Historical List of Performers

Summer Solstice Jazz Festival Historical List of Performers



2002

Jackson Jazz Ensemble

Sunny Wilkinson and Ron Newman

Orquesta Ritmo

Motor Train Sextet


2003

The Diego Rivera Quartet

Ray Kamalay and his Red Hot Peppers

Orquesta Ritmo

Uptown Society Jazz Orchestra


2004 

Mind’s Eye

Marcus Belgrave Jazz Quintet

Windjammer’s Dixie Jazz

Orquesta Ritmo

After Thought Trio

Ashton Moore Quartet


2005

Ashton Moore Quartet

Carl Cafagna and North Star Jazz

The Royal Garden Trio

The Windjammers featuring Stan Grady

The Big Band Machine

Matt Collar Trio


2006

Neil Gordon and the Jazz Groove

Geriatric Six

Diego Rivera Quartet

Hot Club of Detroit

Bayou River Band

The Big Band Machine

Lynn Gruenewald Quintet

Rockelle Whitaker Sextet


2007

Ashton Moore Quartet

Windjammers

Johnny O’Neal Trio

Organissimo

Hot Club of Detroit

MSU Professors of Jazz

The Big Band Machine


2008

Detroit Tenors

Hot Club of Detroit

Straight Ahead

Community Music School Jazz Orchestra

Sunny Wilkinson Quartet

Colton Weatherston

MSU Professors of Jazz with Sopie Millman

Tumbao Bravo


2009

Community Music School Jazz Orchestra

North Star Saxophone Quartet

Denise Thimes

Esperanza Spalding

Los Gatos

Arlenen McDaniel

Linda Abar and the Neil Gordon Trio

Shahidah Nurullah and Good Friends

Carl Allen/Rodney Whitaker Project

Organissimo


2010

 

Neil Gordon Trio

Diego Rivera Quartet

Hot Club of Detroit

Los Gatos

Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson

The Sunny Wilkinson Quartet

Ursula Walker and the Buddy Budson Trio

Sean Dobbins Trio

Somi

Orquesta Ritmo

Rick Roe Trio with Rockelle Whitaker

Tamara Mayers Jazz Combo

Evidence Jazz Group


2011

Jonathan Beshay Quartet

Metro Jazz Voices

Etienne Charles and Folklore

Grace Kelly

Tumbao Bravo

Arlene McDaniel

Tamara Mayers Jazz Combo

Randy Gelispie and Friends

Billie Holiday Project featuring Mardra Thomas

Taylor Eigsti

Grupo Aye’

Rodney Whitaker Quartet


2012

Detroit Tenors

Community Music School Jazz Orchestra

Wycliffe Gordon and Niki Haris

Orquesta Ritmo

Peter Nelson Quartet

Diego Rivera Quartet

Neil Gordon Trio

Modern Jazz Messengers

Alexis Cole

East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Orchestra

Anthony Stanco Quartet

Layers


2013 

Arlene McDaniel Trio

Guitar Summit featuring the Bill Heid Trio with Cory Allen, Ralph Tope, Perry Hughes

Cyrille Aimee

Lansing Symphony Jazz Orchestra

Community Music School Jazz Orchestra

J.A.M.M. Scholarship Quartet

Saginaw Area Youth Jazz Ensemble

East Lansing HS Jazz Combo

Ann Arbor Pioneer HS Jazz Combo 

Dave Rosin Trio

Vocal Jazz Summit featuring Betty Joplin, Mardra Thomas, Betty Baxter, Ramona Collins

MSU Professors of Jazz with Tim Warfield

Germain Bazzle with the Frederick Sanders Trio

Orquesta Ritmo

Paul Bratcher Quintet

The Detroit Tenors


2014

Neil Gordon Quartet

Benny Benack III

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Orquesta Ritmo

MSU Big Band Symposium

Thornetta Davis

Planet D Nonet

Lowdown Brass Band

Sunny Wilkinson

Diego River Quartet

Airmen of Note

Aquanko

J.A.M.M. Scholarship Quartet

East Lansing HS Jazz Band

LCC Jazz Band

Root Doctor


2015

Metro Jazz Voices

Rodney Whitaker & Soul-R-Energy

Bria Skonberg

Grupo Aye’

JAMM Scholarship Quartet

Ari Teitel Organ Trio

Thornetta Davis

Jason Adasiewicz Quartet

New Orleans Swamp Donkeys

Lansing Symphony Jazz Orchestra

Jeff Hamilton Trio

Guitar Summitt: featuring Randy Napoleon, Dave Stryker and Peter Bernstein

Orquesta Ritmo

Organissimo

MSU Jazz Studies Big Band Symposium

Cindy Scott

Chris Canas Band


2016

Gary Motley 

Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra w/Edye Evans Hyde

Ben Williams & Sound Effect

Tumbao Bravo

JAMM Scholarship Quartet w/Abigail Zerbe

East Lansing High School Jazz Combo

Vocal Summit w/ Jeff Shoup Trio, featuring; Danielle Blanchard, Nashon Holloway, Beth Stalker,  Nicole New, Evangeline

Bobby Murray Band

George Delancy Quintet

Tomeka Reid Trio

Ken Kozora Quartet

Universal Indians w/ Joe McPhee

Gabriel Brass Band

Marcus Elliot Quartet

Karrin Allyson

Marcus Roberts

Michael Dease Quintet

Chicago Jazz Orchestra

Diego Rivera

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Jazz Band 

MSU Big Band Symposium

Lydia Harrell

Lady Sunshine and the X Band

2017

North Star Jazz
Western Jazz Quartet
Rodney Whitaker Quintet
Dafnis Prieto
Grupo Aye
JAMM Scholorship Quartet
Quintet Ruby
Maureen Choi Quartet
Phil Denny
Laura Rain & The Ceasers
Arlene McDaniel
BassDrumBone
Gabriel Brass Band
PD9 - Billy Strayhorn Tribute
Elden Kelly
Ramona Collins
Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Randy Gelispie
Orquesta Ritmo
Roger Jones & Higher Calling
MSU Jazz Studies BBSYM
Markus Howell Trio
Zack Adelman Quartet
496 West
Twyla Birdsong

2018

Sunny Wilkenson
Baldori & Migliazza
Lansing Symphony Big Band w/ Benny Benack III
JAMM Scholarship Band
The Chris Glassman Quartet
OC Jazz Collective
Root Doctor
Phil Denny
Barbara Ware
Detroit Jazz Festival Generations Band
Gathering Orchestra w/ Rene Marie
Orquesta Ritmo
BBSYM Orchestra
Shadakeon
Thornetta Davis
Deon Yates

2019

Randy Gelispie Organ Ensemble
Etienne Charles
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
Maureen Choi
Xavier Davis Quartet with Regina Carter
Rodney Whittaker with Terrell Stafford, Bruce Bath, Tim Warfield, Dana Hall, and Rockelle Fortin
Straight Ahead
Stanley Ruvinov Quartet
Jordyn Davis
Tim Blackmon & Tissa Khosla
Jeff Shoup Quartet
496 West
JAMM Scholarship Band
Margherita Fava Quartet
Brandon Rose
The Becoming Quintet
Max Colley III
Root Doctor

2021

Arlene McDaniel
Sunny Wilkinson
Diego Rivera
Grupo Aye
Juan Cortes
Ciara Connolly
Jordyn Davis
Sam Corey
Roger Jones
Gayelynn McKinney
Andrew Speight
Orquesta Ritmo
Heartland Klezmorim
Kammy Yedor
Noah Jackson
Randy Napoleon
Naima Shamborguer
Rodney Whitaker

2022

Dwight Adams Quartet
The Larry Fuller Trio
Lewis Nash Quartet
Orquesta Ritmo
Koji Cassetta Quartet
Brandon Rose & Soul Therapy
Max Colley III Quintet
Kevin Bujo Jones & Tenth World
Deon Yates Quartet
Michael Reed 
Sean Dobbins Organ Quartet
Rockelle Fortin Quartet 
Tiffany Gridiron
Randy Gelispie Quartet
Aguanko
JAMM Scholarship Band
Sofia Rabiela & Friends 
Jonathan Gewirtz Quartet 
Ben Turner Quartet 
Ralphe Armstrong
Kimmie Horne
Sam Corey
Trunino Lowe





2019