EDITIONS WITH RECOVERED BILLS: 28 [1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] === TOP 30 BY TOTAL APPEARANCES (recovered editions only) === Rick Braun 15 [1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025] Peter White 15 [1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] Brian Simpson 15 [2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] Gerald Veasley 14 [2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023] Gerald Albright 14 [2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026] Eric Darius 13 [2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025] Matt Marshak 13 [2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025] Boney James 12 [1997, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026] Art Sherrod Jr 12 [2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] Club Phred 12 [2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] Alex Bugnon 11 [1996, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025, 2026] Marion Meadows 11 [1999, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] Kim Waters 11 [2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025] Steve Cole 11 [2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019] Nick Colionne 11 [2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021] Jeff Kashiwa 10 [2003, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026] Brian Culbertson 9 [2000, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2026] Richard Elliot 9 [2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025] Maysa 9 [2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023] Jackiem Joyner 9 [2010, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] Four80East 9 [2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026] Keiko Matsui 8 [1999, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026] Norman Brown 8 [2003, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024] Marcus Anderson 8 [2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2026] Reggie Harris 8 [2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026] JJ Sansaverino 7 [2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022] Deanna Bogart 6 [2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2024, 2026] Carol Riddick 6 [2007, 2010, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023] Kirk Whalum 6 [2008, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023] Pieces of a Dream 6 [2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025] === LONGEST CONSECUTIVE-EDITION STREAKS === Club Phred 12 straight (2014-2026) total 12 Brian Simpson 12 straight (2014-2026) total 15 Steve Cole 10 straight (2010-2019) total 11 Matt Marshak 10 straight (2010-2019) total 13 Eric Darius 9 straight (2016-2025) total 13 Nick Colionne 8 straight (2013-2021) total 11 Peter White 7 straight (2019-2026) total 15 JJ Sansaverino 7 straight (2015-2022) total 7 Gerald Albright 7 straight (2010-2016) total 14 Kim Waters 6 straight (2014-2019) total 11 Art Sherrod Jr 6 straight (2012-2017) total 12 Rick Braun 5 straight (2014-2018) total 15 Norman Brown 5 straight (2015-2019) total 8 Marion Meadows 4 straight (2023-2026) total 11 Keisa Brown 4 straight (2001-2004) total 4 Jeff Golub 4 straight (2009-2012) total 4 Jason Miles 4 straight (2007-2010) total 4 Jackiem Joyner 4 straight (2023-2026) total 9 Gerald Veasley 4 straight (2019-2023) total 14 Carol Riddick 4 straight (2019-2023) total 6 Vincent Ingala 3 straight (2021-2023) total 5 Urban Jazz Coalition 3 straight (2011-2013) total 5 Tim Eyermann 3 straight (1997-2000) total 3 Steve Oliver 3 straight (2023-2025) total 5 Richard Elliot 3 straight (2017-2019) total 9 === LAST TEN EDITIONS: [2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] === artists on N of the last 10 editions: 10/10 editions: 2 artists 9/10 editions: 1 artists 8/10 editions: 3 artists 7/10 editions: 4 artists 6/10 editions: 9 artists 5/10 editions: 6 artists 4/10 editions: 6 artists 3/10 editions: 9 artists 2/10 editions: 17 artists 1/10 editions: 59 artists Top 20 of the last ten editions: Brian Simpson 10/10 (100%) Club Phred 10/10 (100%) Eric Darius 9/10 (90%) Reggie Harris 8/10 (80%) Art Sherrod Jr 8/10 (80%) Peter White 8/10 (80%) Matt Marshak 7/10 (70%) Gerald Albright 7/10 (70%) Jackiem Joyner 7/10 (70%) Marion Meadows 7/10 (70%) Kim Waters 6/10 (60%) JJ Sansaverino 6/10 (60%) Alex Bugnon 6/10 (60%) Rick Braun 6/10 (60%) Gerald Veasley 6/10 (60%) Boney James 6/10 (60%) Four80East 6/10 (60%) Keiko Matsui 6/10 (60%) Jeff Kashiwa 6/10 (60%) Marcus Anderson 5/10 (50%) Total artist-slots across last ten editions: 309 Slots taken by the top 10 artists: 81 = 26.2% Top 10 = ['Brian Simpson', 'Club Phred', 'Eric Darius', 'Reggie Harris', 'Art Sherrod Jr', 'Peter White', 'Matt Marshak', 'Gerald Albright', 'Jackiem Joyner', 'Marion Meadows'] === ROTATION RATE PER EDITION === year acts new vs prior yr never-before-seen returning 1997 13 13 ( 100%) 13 ( 100%) 0% 1999 18 15 ( 83%) 15 ( 83%) 17% 2000 10 8 ( 80%) 6 ( 60%) 40% 2001 17 16 ( 94%) 14 ( 82%) 18% 2002 14 13 ( 93%) 7 ( 50%) 50% 2003 17 15 ( 88%) 11 ( 65%) 35% 2004 22 18 ( 82%) 13 ( 59%) 41% 2005 14 9 ( 64%) 6 ( 43%) 57% 2007 17 17 ( 100%) 15 ( 88%) 12% 2008 19 15 ( 79%) 10 ( 53%) 47% 2009 17 12 ( 71%) 6 ( 35%) 65% 2010 21 19 ( 90%) 10 ( 48%) 52% 2011 24 16 ( 67%) 6 ( 25%) 75% 2012 20 13 ( 65%) 4 ( 20%) 80% 2013 22 14 ( 64%) 6 ( 27%) 73% 2014 25 19 ( 76%) 6 ( 24%) 76% 2015 34 21 ( 62%) 9 ( 26%) 74% 2016 32 17 ( 53%) 5 ( 16%) 84% 2017 30 16 ( 53%) 5 ( 17%) 83% 2018 32 18 ( 56%) 7 ( 22%) 78% 2019 33 19 ( 58%) 6 ( 18%) 82% 2021 29 15 ( 52%) 5 ( 17%) 83% 2022 31 18 ( 58%) 3 ( 10%) 90% 2023 30 15 ( 50%) 5 ( 17%) 83% 2024 33 20 ( 61%) 7 ( 21%) 79% 2025 29 16 ( 55%) 3 ( 10%) 90% 2026 30 17 ( 57%) 2 ( 7%) 93% === TEN-YEAR ROTATION SUMMARY (2016-2026, ten editions) === 2016: 32 acts, 5 true debuts (16%), repeats 84% | debuts: ['Dee Lucas', 'Jeanette Harris', 'Jimmy Haslip', 'Reggie Harris', 'Will Donato'] 2017: 30 acts, 5 true debuts (17%), repeats 83% | debuts: ['Clarence Spady', 'Kayla Waters', 'Larry Graham', 'Lindsey Webster', 'Tracey Hamlin'] 2018: 32 acts, 7 true debuts (22%), repeats 78% | debuts: ['Althea Rene', 'Lucky Chops', 'Morgan James', 'Morris Day', 'Phil Denny', 'Raul Midon', 'Take 6'] 2019: 33 acts, 6 true debuts (18%), repeats 82% | debuts: ['Avery Sunshine', 'Carl Anderson', 'DW3', 'Kevin Whalum', 'Mike Phillips', 'The Four Freshmen'] 2021: 29 acts, 5 true debuts (17%), repeats 83% | debuts: ['Blood Sweat and Tears', 'Damien Escobar', 'Joey Alexander', 'The Royal Scam', 'Vincent Ingala'] 2022: 31 acts, 3 true debuts (10%), repeats 90% | debuts: ['Grace Kelly', 'Julian Vaughn', 'Lin Roundtree'] 2023: 30 acts, 5 true debuts (17%), repeats 83% | debuts: ['Acoustic Alchemy', 'Christian Sands', 'Eric Benet', 'Oleta Adams', 'Rebecca Jade'] 2024: 33 acts, 7 true debuts (21%), repeats 79% | debuts: ['Adam Hawley', 'Catherine Russell', 'Diego Figueiredo', 'Lori Williams', 'Phylicia Rae', 'Tasha Layton', 'The Yacht Lobsters'] 2025: 29 acts, 3 true debuts (10%), repeats 90% | debuts: ['Blake Aaron', 'Chris Big Dog Davis', 'Naturally 7'] 2026: 30 acts, 2 true debuts (7%), repeats 93% | debuts: ['Alex Harris', 'Ragan Whiteside'] TEN-YEAR TOTALS: 309 artist-slots, 48 debut slots = 15.5% new, 84.5% recycled Unique artists used across ten editions: 116 filling 309 slots = 2.66 bookings per artist