• Herbie Hancock takes the stage. at Jazz Fest. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Founder Frank Malfitano laughs at a joke from the stage. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Herbie Hancock performs on the keyboard. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Audience reacts to the music of Herbie Hancock. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Guitarist for Herbie Hancock performs. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • A woman reacts to the music of Tower of Power. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Lead singer for the Tower of Power performs. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • The 37th Annual Syracuse Jazz Fest in Clinton Square. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Members of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox perform. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • The 37th Annual Syracuse Jazz Fest in Clinton Square. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox perform. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • The 37th Annual Syracuse Jazz Fest in Clinton Square. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Fans listen and react to Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Sax player for Herbie Hancock performs. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Trumpet player for Tower of Power performs. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Frank Malfitano in the front row, cheering on Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • A singer for Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox performs. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • A fan reacts to the music of Tower of Power at the Syracuse Jazz Fest. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Dancing in the rain to Tower of Power at Jazz Fest 37 in Clinton Square. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Members of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox perform. Photo by Mike Greenlar | Central Current
  • Lesley Greene and Robbert Van Renesse, both of Ithaca, dance in the rain at the Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Tuba Skinny performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Tuba Skinny performs at the Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Tuba Skinny performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Tuba Skinny performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Brittany Henry and her daughter, Milah Henry, 2, listen to music at Syracuse Jazz Fest. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Spyro Gyra performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Spyro Gyra performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Spyro Gyra performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Lesley Greene and Robbert Van Renesse, both of Ithaca, show appreciation for Tuba Skinny. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Gladys Knight performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Gladys Knight performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Gladys Knight performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Ella Emmanuel, of Albany, and Asiyah Piper, of New York, react as Gladys Knight performs. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Gladys Knight performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Left, Daniel Colon, of Syracuse, Laiza Semidey and her son, Kenzo Briant, 9, watch Gladys Knight perform. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
  • Gladys Knight performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest Saturday, June 25. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current

The Syracuse Jazz Festival — extended this year to a five-day festival —returned to the city for its 37th time last week.

The festival, which ran from June 21-25, welcomed big-name performers, including headliners Herbie Hancock and Gladys Knight, to the stage in downtown’s Clinton Square.

Spectators came out in record numbers to pull up a chair and listen to spectacular performances.