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January 9-15 Barbados
13th Annual Barbados Jazz Festival: Lionel Richie and Jill Scott, Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini, Art Work, Wayne Willock, Norman Brown, Cindy Alexander, Boney James, Gary Davis Band, & the Cuban Jazz All-Stars Barbados Jazz Festival
January 26-28 Montego Bay, Jamaica
Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival: A 50-year tribute to Byron Lee, famed guitarist, bandleader and studio owner in Jamaica. Nestor Torres, Al Green, Bo Diddley, Nicole Henry, Patti LaBelle, James Ingram, Mighty Sparrow, & more. Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival
February 22-25 Idaho
Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival @ the Lionel Hampton School
of Music, University of Idaho: Four Freshmen, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, James Moody, more to come. Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival
April 6-9 Idaho
9th Annual Gene Harris Jazz Festival @ Boise State University: Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band; Niki Harris featuring Marvin Stamm. Gene Harris Jazz Festival
April 20-22 Greeley, Colo.
36th Annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival: Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra; New York Voices (another Grammy-winner, performing with Colorado's own USAF Falconaires); the Cedar Walton Quintet, featuring Steve Turre, Jim McNeely and Nancy King; and
the Jazz Festival All-Stars.