Freeman, who earlier this year was awarded a Jazz Masters Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (the nation's highest jazz honor), died Aug. 11 at age 88 of heart failure.
Musicians from across the country will attend, including saxophonists Chico Freeman (his son) and Steve Coleman, trumpeter Brad Goode and Freeman’s band: guitarist Mike Allemana, bassist Matt Ferguson and drummer Mike Raynor.
