Lineup for 5 Points Jazz Festival announced

The lineup for the 8th Annual 5 Points Jazz Festival, slated to take place at various points along Welton Street on Saturday, May 21, has been announced. In addition to a discussion with Jake Adam York on jazz standards and covers at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, artists ranging from Conjunto Colores and Purnell Steen and Le Jazz Machine to Erica Brown and Bob Montgomery are scheduled to perform. Click through for the full lineup.

8th Annual 5 Points Jazz Festival May 21, 2011

1:0o p.m. – Curtis Fuller Sextet – Main Stage 1:00 p.m. – Ronneka Cox & Tenia Nelson – Pianorama at Crossroads 1:00 p.m. – Five Points Jazz Festival Heritage Orchestra – Cervantes’ Other Side 1:30 p.m. – Jazz Standards (The Idea of the Cover) – Discussion with Jake Adam York at the Blair Caldwell African American Research Library 2:00 p.m. – Adam Bodine Trio – Coffee at The Point 2:00 p.m. – Conjuntos Colores Salsa Latin Jazz Band – Five Points Plaza 2:30 p.m. – Purnell Steen and Le Jazz Machine – Main Stage 2:30 p.m. – Gayle Leali and Jesse Dawkins – Pianorama at Crossroads 3:00 p.m. – Five Points Jazz Festival Combo – Cervantes’ Other Side 3:30 p.m. – Jazz Standards (The Idea of the Cover) – Discussion with Jake Adam York at the Blair Caldwell African American Research Library 4:00 p.m. – FIve Points Jazz Festival Tribute Awards – Main Stage 4:00 p.m. – Andalus Jazz Express – Coffee at The Point 4:00 p.m. – Freddy Rodriquez and the Jazz Connection – Five Points Plaza 4:00 p.m. – Billy Wallace and Bobby Greene – Pianorama at Crossroads 4:45 p.m. – Wende Harston and the Hank Troy Quartet – Main Stage 5:30 p.m. – Neil Bridge & Steven Denny – Pianorama at Crossroads 6:00 p.m. – Maestro Hughes – Coffee at The Point 6:00 p.m. – Erica Brown & Friends – Five Points Plaza 6:30 p.m. – Bob Montgomery – Al Hermann Quintet – Main Stage