Gallery: MU Jazz Festival, Jan. 31

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by The Patriot of Parkersburg South High School, under the direction of Eric Staats, on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The 44th annual Marshall University Jazz Festival kicks off with a performance by Project Postbob on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.