NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Bryce Luty Jazz Festival Concert is Friday at Hutchinson Community College.
"Friday at 7 p.m. is the main concert," said Jazz Program Coordinator Greg Weis. "Bryce, back in the day, when he was running his jazz festival here, he had some really amazing musicians that he brought in. In fact, when I got here, this is my first full year on the job running the jazz program, I saw his old posters from those festivals and hung them up on my office wall. I'm bringing in this year a gentleman named Greg Gisbert."
Gisbert is an active and highly respected jazz educator and everyone has likely heard his work, though they might not know it was him.
"He's performed and recorded with Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Woody Herman big band. He joined the Buddy Rich big band when he was 19 years old. Then maybe most notable for people who aren't jazz fans, when you watch an NFL game every week, you actually hear him playing trumpet on the NFL theme."
Gisbert will be joined by the Hutchinson Community College Concert Jazz Band and the first ever Bryce Luty Jazz Festival All-Star BIg Band.
"For adults, it's $10, seniors are $8, high school students and children are $5," Weis said. "If you're a HutchCC student or an employee, you get in free with your ID."
You can call ahead for tickets to Stringer Fine Arts Center at (620) 665-3503.
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