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Monterey Jazz Festival 2016
by Josef Woodard
Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 16-18, 2016 In its 59th annual edition, the Monterey Jazz Festival once again delivered on its promise to bring a stylistic plethora and pageantry--with nods to more abstract or daring fare--to the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Among the marquee bragging rights: an impressive new commissioned ...
Colombian Festivals: Exotic Jazz Cocktails
by Mark Holston
As the season of summer jazz festivals in the U.S. winds down to a precious few, including California's iconic, mid-September Monterey Jazz Festival, the eyes and ears of seasoned aficionados may be focused on options in other lands. Don't be surprised if an increasing number of North American fans will find much to their liking in ...
24 Jazz Heroes in 22 cities Announced by Jazz Journalists Association
Educators, Presenters, Philanthropists, Fans, Players, Poet and Dentist Hailed as Activists, Advocates, Altruists, Aiders and Abettors of Jazz Honored New York, NY: Two dozen “JazzHeroes"—activists of positive influence on their musical communities—have been announced today by the Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit organization of media professionals, in collaborations with grassroots organizations andsupporters in 22 U.S. cities, ...
Monterey Jazz Festival 2014
by Josef Woodard
Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey County Fairgrounds Monterey, CA September 19-21, 2014 Working the Numbers, and Young People Going Deep Numbers worked in mysterious, seemingly synchronistic ways at this year's Monterey Jazz Festival, which celebrated its 57th anniversary year partly by also respectfully toasting the 75th anniversary of the ...
2014 Jazz Connect Conference Schedule
The conference will be held January 9-10, 2014 at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City and will feed into the annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Conference as well as Winter Jazzfest. LOCATION: Hilton New York 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 54th St. New York, ...
Wallace Roney and His Mission to Record and Perform Wayne Shorter's Long-Lost "Universe"
by R.J. DeLuke
Wayne Shorter is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest composers in the history of jazz, which is the history of American music. His compositions are played by instrumentalists in cramped and crowded nightclubs wherever on earth jazz music is performed. It's hard to imagine a jazz festival where at least few of his works don't ...
Monterey Jazz Festival 55th Anniversary Celebration Comes to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia
Monterey Jazz Festival, world-renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality, and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs in local, regional, national, and international venues, continues this commitment in 2013 with its third North American Tour, featuring critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY®-winning jazz artists. The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration features ...
55th Monterey Jazz Festival: September 21-23, 2012
by Larry Taylor
Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey, CASeptember 21-23, 2012Standing out this year at the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, as expected, were the three honorees--Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell and Jack DeJohnette. Besides receiving accolades they also had busy schedules, appearing in concerts in the festival for three-days, Sept. 21-23, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Northern ...
Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County All-Star Band and Vocal Honor Jazz Ensemble Perform in British Columbia and Seattle, June 29-July 4
Monterey Jazz Festival’s Monterey County All-Star Band and Vocal Honor Jazz Ensemble Perform in British Columbia and Seattle, June 29-July 4 All-Star Band and Vocal Ensemble Perform at San Jose Jazz Festival, August 11; Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos, August 22; West End Celebration in Sand City, August 24; and at 55th Monterey Jazz ...
Free Concert May 22 with MPC Swing Band, Monterey County High School All-Star Combo
Monterey Peninsula College’s Free Annual Spring Concert Features MPC Swing Band, Monterey Jazz Festival’s County High School All-Star Combo, May 22 at MPC Music Hall Donations Also Accepted for Monterey Jazz Festival’s County High School All-Star Band’s 2012 Tour of the Pacific Northwest Monterey, CA; The Monterey Peninsula College Swing Band will present its annual Spring ...
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