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Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival

The Faculty and Friends Combo

The Knox Faculty and Friends Combo, with some of the best jazz musicians in central Illinois, performs March 13 at McGillacuddy's in Galesburg, as part of the 2008 Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival.

Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival
The Knox Faculty and Friends Combo: Cassie Hart, Kevin Malley and Larry Harms, saxophone; Dave Hoffman, trumpet & piano; Semenya McCord, vocals; John Miller, guitar; Nikki Whittaker, vibraphone; Andy Crawford, guitar and bass; Jon Wegge, bass; Brian Zeglis, drums and Kevin Hart, drums and keyboards.

At left, Harms, Miller, Hoffman, Crawford, Malley, Zeglis.
Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival
Dave Hoffman, former trumpet soloist, composer and arranger with the Ray Charles Orchestra, teaches trumpet at Knox.
Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival
Kevin Malley '98, teaches saxophone at Knox.
Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival
Cassie Hart '97
Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival
Nikki Whittaker '98, instructor of music at Knox.

Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival
Andy Crawford '00

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