The 8th annual Puget Sounds Jazz Festival celebrates spontaneous live interactions between professional artists and student musicians March 6-7 at Bainbridge High School Theater. The internationally recognized Marina Albero Quintet headlines both evenings, performing alongside BHS Jazz9 on Friday night and the festival's top student ensembles on Saturday. The Saturday daytime schedule features 18 high school and middle school jazz bands from Western Washington competing in a unique educational festival focused on developing rhythm sections and soloists through master classes and clinics with professional adjudicators.