We had a great time at the 2010 Gene Harris Jazz Festival in Boise, Idaho. Being back there brought many memories to the group from our trip in June of 2008. This time we were joined by the great Jaleel Shaw on alto saxophone for our performances.

On Thursday night we got to see the Monty Alexander Trio perform with Winard Harper on drums. The next couple of days had us judging and giving clinics to a lot of middle school and high school bands. It was a great chance for us to really connect with students of this music and try to inspire them as much as possible. We performed twice on Friday, one being a “club” like performance for a smaller group of people, and the later one being for a huge packed ballroom with a stage. We were very well received!

Here is a performance we did of Lionel Loueke’s Benny’s Tune (click to download) the next day for some students.

-Hermon