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.
