Atlanta Jazz Festival… 1981

We continue our journey down the jazz highway and the year is 1981. The city is poised once again to bring a great lineup to the Atlanta Jazz Festival from August 31st to September 4th in Central City Park and September 5th – 7th in Piedmont Park. The mainstays are back – Clark College Jazz Orchestra, Ojeda Penn Experience Carol Veto, Joe Jennings’ Life Force holding down the local talent with new arrivals Rod Smith, Dub Hudson.

Shirley Cooks continued to be at the helm of the Department of Cultural Affairs with Mark Johnson programming to bring a star-studded lineup with Betty Carter, Max Roach, The Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Quartet, World Saxophone Quartet, Billy McPherson, Chubby Stevens, Villi Lakatos, Pat Foster, and the Bob Shaw Quartet.

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