World-renowned jazz trumpeters Jeff Jarvis and Don Rader and Aussie drums stalwart John Morrison (brother of James) will visit Rockhampton in late July and early August, in conjunction with a schools jazz festival and a CQUniversity student concert...

Recording artist and composer Jeff Jarvis, the Director of Jazz Studies at California State University, and leading big band drummer John Morrison are booked as guest artists, clinicians and adjudicators for the inaugural CQUniversity Schools Jazz Festival on July 28-29.

Members of the public will be welcomed to a Festival Showcase Concert at North Rockhampton SHS Performing Arts Block, Simpson St, from 7pm on Sunday July 29. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 Adults, $8 Concession and $3 Children.

Meantime, trumpeter Don Rader, who supported many top artists including Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald when based in America, will be the guest performer alongside the CQUni Little Big Band and other CQUni ensembles for the Rader of the Lost Art Concert from 7.30pm on Friday evening, August 3, at the Helene Jones Room (building 5) on Rockhampton Campus. Tickets will be available at the door for $12 Adults, $8 Concession and $5 Children.

Don currently has his own quintet with some of the finest young jazz musicians in Australia, and is a member of the highly acclaimed Sydney All Stars Big Band.