Why Should Delaware CareThe Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is an annual free jazz concert held in Wilmington that serves as a shared space for community members and visitors to gain exposure to a variety of sounds. This year, the event started on a rainy note but that did not stop Rodney Square from being a place that fosters connections for long-time friends, vendors building clientele and performers giving back to their home.
Matt La Von grew up a Marine brat, moving from place to place and leaving short-lived friendships behind — until he got to Delaware in the 1990s.
While living in Bear, La Von attended his first jazz concert: Wilmington’s Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. He fell in love with the genre, and his high school band director pushed La Von to pursue that passion…