Osmany Paredes Quartet
Cuban born Osmany Paredes is a pianist, composer and arranger whose style blends jazz with his Afro-Cuban rhythmic heritage. “Steeped in the European classical tradition, enamored of jazz, and fully conversant with Cuban popular music dating back to the 1920s, Paredes is a thrilling player who combines percussive attack with a vivid harmonic imagination”… Boston Globe. 

John Ellis & Double-Wide
Brooklyn based saxophonist John Ellis will be backed by the New Orleans sounds of Double-Wide. “His style is part classic soul and funk, part modern jam band groove and part freewheeling improvisation”… All About Jazz. Double-Wide has an interesting combination of saxophone, drums, organ, and sousaphone. Billboard  describes Double-Wide as “jazz steeped in the who-dat nation through a hip Brooklyn lens.”

Grace Kelly Quintet
When it comes to saxophonist /vocalist /composer Grace Kelly, people seem to be divided into two groups: those who marvel at her proficiency and ever-accelerating growth, and those who have yet to encounter the 19-year-old wunderkind.  Her remarkable talents have led to performances with such stalwarts as Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and an appearance on NPR’s Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland. The Boston Music Awards declared her the city’s Outstanding Jazz Act and DownBeat Critics Poll named her one of "Alto Saxophone Rising Stars”, the youngest ever to be named so.

Don Byron New Gospel Quintet
Clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger Don Byron redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, r&b, klezmer, or any jazz style from swing to cutting-edge downtown improvisation.  He has been consistently voted best clarinetist by critics and readers alike since being named “Jazz Artist of the Year” by DownBeat in 1992. Don returns to Lake George for the second time, at the head of his New Gospel Quintet  which has been captivating audiences throughout Europe, at New York’s Jazz Standard, and at the Bridgestone Music Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Charles Cornell Quartet
Charles Cornell has been studying piano since the third grade, and since the age of 11, the prodigy from Hartford, NY has concentrated on jazz. He was selected to perform with this year's NYSSMA Conference All-State Jazz Ensemble and is only the second musician in the school's history to participate in the festival. Charles credits much of his success to having studied with internationally renowned hero of jazz, Lee Shaw, and is now enrolled at Purchase College Conservatory. Though very young, Charles comes to this year’s festival as a seasoned performer with his own quartet.

Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green
Guggenheim fellow and 2009 Downbeat International Critics Poll Winner Rudresh Mahanthappa  is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz today. Named Alto Saxophonist of the Year for 2010 and 2009 by the Jazz Journalist Association, Rudresh has incorporated the culture of his Indian ancestry and fused myriad influences to create a groundbreaking artistic vision. He will appear with his latest project, Apex, a quintet that highlights alto-sax master Bunky Green. Jazz Times says “Born 36 years apart, the saxophonists … seem as if they were meant to put a band together, sharing their rapid, searching, wide-interval saxophone language.”   

Kyle Eastwood Band
Bassist/composer Kyle Eastwood grew up in Carmel, California as the eldest son of actor Clint Eastwood. He was introduced to jazz by his musically astute family, and while doing his homework he remembers listening to Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davis. Initially studying film, he soon realized that jazz was his true passion and after years of gigging around L.A. and NYC, his debut album From Here to There was released on Sony in 1998. In 2004, Eastwood released his second album Paris Blue  and the album climbed to No. 1 on the French Jazz charts. His compositions for film include pieces for Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Flags Of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Gran Torino, and Invictus.