Featuring live jazz performances by the Jazz Links Student Ensemble with
special guests Ari Brown, Robert Irving III, Corey Wilkes & Donald Harrision
and
The 2011 Jazz Excellence Awards:
| Walter Dyett Lifetime Achievement Award | Willie Pickens, Jazz Master |
| Timuel Black Community Service Award | Jim DeJong, Cultural Activist |
| Jazz Educator of the Year Award | Chip Gdalman, Gompers Elem |
| Kiewit-Wang Mentorship Awards | To outstanding student musicians |
