A three-day jazz festival was held at Northrop Auditorium in 1960, sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Concerts and Lectures in cooperation with the Coffman Union Board of Governors:

Friday, May 13:

• Dave Brubeck Quartet:  St. Louis Park High reporter Dave Perlman interviewed Brubeck, who said that the album “Time Out” was written by his brother Howard, with accompaniment by the New York Philharmonic.  Critics did not like the song “Time Out,” which had a 5/4 beat patterned on African rhythms and took three years to write.
• Miriam Makeba
• Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with the Ike Isaacs Trio
• Union Jazz Workshop Quintette
• Coleman Hawkins Quartet

Saturday, May 14:

• Ahmad Jamal Trio
• Ernestine Anderson
• Harry Blons
• The Signatures

Sunday, May 15:

• Louis Armstrong
• Clara Ward and the Ward Singers
• Rod Aaberg and His 15-Piece Band