Celebrating over 30 years of live jazz...


Founded in 1983, the mission of Gainesville Friends of Jazz is to support, promote and increase public awareness, interest, participation and education in jazz, America's music.

Past performers...

The following is a partial list of artists that have performed at past Gainesville Friends of Jazz concerts.

John Abercrombie • Steve Abshire • Toshiko Akioshi • Eric Alexander • Monty Alexander • Harry Allen • Bill Allred • John Allred • Michelle Amato • Peter Appleyard • Lynne Arriale • Kevin Bales • Bob Barnard • Scotty Barnhart  • Dan Barrett • Brenda Bayne • Gene Bertoncini • Jane Ira Bloom • Bobby Bradford • Joanne Brackeen • Joshua Breakstone • Nick Brignola • Jimmy Bruno • Ryan Burrage • Joe Byrd  • Ed Calle • Larry Camp • Doug Carn • John Carter • Evan Christopher • Pete Christlieb • John Cocuzzi • Al Cohn • Richie Cole • Cecilia Coleman •  Cal Collins • Buster Cooper • Marc Copeland • Larry Coryell • Kenny Davern • Jean Davis • Alice Day • Nick DeCarlis • Buddy DeFranco • Les DeMerle • Kenny Drew, Jr. • Ebony Embers • Eddie Erickson • Ron Eschete • Manfredo Fest • Sammy Figueroa • Clare Fischer • Carl Fontana • Roy Francis •  Noel Freidline  • Johnny Frigo • Dave Frishberg • Hal Galper • Vincent Gardner • Gary Garland • Giacomo Gates  • Valerie Gillespie • Aubrey Ghent • Terry Gibbs • Don Goldie • Wycliffe Gordon • Urbie Green • Barry Greene • Al Grey • Steve Gryb • Scott Hamilton • Peter Hand  • Sir Roland Hanna • John Hart • Conrad Herwig • Milt Hinton • Holly Hofmann • Ted Howe • Davy Jones • Sheila Jordan • Roger Kellaway • Lisa Kelly • Nancy Kelly • Lennie Kesl • Rebecca Kilgore • Bubba Kolb • Heidi Krenn • Gary Langford • John LaPorta • Harold Land • Rick Lillard • Kristin Lomholt •  Mundell Lowe •  Beatriz Malnic • Russell Malone • Nancy Marano • Billy Marcus • Branford Marsalis • Jason Marsalis • Turk Mauro  • Susannah McCorkle • Robin McKelle • Dave McKenna • Dan McMillion • Ed Metz, Jr. • Terry Myers  • Joe & Paul Midiri • Pete Minger • Othello Molineaux • Silvano Monasterios • Eddie Monteiro • Frank Morgan  • Mark Murphy  • Robin Nolan • Jack Oliva • Johnny O’Neal • Anthony Ortega • Paula Owens • Makoto Ozone • Nathen Page • Dave Pell • Ken Peplowski •  Bobby Pickwood  •  Bill Pierce • Bucky Pizzarelli • John Pizzarelli • Bill Prince •  Lenore Raphael • Chuck Redd • Emily Remler • Sam Rivers • Marcus Roberts • Marlow Rosado • Scott Routenberg • Stacy Rowles • Jeff Rupert  • Ali Ryerson • Kevin Sanders  • J. B. Scott • Lynn Seaton • John Sheridan • Bobby Shew • Paul Sikivie • Carol Sloane • Derek Smith • Gary Smulyan • Jim Snidero • Grant Stewart • Jeff Stockham • Karolina Strassmayer • Frank Sullivan • Ira Sullivan • Ralph Sutton • Christian Tamburr • Buddy Tate • Lew Tabackin • Denise Thimes • Michael Thomas • Ross Tompkins • Allan Vache • Warren Vache, Jr. • Chuchito Valdes  • Johnny Varro • Joe Vito • Toni Lynn Washington • Bill Watrous • Aaron Weinstein • Frank Wess • Jiggs Whigham • Scott Whitfield • Dot Wilder • Joe Wilder  • Jack Wilkins • Phil Wilson • Bob Winter • Rachel Z