Our 2019 Artists-In-Residence
STEVE TURRE
One of the world’s preeminent jazz innovators, trombonist and seashellist Steve Turre, has consistently won both the Readers’ and Critics’ polls in JazzTimes, Downbeat, and Jazziz for Best Trombone and for Best Miscellaneous Instrumentalist (shells). Turre was born to Mexican-American parents and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where he absorbed daily doses of mariachi, blues and jazz. While attending Sacramento State University, he joined the Escovedo Brothers salsa band, which began his career-long involvement with that genre. Read More
IN MEMORY OF NORMA MILLER
December 2, 1919 – Sunday, May 5, 2019
LINDY HOP LEGEND NORMA MILLER “QUEEN OF SWING” DIES, AT AGE 99 – Press Release
NORMA MILLER
“The Queen of Swing”
Life-long Artist-in-Resident
The Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp offers the distinct and exceptional honor of experiencing our Life-long Artist-in-Resident, the “Queen of Swing”, Norma Miller. A living legend, she is the last surviving member of the professional swing dance group, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. Read Bio