Denison University Jazz Guitar Festival

The Denison University Jazz Guitar Festival, a labor of love for local favorite Tom Carroll, offers more of the brilliant jazz guitar music that festival-goers have come to expect. Carroll, a renowned guitarist and recently retired instructor at the college, continues to coordinate the festival, which is the longest-running jazz guitar festival in the world. 

This year's event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24, and 25 in Burke Hall (240 West Broadway), and features jazz guitar greats including Bucky Pizzarelli, Ed Laub, Frank Vignola and Larry Coryell. "Jazz guitar is living, evolving music," says Carroll. "These are people who have dedicated their lives to this music."

The festival is sponsored by Denison University's Department of Music, Vail Series and the Campus Leadership and Involvement Center, and is free and open to the public. 

For more information, contact Pam Hughes at 740-587-6220 or visit Denison.edu. 

The events are as follows: 
Saturday, Oct. 24, Workshops in the Burke Hall Rehearsal Room: · 12:30 p.m. doors open - "Informal Jam" with Tom Carroll · 1 p.m. "Wes Montgomery" Concert/Demo with Brett Burleson · 2 p.m. "A Life as a Guitar Player?" Concert/Demo with Don Hales · 3 p.m. "7-String Guitar, How it Works" with Chris Buzzelli · 4 p.m. "Ed Laub, Frank Vignola and Bucky Pizzarelli" Concert Preview and Q&A 

Saturday, Oct. 24, Concert I at 7:30 p.m. in the Burke Recital Hall with Bucky Pizzarelli and Ed Laub, guitar and Special Guest: Frank Vignola. Tom Carroll, director. 

Sunday, Oct. 25, Concert II at 4 p.m. in the Burke Recital Hall with special guest Larry Coryell, American jazz fusion guitarist. Tom Carroll, director.