Support your Chief Sealth Jazz Bands at the 59th annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (LHJF) is one of the largest and oldest educational jazz festivals in the world. With hundreds of student performances, outstanding evening concerts with world-class jazz artists and nearly 100 workshops, clinics and special exhibits, LHJF honors the music, dance and history of jazz and one of its most honored artists, Lionel Hampton.