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Suttons Bay JazzFest Foundation
The Harry Goldson Memorial JazzFest will celebrate the legacy Harry brought to American Classic Jazz with talented musicians who played with him along with fine food and wine from the Leelanau Peninsula. Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, and producer Bob James headlines the event that will also include Steve Sandner & Friends, the Jeff Haas Trio, David Chown Combo, and the Interlochen Student Jazz Band.
Harry got his start as a jazz musician at age fifteen on the mean streets of Chicago’s West Side, playing clarinet and saxophone with nationally-recognized bands during the 1940s “Golden Age of Big Band.” He left music to serve in military intelligence during the Korean conflict which was followed by an illustrious career in finance and banking in Chicago and Los Angeles in addition to becoming a founding director of a midwest medical management corporation before returning to classic jazz in 1989. When one of his nine CDs was chosen to fly aboard the United States Shuttle ‘Endeavour’ to the International Space Station in 2008, Harry became one of very few to have his music heard in outer space!