Photos: Jazz Aspen Snowmass and the JAS June Experience 2022

News News | Jun 27, 2022

Austin Colbert

Noted trumpet player and singer Bria Skonberg kicked off the Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience on Thursday night from the top of the Aspen Art Museum.

The summer festival then shifted into high gear for a full lineup of shows on Friday and Saturday nights in various venues across Aspen. Kamasi Washington and Keb’ Mo’ were the Belly Up headliners each night.

JAS will return for its annual Labor Day Experience from Sept. 2-4 in Snowmass Village, featuring headliners Leon Bridges, Chris Stapleton and Stevie Nicks.

**Rickey Washington, the father of Kamasi Washington, performs on Friday, June 24, 2022, as part of the JAS June Experience at Belly Up Aspen.**
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**Kamasi Washington keyboardist Brandon Coleman performs on Friday, June 24, 2022, as part of the JAS June Experience at Belly Up Aspen.**
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**Jean Baylor of The Baylor Project sings during the JAS June Experience on Friday, June 24, 2022, inside the Limelight Hotel in Aspen.**
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**Freddie Hendrix plays trumpet with The Baylor Project during the JAS June Experience on Friday, June 24, 2022, inside the Limelight Hotel in Aspen.**
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**Bria Skonberg, a beloved trumpet player, sings as part of the JAS June Experience on Friday, June 24, 2022, inside the Bad Harriet in Aspen.**
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**Eleanor Dubinsky, performing alongside Dario Acosta, sings on Saturday, June 25, 2022, as part of the JAS June Experience inside the Here House in Aspen.**
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**The Lowdown Brass Band performs on Saturday, June 25, 2022, as part of the JAS June Experience inside the Sterling Lounge in Aspen.**
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**Jimmy James of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio plays on Friday, June 24, 2022, as part of the JAS June Experience inside the W Hotel in Aspen.**
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Guitarist Jimmy James of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio plays on Friday, June 24, 2022, inside the W Hotel in Aspen as part of the JAS June Experience. The band will be back at it with two shows Saturday night inside Bad Harriet.
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**Keb’ Mo’ performs as part of the JAS June Experience on Saturday, June 25, 2022, inside the Belly Up Aspen.**
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**A keyboardist for Keb’ Mo’ performs on Saturday, June 25, 2022, inside the Belly Up Aspen.**
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**A member of the Keb’ Mo’ band performs as part of the JAS June Experience on Saturday, June 25, 2022, inside the Belly Up Aspen.**
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The following gallery includes photos courtesy of noted music photographer Lynn Goldsmith from the JAS June Experience.

Noted trumpet player and singer Bria Skonberg performed at Bad Harriet on Friday as part of the JAS June Experience. Skonberg grew up in the nature of British Columbia and made sure before her concert that she got to visit the Grottos Trail and rehearse out in the beauty of Independence Pass.
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Wycliffe Gordon, a 15-time winner of Jazz Journal’s “Trombonist of the Year,” performed mostly on piano as the band’s pianist could not make his flight into Aspen in time for the brunch on Sunday, June 26, 2022. This was the only travel casualty of the JAS June Experience season. The rest of Gordon’s star-studded group, including the multi-talented singer and choreographer Niki Haris, brought the ’spirit’ to the Aspen Art Museum rooftop with their musicianship. Harris proclaimed that “Love goes on no matter how crazy the world gets. We need to remind each other of that.” The crowd roared with approval when she ended the song “God is the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me” with “Yes SHE is!”
Lynn Goldsmith/Special to The Aspen Times
Wycliffe Gordon, a 15-time winner of Jazz Journal’s “Trombonist of the Year,” performed mostly on piano as the band’s pianist could not make his flight into Aspen in time for the brunch on Sunday, June 26, 2022. This was the only travel casualty of the JAS June Experience season. The rest of Gordon’s star-studded group, including the multi-talented singer and choreographer Niki Haris, brought the ’spirit’ to the Aspen Art Museum rooftop with their musicianship. Harris proclaimed that “Love goes on no matter how crazy the world gets. We need to remind each other of that.” The crowd roared with approval when she ended the song “God is the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me” with “Yes SHE is!”
Lynn Goldsmith/Special to The Aspen Times
Wycliffe Gordon, a 15-time winner of Jazz Journal’s “Trombonist of the Year,” performed mostly on piano as the band’s pianist could not make his flight into Aspen in time for the brunch on Sunday, June 26, 2022. This was the only travel casualty of the JAS June Experience season. The rest of Gordon’s star-studded group, including the multi-talented singer and choreographer Niki Haris, brought the ’spirit’ to the Aspen Art Museum rooftop with their musicianship. Harris proclaimed that “Love goes on no matter how crazy the world gets. We need to remind each other of that.” The crowd roared with approval when she ended the song “God is the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me” with “Yes SHE is!”
Lynn Goldsmith/Special to The Aspen Times
Poncho Sanchez performs during the JAS June Experience 2022 in Aspen.
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Poncho Sanchez performs during the JAS June Experience 2022 in Aspen.
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Keb’ Mo’ performs during the JAS June Experience 2022 in Aspen.
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Jontavious Willis performs during the JAS June Experience 2022 in Aspen.
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Christian McBride, Benny Green and Jeff Hamilton perform during the JAS June Experience 2022 in Aspen.
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Christian McBride, Benny Green and Jeff Hamilton perform during the JAS June Experience 2022 in Aspen.
Lynn Goldsmith/Special to The Aspen Times
Bria Skonberg, who’s been called the shining hope of jazz, opens the JAS June Experience on Thursday, June 23, 2022, with the VIP dinner on the roof of the Aspen Art Museum. Skonberg looks like a Scandinavian angel, plays trumpet like a red-hot devil and sings like a dream. She wowed the sold out crowd and brought them to a standing ovation. Her signature sound of fiery trumpet playing and smoky vocals, together with storytelling, can be heard again at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday at Bad Harriet in Aspen. | Lynn Goldsmith/Special to The Aspen Times
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