Paul Bollenback

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Cool jazz occupied a humid summer day for hundreds of people at Renfrew Museum and Park on Sunday. The Renfrew Jazz Festival celebrated its 15th anniversary by bringing headliners David "Fathead" Newman on saxophone, Paul Bollenback on guitar, Ed Howard on bass, Steve Johns on drums and Chris McNulty providing vocals. Funded in part by a $1,300 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts grant, admission was free for the crowd, who brought blankets, chairs and picnics to the lawn.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The Paul Bollenback Trio played under the shade of a spreading horse chestnut tree on Sunday. Perhaps more accustomed to dark, smoke-filled clubs, bassist Steve Novosel said between sets, "It's a little different, but it's still nice. Even though it's outdoors, it's still an intimate setting. " Bollenback, a guitarist, was making his seventh appearance at the seventh annual Jazz Festival, a free concert presented by the Renfrew Institute. Novosel and drummer Lenny Robinson filled out the trio.

kristinw@herald-mail.com Sixty-year jazz veteran Bud Shank has spent his life perfecting the way he wails on his alto saxophone. And even though he is featured on more than 50 recordings and has garnered four Most Valuable Player Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Shank, 79, is still working on it. "I'm mainly focused on trying to improve what I do," he told The Herald-Mail while driving through the...

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -After more than 10 years since his first appearance at the outdoor concert, sax man David "Fathead" Newman is back. Newman will perform at the Renfrew Jazz Festival from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. The free concert is held on the lawn behind the Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Studies. Newman - who has played with Ray Charles among others - performed during Renfrew Jazz Festival in 1994, despite a rainstorm that forced the musicians to relocate to a high school auditorium nearby, said Melodie Anderson-Smith, executive director of the institute.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- It's almost as if the Pied Piper is drawing them to the expansive lawn. Year after year, hundreds of people from all over the region carry chairs and blankets from the lower parking lot at Renfrew Park. They cross the bridge and continue on the stone path, seemingly pulled by the sounds of jazz coming from the lawn. On Sunday, it was the David Leonhardt Jazz Group doing the beckoning. "I think the really cool thing about this event is that it makes jazz accessible to everybody," said Tracy Holliday, a Renfrew Institute staff member.

The piano misbehaves, the saxophone screams and the drums shift from ethereal and restrained to raw and ready to rumble. It's a study in collective improvisation - a rhythmic energy known as jazz. And on Sunday, Aug. 21, it returns to Waynesboro in the form of a big backyard party. As it has for the past 20 years, the Renfrew Museum and Park will play host to the Renfrew Institute Jazz Festival - a concert featuring some of the world's top musicians. The festival will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the lawn behind the museum house.

Jazz festival featuring Paul Bollenback , guitar Rene Croan , vocals Sam Yachel , organ and Allison Miller , drums Sunday, Aug. 22, 2 to 4 p.m. Renfrew Park, 1010 E. Main St., Waynesboro, Pa. Free Details: Bring lawn chairs or blankets. An informal question-and-answer period will follow the concert. In case of rain, the festival will be at Waynesboro Area Senior High School auditorium.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com Renfrew Park is about a world away from Birdland, Charlie "Bird" Parker's New York City cabaret of the 1950s, but music is a universal language that the crowd of about 300 at Sunday's Jazz Festival seemed to understand. Sunday was the birthday of the legendary alto saxophonist and, although he died nearly half a century ago, his music lived on with a quartet performing Parker's "Au Privave" and other selections under the trees during the 13th annual festival, presented by Renfrew Institute.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Under a spreading horse chestnut tree, a jazz quintet played Sunday at Renfrew Park for an appreciative audience of more than 500 aficionados and those just looking for a way to spend a cool couple of hours on a warm summer day. "Blue was just the color of the sea, until my lover left me," Chris McNulty sang on "The Meaning of the Blues. " The mood was anything but blue, however, as mellow and laid-back described the demeanor of the crowd.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. --It was a fine way to spend a late summer Sunday afternoon -- sitting under tall trees in mid-90s heat listening to cool jazz. From 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, 700 to 800 people assembled under the oak, locust and maple trees on the back lawn of Renfrew Museum and Park to hear five professionals interpret jazz. Their renditions covered old standards and some new material. It just so happened that Sunday was the birthday of the late, great tenor saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Jazz guitarists Peter Bernstein and Jack Wilkins recently returned from performing on tours in Australia and Brazil. “And I just got back from Russia,” said guitarist Paul Bollenback, “so yeah, kind of funny, right?” The internationally renowned artists, along with bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer McClenty Hunter, came together Sunday afternoon at the 20th annual Renfrew Institute Free Jazz Festival at Waynesboro Area Middle School. Bollenback, a 31-year professional performer and New York native, has performed 18 times in the show's 20-year history, and all five men are regulars on the New York City jazz scene.

The piano misbehaves, the saxophone screams and the drums shift from ethereal and restrained to raw and ready to rumble. It's a study in collective improvisation - a rhythmic energy known as jazz. And on Sunday, Aug. 21, it returns to Waynesboro in the form of a big backyard party. As it has for the past 20 years, the Renfrew Museum and Park will play host to the Renfrew Institute Jazz Festival - a concert featuring some of the world's top musicians. The festival will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the lawn behind the museum house.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. --It was a fine way to spend a late summer Sunday afternoon -- sitting under tall trees in mid-90s heat listening to cool jazz. From 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, 700 to 800 people assembled under the oak, locust and maple trees on the back lawn of Renfrew Museum and Park to hear five professionals interpret jazz. Their renditions covered old standards and some new material. It just so happened that Sunday was the birthday of the late, great tenor saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- It's almost as if the Pied Piper is drawing them to the expansive lawn. Year after year, hundreds of people from all over the region carry chairs and blankets from the lower parking lot at Renfrew Park. They cross the bridge and continue on the stone path, seemingly pulled by the sounds of jazz coming from the lawn. On Sunday, it was the David Leonhardt Jazz Group doing the beckoning. "I think the really cool thing about this event is that it makes jazz accessible to everybody," said Tracy Holliday, a Renfrew Institute staff member.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Visitors to this Sunday's free Renfrew Jazz Festival will be treated to two of the world's best jazz trumpeters, said Andrew Sussman, a key organizer for the festival. In addition to sharing a talent for jazz trumpeting, Brian Lynch and Ingrid Jensen also are taking advantage of the latest technology in promoting and selling their music. Both have created or distributed albums through ArtistShare, which has "fans fund projects of their favorite artists in exchange for the privilege of 'participating' in the creative process," according to www.artistshare.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Cool jazz occupied a humid summer day for hundreds of people at Renfrew Museum and Park on Sunday. The Renfrew Jazz Festival celebrated its 15th anniversary by bringing headliners David "Fathead" Newman on saxophone, Paul Bollenback on guitar, Ed Howard on bass, Steve Johns on drums and Chris McNulty providing vocals. Funded in part by a $1,300 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts grant, admission was free for the crowd, who brought blankets, chairs and picnics to the lawn.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -After more than 10 years since his first appearance at the outdoor concert, sax man David "Fathead" Newman is back. Newman will perform at the Renfrew Jazz Festival from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. The free concert is held on the lawn behind the Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Studies. Newman - who has played with Ray Charles among others - performed during Renfrew Jazz Festival in 1994, despite a rainstorm that forced the musicians to relocate to a high school auditorium nearby, said Melodie Anderson-Smith, executive director of the institute.

kristinw@herald-mail.com Sixty-year jazz veteran Bud Shank has spent his life perfecting the way he wails on his alto saxophone. And even though he is featured on more than 50 recordings and has garnered four Most Valuable Player Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Shank, 79, is still working on it. "I'm mainly focused on trying to improve what I do," he told The Herald-Mail while driving through the...

chambersburg@herald-mail.com Renfrew Park is about a world away from Birdland, Charlie "Bird" Parker's New York City cabaret of the 1950s, but music is a universal language that the crowd of about 300 at Sunday's Jazz Festival seemed to understand. Sunday was the birthday of the legendary alto saxophonist and, although he died nearly half a century ago, his music lived on with a quartet performing Parker's "Au Privave" and other selections under the trees during the 13th annual festival, presented by Renfrew Institute.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Under a spreading horse chestnut tree, a jazz quintet played Sunday at Renfrew Park for an appreciative audience of more than 500 aficionados and those just looking for a way to spend a cool couple of hours on a warm summer day. "Blue was just the color of the sea, until my lover left me," Chris McNulty sang on "The Meaning of the Blues. " The mood was anything but blue, however, as mellow and laid-back described the demeanor of the crowd.