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While we shared the festival’s 2019 jazz schedule Monday, ComFest dominates this weekend’s Outdoor Jazz lineup, so here is our ComFest Jazz Guide (All performances at the “I Wish You Jazz Stage”)! Friday, June 28th gets off to a strong start with great Columbus musicians, but things really heat up for the late afternoon evening. Soul Eyz (The Michael Kahn Quartet) will feature keyboardist David Swank, bassist Roger Hines and drummer Reggie Jackson with saxophonist Kahn for some hearty soul jazz at 5:15pm. They’re followed by up-and-coming jazzy pop interpreters The Big Badd at 6:20pm and improvisational groove explorers Sonikora at 7:25pm. For the last jazz set of the evening, Columbus’ own 20+ years’ strong New Orleans-style funky brass outfit New Basics Brass Band takes the stage at 8:35pm. You can also see New Basics Saturday night at Dick’s Den for the only jazz “ComFest afterparty” we know of this year – details here. Keep reading for thoughts on Saturday and Sunday! Read More →