Rochester International Jazz Festival 2025 Tadley Ewing Peake âTaddâ Dameron was a key arranger and composer in jazz history, working for Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan. He also led his own groups with musicians like John Coltrane and especially the drummer âPhillyâ Joe Jones, who became his best friend. âPhillyâ Joe Jones was the drummer of the first âGreatâ Miles Davis Quintet and one of the most influential jazz drummers of all time. In the 1980s he founded the âDameroniaâ ensemble, which was dedicated to the classic and timeless work of Tadd Dameron. Drummer Bernd Reiter studied in Graz and New York and was awarded several prizes, including the Hans Koller Prize, the Austrian Jazz Prize, in 2006. Some years ago he founded this project and since 2021 the âDameroniaâs Legacy All-Starsâ bring this unique music back to the stage, featuring some of the best soloists of the international jazz scene. Joe Magnarelli (trumpet), Dick Oatts (alto saxophone) and Gary Smulyan (baritone sax) are among New Yorkâs most outstanding musicians. Learn more... Admission: Club Pass or $35/door Rochester International Jazz Festival runs from June 20 - 28, 2025. Check out the full schedule here. 3D Tour of Kilbourn Hall