Davis Jazz Festival

Wandering downtown Davis this afternoon, I ran across the Davis Jazz Artists Festival. Taking place both today October 4th and Sunday October 5th, this is a nice mix between visual art, spoken word and jazz. I happened to catch the Brubeck Institute Quintet and the Davis High Jazz Band. Today's events were free and it was nice to see the support for both the Davis High School music funds as well as a strong show of support for Measure W with people giving out stickers and yard signs. There was also a raffel and artists were painting onsite and it looked like there was spoken word events planned as well.

It was really fun watching both the Brubeck Institute Quintet and the Davis High Jazz Band and seeing the enthusiasm for the music from these young musicians. Reading about the Brubeck Institute Quintet, this is a group made up of musicians just out of high school. They can not have entered college to be eligible to compete for this position.

The festival contines tomorrow, Sunday, October 5th, 2008.

Contributed by Carolyn Gjerde-Tu, your resource for Davis CA Real Estate.