Show r In Festival its if 1 jE i v. v v Jazzes Up 9 Utah dial Martha Carter Staff Writer Recently Salt Lake City's Washington square became a cultural haven over a hot July weekend The Salt Lake City International Jazz Festi Festival val swept through the city featuring a multitude multitude multitude mul mul- of talented musicians musicians musicians musi musi- including Chuck Mangione Blood Sweat Tears and the Jazz Orchestra The festival was fenced off in the square between the city library and the courthouse White tents were pitched throughout the area inhabited by retailers food vendors and various organizations Multi-colored Multi dresses swayed alongside han handcrafted handcrafted hand hand- crafted crafted jewelry wooden figurines and stylish T T- shirts Food choices r ranged from mouthwatering mouthwatering mouthwatering mouth mouth- watering barbecue to Thai cuisine but the busiest vendor was Baskin Robbins Robbin's bombarded bombarded bombarded bom bom- barded by a hot and hung hungry hungry hun hun- g gry audience Thanks to numerous sponsors the event was well The Colin Robinson Trio a local jewel played on Sunday afternoon with crisp ri p sounds and an attentive crowd Lead singer and guitarist guitarist gui gui- Robinson pounded out soulful compositions with echoes of both blues and jazzy rock Attendees represented an eclectic demographic with an appreciation for Jazz and the community BYU student Jacob Carter was at the festival with friends on Saturday night and saw performances performances performances mances by Take 6 as well as Shappard Bullen Garvin and Donatelli I 1 thought it was really fun to have live jazz in Salt Lake City since it doesn't seem extremely common said Carter The music was great and the best part was that it was free The Jazz Festival has become an annual event and is coordinated by a talented production team with the help of over volunteers For those who missed out on the Salt Lake gala the Park City Jazz Festival will take place August 27 Featured artists will wiH include legend legend legend leg leg- end Chaka Khan The David Sanborn Band Patti Austin and the Count Basie Basic Orchestra The event will be held at the Deer Valley Resort I For r more information visit |