The schedule of who will perform and the times of their performances will be added to this web site in the next few months.  Unless noted, all the musicians who are listed on the Program and Musician page of this web site plus a few additional musicians who will be added between now and April 16th will appear at least once during each session (Saturday noon to 4:30, Saturday night 8 P.M. to midnight, and Sunday 10:30 A.M. to 7 P.M.)

Badges, Tickets, and Seating:

Seating in the Music Room is reserved cabaret style seating. Because of the intimate nature of the event, guests of the party can meet and talk to the musicians in the Musician's Green Room. The event is called a "party" because, during the weekend the line between the performers and the audience gets blurred as people on both sides of the stage (the ones who make the music and the ones who listen to the music) all become part of the party.

If you buy a badge for the weekend or a session ticket and later find that you cannot attend all the sessions, your badge or ticket can be used by someone else. In case it is necessary to cancel your reserved badge or individual session ticket, full refunds will be made up to 30 days prior to the event (March 16th, 2011). To buy your badge or session ticket or for additional information contact:





or you can e mail our office (contact us)

or you can buy your weekend badges or session tickets on-line at
http://www.instantseats.com/events/ParadiseValleyJazz







A tradition of the Paradise Valley Jazz Party is to honor a musician or civilian who has made an extraordinary contribution to jazz.  The list of Paradise Valley Jazz Party Guests Of Honor is a virtual whose who of the jazz world.  Some of those ladies and gentlemen who have been honored at past events include bassist Milt Hinton, vocalist Joe Williams, saxophonist Zoot Sims, trumpeter Joe Newman, trombonist Al Grey, the 2010 Guest Of Honor guitarist Bruce Forman, and so many more.  

The Guest Of Honor for the 2011 Paradise Valley Jazz Party is the co-founder and compére of the Paradise Valley Jazz Party, Don Z. Miller.  Sitting at their kitchen table back in 1978 with martinis in their respective hands, Don Z. Miller and his late wife Sue (with the help of a napkin and pencil) sketched out this legendary event.  When notified of this honor Miller said,



History of the Paradise Valley Jazz Party:

If you are interested in knowing the musicians who have appeared at one or more of the 33 annual Paradise Valley Jazz Parties since it all began way back in 1978, here is the list:

Piano:  Dick Hyman, Roland Hanna, Ralph Sutton, Roger Kellaway, Jay McShann, Kenny Baron, Ray Bryant, Paul Smith, Bobby Enriquez, Kirk Lightsey, Oliver Jones, Buddy Weed, Jeannie Cheatham, Keith Greko, Bill Charlap, Armand Boatman, Ross Tompkins, Dave Frishberg, Dave McKenna, Diana Krall, Larry Fuller, Freddie Cole, Geoff Keezer, Don Phillips, Jeff Haskell, Shelly Berg, Bill Cunliffe, Tamir Hendelman, Pamela York, Richard Wyands, Junior Mance, Larry Nash, Les Czimber, Brian Holland, Butch Thompson, Andy Margolis, Johnny O'Neal, Mike Kocour, Gerald Clayton,Bill Mays, Matt Lemmler,Jacob Koller, Donald Vega

Bass:  Milt Hinton, Major Quincey Holley, Ray Brown, Brian Torff, Monty Budwig, Eddie Gomez, George Mraz, George Duvivier, Bob Maize, Richard Davis, Michael Moore, John Clayton, John Daley, DonThompson, Red Mitchell, Eugene Wright, Jay Leonhart, Andy Simpkins, Keter Betts, Chuck Berghofer, Mark Shelby, Jim DeJulio, John Heard, Brian Bromberg, Lynn Seaton, Eddie Jones, Sean Smith, John Leitham, Peter Washington, Kristen Korb, Dwight Kilian, Christoph Luty, Rufus Reid, Jim Hughart, Jeff Littleton, Phil Flanigan, Nicki Parrott, Blake Thomson, Jon Burr, Michael Bowie, John Sims

Drums:  Bobby Rosengarden, Jake Hanna, Shelly Manne, Jeff Hamilton, Nick Ceroli, Alan Dawson, Barrett Deems, Butch Miles, Joe LeBarbera, Mel Lewis, Terry Clark, Ed Thigpen, Lewis Nash, Bobby Durham, Frank Capp, Louie Bellson, Tootie Heath, Akira Tana, Claudio Slon, Greg Hutchinson, Dom Moio, Rob Perkins, John O'Reilley, Jr., Kariem Riggins, Mel Zelnick, Miro Desa, Herlin Riley, Grady Tate, Sherrie Maricle, Gregg Field, Jim Petrocino, Duffy Jackson, Ralph Penland, Randy Drake, Andrew Haake, Shannon Powell, Walter Harris, Bobby Breaux, John Lewis

Guitar:  Herb Ellis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Louie Stewart, Cal Collins, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Bruce Forman, Doug McDonald,Ted Goddard, Gene Bertoncini, Marty Grosz, Frank Vignola, Mundell Lowe, Mark Elf, Papa Don Vappie, Eddie Erickson, Joe Cohn, Carl Amundson

Trumpet/cornet:  Joe Newman, Danny Stiles, PeeWee Erwin,  Clark Terry, Red Rodney, Warren Vaché, Doc Cheatham, Wild Bill Davison, Jon Faddis, Jack Sheldon, Billy Butterfield, Glen Zottola, Wallace Davenport, Jim Cullum, Stacey Rowles, Wendell Brunious, Snooky Young, Jesse McGuire, Bill Berry, Byron Stripling, Nicholas Payton, Conti Candoli, Sal Cracchiolo, Leroy Jones, Lou Soloff, Jeremy Davenport, Bobby Shew, Ingrid Jensen, Irvin Mayfield, Charlie Sepulveda, Guy Barker, Dan Barrett, Bobby Enriques, Troy Andrews, Chuck Findley, Kevin Clark, Carl Saunders, Mark Braud, James Williams, Gilbert Castellanos, Dmitri Metheny
Trombone:  Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Al Grey, Slide Hampton, Roy Williams, Urbie Green, Rob McConnell, Phil Wilson, Jimmie Cheatham, Steve Turre, Ray Anderson, Tom Ervin, Michael Grey, Wycliffe Gordon, Lucien Barbarin, Harry Watters

Saxophone/clarinet/flute:  Flip Phillips, Kenny Davern, Bob Wilber, Peanuts Hucko, Zoot Sims, Buddy Tate,  Richie Cole, Chris Woods, Scott Hamilton, Al Cohn, Bud Shank, Bill Usselton, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Spike Robinson, James Moody, Sonny Stitt, Pepper Adams, Lew Tabakin, Bud Freeman, Rickey Ford, Red Holloway, Eric Schneider, Houston Person, Frank Wess,  Rickey Woodard, Holly Hoffman, Charles McPherson, Nick Brignola, Nino Tempo, Tommy Newson, Harold Land, Plas Johnson, Andrew Gross, Teddy Edwards, David “Fathead” Newman, Ken Peplowski, Jeff Clayton, Hank Crawford, John Denman, Harry Allen, Allan Vaché, Dave Valentin, Victor Goines, Virginia Mayhew, Buddy DeFranco, Evan Christopher, Brice Winston, Mark Colby

Other instrumentalists:  Frank Marocco (accordion), Poncho Sanchez (congas), Joe DeFrancesco (organ), Bob Cooper (vibes), Tarik Winston (tap dancer), Art Van Damme (accordion), Sam Pilafian (tuba), The Jazz Devils (a band), Warren Wolf (vibes), Noah Freedman (violin), Kirk Joseph (tuba), Aaron Weinstein (violin)
The Young Sounds

Vocalists:  Joe Williams, Carrie Smith, Ernie Andrews, Etta Jones, JoAnne Horton, Margaret Whiting, Dennis Rowland, Linda Hopkins, Kevin Mahogany, Nancy Gee, Ruth Brown, Ian Shaw, Sandy Graham, Carmen Bradford, Barbara Morrison, Chris Murrell, Bill Henderson, Topsy Chapman, Dee Daniels


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