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Tony Bennett At Monterey Jazz Festival: the KUSP Interview
After topping the Saturday night line-up on the arena stage with a blockbuster show, Tony Bennett stopped to talk with KUSP’s Brett Taylor about the mutual love he shares with the Monterey Jazz Festival
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Monterey Jazz: Second Round Saturday Night
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Bill Frisell took two thirds of his Big Sur Quintet from earlier in the evening – himself, viola player Eyvin Kang and drummer Rudy Royston – to the Night
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Robert Randolph at Monterey Jazz: the KUSP Interview
Robert Randolph interview. Photo by Stephen Laufer /
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Monterey Jazz: First Round Saturday Night
Catherine Russell from the Garden Stage. Photo: Michael Lambert | KUSP By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Bringing the highlights of the Monterey Jazz Festival to you, the loyal blog reader, requires that we
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Bill Frisell: Premiere of Composition for the Monterey Jazz Festival
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Bill Frisell led the “Big Sur Quintet” in a premiere performance of The Music of Glen Deven Ranch, an original composition commissioned by the Festival. The Quintet includes
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Saturday Night Monterey Jazz
Photo: Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Tonight’s line-up is another dense menu of options for festival-goers. For listeners to 88.9 FM KUSP, and visitors to kusp.org, the star of
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Aram Shelton Quartet at Monterey Jazz Festival
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Oakland-based Aram Shelton brought his quartet to the MJF for the first time, with a pair of Saturday afternoon sets at the intimate Coffee House Gallery. Aram is
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Trombone Shorty: Monterey Jazz Rock Star
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Trombone Shorty maybe a singing trombonist with strong New Orleans ties, but that’s where the resemblance to Jack Teagarden ends. Trombone Shorty is not back in the horn
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