Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival

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The Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival is an annual jazz concert hosted by the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

The festival has been held yearly since 1959 and showcases superior college jazz ensembles from around the United States. The festival also invites distinguished jazz musicians as guests and judges which have included Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, Julian Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and John Clayton.