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News: Recording

Henry Kuntz: Classic OPEYE: 2 Discs: Free Downloads!

October 31, 2011

Silk! is a companion release to Moss 'Comes Silk (Humming Bird CD 1). It was recorded by engineer Myles Boisen the same two days in September 1995 as the earlier release. It is the only time all of the instruments OPEYE was using in performance were individually miked and recorded in a studio setting. The music ...

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News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications

October 22, 2011

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications from Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians Next Generation Jazz Festival Includes Free Concerts, Clinics, Workshops, and Jazz Competition, March 30 to April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey Country's Top Young Players Compete for Performance Opportunities at 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September ...

News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival Receives $300,000 Grant from James Irvine Foundation

October 7, 2011

Monterey, CA and San Francisco, CA—The Monterey Jazz Festival and the James Irvine Foundation have announced that Monterey Jazz Festival is the recipient of a $300,000 grant. The Monterey Jazz Festival's award is part of the James Irvine Foundation's $3.7 million in grants to 13 arts institutions on the California Central Coast. The organizations selected this ...

News: Festival

54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Wraps up Sensational Weekend of Music

October 1, 2011

Monterey, CA: The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival wrapped up Sunday, September 18th after a weekend of stunning weather and incredible performances by debut artists and old favorites alike. 38,000 fans came through the gates of the Monterey County Fairgrounds during the weekend of September 16-18, which featured music from around the globe and from all styles ...

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Concert for Kids Kicks Off 54th Monterey Jazz Festival Weekend

September 14, 2011

“Concert for Kids" Kicks Off 54th Monterey Jazz Festival Weekend with Free Jazz Concert at Monterey Fairgrounds, September 15, 2011 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Will Perform for Hundreds of Monterey County Public School Music Students Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Trombonist Calvin Barthel is Named 15th Jimmy Lyons Scholar at Berklee College of Music Monterey, CA; The ...

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News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Free Live Webcast

September 12, 2011

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Free Live Webcast from the Night Club, Wi-Fi on Fairgrounds, September 16-18, 2011 Festival's Greening Efforts in 2011 Include U.S. Pure Water Stations, Food Waste Collection Program, Free Bicycle Valet Parking Festival Parking Arrangements Courtesy of Monterey Peninsula College, Shuttles for Patrons Provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival ...

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News: Event

Manhattan Transfer to Headline Benefit Concert for Berkeley's Jazzschool, 10/1

September 9, 2011

The Jazzschool's annual fundraiser will be held Saturday, October 1 at Coventry Grove in Kensington, headlined by the fabulous Manhattan Transfer. The Jazzschool Advanced High School Jazz Workshop I opens the show, which will be emceed by radio host Clifford Brown Jr. “We are thrilled to present the Manhattan Transfer in this benefit concert supporting the ...

News: Recording

Pianist Ben Stolorow Releases New Trio Album, "Almost There"

September 8, 2011

Susan Muscarella (Founder/Director of the Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA) has called Ben Stolorow's first album, I'll Be Over Here (2008), a “beautiful, introspective body of work reminiscent of some of the greatest piano trios." Ben's latest album, Almost There (2011), brings the sensitivity and lyricism of the first album as well a new fire and emotional ...

News: Festival

Arena Packages and Single Day Tickets Still Available for 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival

August 30, 2011

Arena Packages and Single Day Arena Tickets Still Available for 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 16-18, 2011 Three-Day Arena Packages Offer Prime Seating for 13 Performances in 5 Concerts, and Access to 7 Additional Grounds Stages, Onsite Parking, Renewable and Upgradeable Annually Exclusive Arena Performances by Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Poncho Sanchez & his Latin ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Monterey Jazz Festival's 2011 Jazz Legends Gala Honors Terence Blanchard, September 15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey

August 10, 2011

Gala Celebration Features Cocktails, Dinner, Silent Auction, and Entertainment by Grammy-Winning Pianist, Hiromi Proceeds Support Monterey Jazz Festival Education Programs Monterey, California; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that it will honor the four-time Grammy-winning trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Terence Blanchard, at its Annual Jazz Legends Gala on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the ...