Jazz band expected from B.C.

The secondary school jazz band, a group of 35 musicians from Revelstroke, B.C., is staying in Colfax while they attend and perform in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho this week. The group also includes leaders and parents.

Wednesday, a bus was parked across the street from the Top Notch Cafe as they enjoyed their first breakfast in Colfax.

The jazz festival is scheduled for Feb. 20-23 at the University of Idaho.

The first University of Idaho Jazz Festival took place in 1967, with a dozen student groups and one guest artist.

In 1984, the festival’s most important rela...