Festival History
| Year | Days | Headliners | No. of shows | No. of venues | Est. attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7 | Aretha Franklin The Rippingtons Sonny Rollins |
50 | 14 | 15,000 | Norah Jones was booked as an up-and-comer, before her debut album was released—but she performed as a new superstar after it became a runaway success; Franklin concert held at Frontier Field; Chris Botti opened for The Rippingtons |
| 2003 | 10 | Tony Bennett George Benson Dave Brubeck Al Jarreau |
14 | 30,000 | ||
| 2004 | 9 | Oscar Peterson David Sanborn |
55,000 | First year that Gibbs Street was renamed "Jazz Street"; first year for the RIJF Big Tent | ||
| 2005 | 9 | The Bad Plus Dave Brubeck Chick Corea Sonny Rollins |
65,000 | |||
| 2006 | 9 | Woody Allen James Brown Etta James |
80,000 | |||
| 2007 | 9 | Chris Botti & Madeleine Peyroux Jerry Lee Lewis Wynton Marsalis |
120,000 | First year for Nordic Jazz Now | ||
| 2008 | 9 | Al Green Medeski Martin & Wood Boz Scaggs |
125,000 | Jake Shimabukuro, Carolyn Wonderland, and Catherine Russell also appeared | ||
| 2009 | 9 | Dave Brubeck Michael McDonald Smokey Robinson Jake Shimabukuro & Carolyn Wonderland Susan Tedeschi & Taj Mahal |
225 | 133,000 | First year with Xerox as title sponsor | |
| 2010 | 9 | Jeff Beck Herbie Hancock Keb' Mo' Gladys Knight John Pizzarelli Bernie Williams |
250 | 15 | 162,000 | A second Jeff Beck concert was added after the first sold out; club passes also sold out in advance; Trombone Shorty appeared; Smash Mouth closes |
| 2011 | 9 | Chris Botti Natalie Cole Elvis Costello The Fab Faux Béla Fleck and the Flecktones k.d. lang |
285 | 18 | 182,000 | Club passes sold out two months in advance; Kevin Eubanks appears; Trombone Shorty plays a free show; G Love and Special Sauce close out the festival |
| 2012 | 9 | Daryl Hall with Keb' Mo' Norah Jones Diana Krall Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Esperanza Spalding Zappa Plays Zappa |
> 300 | 19 | 187,000 | A second Steve Martin concert was added after the first sold out; club passes sold out four-and-a-half months in advance, before shows were even announced; Trombone Shorty appears for the third straight year |
| 2013 | 9 | David Byrne & St. Vincent Peter Frampton with Robert Cray Roger Hodgson Bob James & David Sanborn with Steve Gadd Willie Nelson and Family Pink Martini |
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