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Since 1958, the nonprofit Monterey Jazz Festival has been committed to celebrating America's creativity and cultural heritage by presenting legendary jazz musicians, composers, and young rising stars. Co-founded by Jimmy Lyons & Ralph J. Gleason in 1958, Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world.
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9:00 pm. Sean Mason Quartet. 12:00 pm. Next Generation Women...
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9:00 pm. Sean Mason Quartet. 12:00 pm. Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo directed by Katie Thiroux. 1:30 pm. Mimi Fox Organ Trio. 3:00 pm. Stephane Wrembel Band with special guest Jean-Michel Pilc. 4:30 pm.
The Monterey Jazz Festival is a nonprofit organization. It has donated its proceeds to musical education since its inception in 1958. The festival's scholarship program started with a $35,000 scholarship fund in 1970. As of 2012, the festival invests $600,000 annually for jazz education.
- 23–25 September 2022
- Monterey, California, US
- 1958–2019, 2021–
Highlights of the 10th annual Monterey (California) Jazz Festival, held in 1967. Artists include Illinois Jacquet, Ray Nance, Svend Asmussen, Jean-Luc Ponty, Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and the Don Ellis Orchestra. Jimmy Lyons, host. Produced by Ralph J. Gleason, Lane Slate; Directed by Richard Moore. N.E.T. Festival was a PBS television program. The acclaimed series covered the ...
Somi. Arena Artist. Saturday, September 28 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Jimmy Lyons Stage. Buy ticket. Vocalist, composer, and playwright Somi Kakoma was raised between Illinois and Zambia, and is the daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. Known in the jazz world simply as “Somi,” The New York Times recently described her as “a virtuosic ...
Monterey, Calif., April 5, 2022 – Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates its 65th anniversary in 2022, a major milestone for the world’s longest continuously-running jazz festival. Over its long and distinguished history, Monterey Jazz Festival has earned a reputation for paying homage to jazz greats, but also for its focus and passion for new ...
As a nonprofit, Monterey Jazz Festival is devoted to education by presenting year-round local, regional, national, and international programs. One of its flagships is the Next Generation Jazz Festival (NGJF), one of the premier student jazz competitions in the world, which will celebrate its 47th presentation in downtown Monterey, from March 31 ...
