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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 2012 Next Generation Jazz Festival Results

April 10, 2012

68 Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, and Special Guests from 11 States Performed Throughout Weekend of March 30-April 1, 2012 Top Groups Will Appear at 55th Monterey Jazz Festival, September 21-23, 2012 Monterey, CA: The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the results of the annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, celebrating the 42nd National High ...

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Announcing the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 21-23, 2012

April 5, 2012

Tickets Go on Sale Today for the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 21-23, 2012 Headliners Include Tony Bennett, Esperanza Spalding, Pat Metheny Unity Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Bill Frisell, Melody Gardot, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Jack DeJohnette, Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, Monterey Jazz Festival’s 55th Anniversary ...

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17th Annual Jazz On Fourth Street Festival Lineup Announced

April 2, 2012

Presented by Fourth Street Merchants and KCSM/Jazz 91, the 17th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival, benefiting the jazz programs at Berkeley High School, will feature free performances from famed radio host and pianist Dick Conte’s Quartet with Steve Webber on bass, Steve Heckman on saxophones and Bill Moody on drums; the classic blues sounds from ...

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San Francisco Jazz Competition Gets Started March 19

March 24, 2012

The 3rd Annual Jazz Search West, the Bay Area's only jazz talent search, is coming to Oakland and San Francisco next month. San Francisco, CA: Jazz Search West (JSW) contestants are gearing up to deliver their best performances at popular Oakland and San Francisco music venues next month. The Bay Area's only jazz talent search for ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Hosts Benefit Reception in Dallas, March 22 at Samuel Lynne Gallery

March 20, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival Hosts Benefit Reception in Dallas, March 22 at Samuel Lynne Gallery Music by University of North Texas Faculty Stefan Karlsson Trio with Ed Soph and Fred Hamilton Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival announces a Benefit Reception in Dallas, scheduled for Thursday, March 22, from 5:00-8:00 pm at the Samuel Lynne Gallery, located ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Receives $285,000 in Grants

March 17, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival Receives $285,000 in Grants $225,000 Grant from Surdna Foundation Supports the Next Generation Jazz Festival and Orchestra $60,000 NEA Grant Supports Monterey Jazz Festival's 2012 Artist-In-Residence Ambrose Akinmusire; Commission Artist Bill Frisell; and Showcase Artist Jack DeJohnette March 16, 2012, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that the Surdna ...

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Next Generation Jazz Festival Hosts America's Top Young Jazz Musicians, March 30 - April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey

March 3, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Hosts America's Top Young Jazz Musicians, March 30—April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey 65 Groups from 3 Countries, 13 States and 14 California Counties are Participants Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a nonprofit leader in jazz education since 1958, is proud to announce its annual Next Generation Jazz ...

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Calvin Keys Celebrates His 70th Birthday

February 4, 2012

Guitarist Calvin Keys will celebrate his 70th birthday on February 6th, 2012. To mark the occasion, Calvin will play a special birthday show Feb 6th, 7-11pm, at 57th St. Gallery, 5701 Telegraph Ave., Oakland CA. Tickets are $20 at the door. Keys' very first album,'Shawn-Neeq, originally released in 1971 on Black Jazz, has just been reissued ...

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SFJAZZ Launches New Online Venue - Are You Listening? A place for the conversation of jazz in today’s culture.

January 18, 2012

Today SFJAZZ is launching Are You Listening, for the jazz community to engage with one another and to contribute their thoughts, perspectives and financial support for the music. “With Are You Listening, we want to create an online space for the types of conversations that are going to take place in the SFJAZZ Center itself," said ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Names Paul Contos as Director of Education

November 2, 2011

The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce that saxophonist, jazz educator, and director Paul Contos has been named as the Festival's Director of Education. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Paul Contos has been an essential part of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Jazz Education Programs ...