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The 2026 Eau Claire Jazz Festival Concert Series proudly presents a thrilling weekend of jazz featuring two of the art form’s most celebrated performers: trumpeter Byron Stripling and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.

Internationally recognized for their virtuosity, warmth, and deep connection to jazz tradition, Stripling and Gordon bring an unmatched blend of technical mastery and joyful expression to the stage. They will be joined by the GRAMMY®-nominated UW–Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble I in a special collaborative performance that also features outstanding student category winners from the Eau Claire Jazz Festival, taking place on the UW–Eau Claire campus that same weekend.