But instead of time-worn classics delivered by musical stars revisiting their career highlights from decades past, this year’s booty-shaking came via Trombone Shorty, a 26-year-old trombonist, trumpeter and vocalist from New Orleans - and most definitely in his prime.Ī brass bandleader in New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood from an absurdly young age, Shorty led his five-piece group Orleans Avenue through a joyous, high-energy performance as the midsummer sun finally started to set.
This year, the stalwarts were rewarded yet again with a festival-closing dance party. In recent years, R&B icons George Benson (in ’09) and Gladys Knight (in ’10) rewarded the remaining Sunday night faithful with hit-filled headlining sets that had fans up and dancing on the lawn and in amphitheater aisles. Photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk and Stanley Johnsonīy the time the headliner hits the stage on Sunday evening of the annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, many people have already decamped and headed for home after two days of sun, music and festivities.
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