sunday, September 4, 2005
    Main Stage
15. 11:00 am - Sunday Jazz Church Service
16. 12:00 pm - St. Mary Central High School Jazz Band
17.   1:00 pm - Randal Harrison Trio
18.   2:00 pm - Mary L. Knutson Trio
19.   3:00 pm - The Andy LaDuca World Jazz Band
20.   4:00 pm - The Big Band Reunion featuring Kathy Kosins
21.   5:00 pm - Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band
    Pavilion Stage
22. 09-04-2005 - 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 vibraphonist Joe Cooper [MI], Dan Trudell Organ Trio 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
    Tony Darling, percussion, drums, vibes, guitar, Hortonville High School, first place
    Kurt Shipe, trumpet, Fond du Lac High School, second place
13.   5:00 pm - Jerry Bergonzi Quartet [?]

    Saturday, September 5, 2009
1. 12:00 pm - Seton Catholic Middle School Jazz Band
2. 12:30 pm - Neenah High School Jazz Band
3.   1:00 pm - Pat Metheny Tribute Band [?]
4.   2:00 pm - Marlin McKay Quintet
5.   3:00 pm - Leala Cyr and The Brazilian Elektric Band
6.   4:30 pm - Matrix
   
7.   9:00 pm - After hours Jam Session featuring Noah Harmon Trio, @ Holiday Inn Riverwalk
       Sunday, September 6, 2009
8. 12:00 pm - Kaukauna High School Jazz Strings
9. 12:30 pm - Appleton North High School Jazz Band
10.   1:00 pm - Open Interest featuring John Salerno
11.   2:00 pm - Paul Silbergleit
12.   3:00 pm - Matt Turner Trio w/Peg and Bill Carrothers
13.   4:00 pm - High School Improvisation Competition Contest Winners:
    Eric Scultz, alto saxophone, Ashwaubenon High School, first place
    Mike Malone, percussion, Oshkosh West High School, second place
14.   4:30 pm - Arturo O'Farrill [NY]

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