JazzFest History

Wycliffe Gordon

Instrument: Trombone
Born: Waynesboro, Georgia

"A lot of people, they tend to think if they don't play a lot of notes, then it's not hip. I'm saying, ‘Try to play one of those Louis Armstrong solos.’ Just learn one solo, one chorus of a blues. "

- Wycliffe Gordon
DownBeat

From the JazzFest Program Biography:

Wycliffe Gordon Program Bio