• The Outdoor Stage at Market Square (map)
  • 1 Market Square
  • Knoxville, TN, 37902
  • United States

Free outdoor concert. Bring a chair or blanket or sit on the patio of one of the restaurants along the square.

The Don Hough Octet is a dynamic ensemble comprised of some of the region’s most accomplished performers. The group performs music by the legendary Dave Pell Octet, a cool jazz group from the 1950’s based in Los Angeles. The Pell Group counted Pepper Adams, Marty Paich, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Art Pepper, Red Mitchell, and a young John Williams (of Star Wars fame) among it’s membership.

The Don Hough Octet includes Stewart Cox, trumpet; Will Boyd and Tom Johnson, saxophones; Ben Dockery, piano; Larry Vincent, guitar; Dave Slack, bass; Keith Brown, drums; Kelle Jolly, vocals and Don Hough, trombone.