2013 Monterey Jazz Festival Line-Up Revealed
Lineup Announced for the 56th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 20-22, 2013 Headliners Include Diana »
Regrets? I’ve Had A Few.
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – The festival is over, I’ve had a couple of »
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour: End of the Festival
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bennie Green, Lewis Nash, Christian McBride (partial), Sunday night. Photo: Stephen Laufer »
Bill Frisell and Jack DeJohnette: Monterey Jazz
Guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Jack DeJohnette were all over the festival this year, in »
Monterey Jazz: Sunday Night Shows
Tigran Hamasyan Takes Flight. Photo: Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – »
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Christian Scott and Ambrose Akinmusire at Monterey Jazz Festival
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Two bold young trumpeters stand out in the crowded roster of musicians appearing at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival. Oakland born Ambrose Akinmusire (aged 30) is the Artist-in-Residence
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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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Robert Randolph and the Family Band at Monterey Jazz Festival
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – Robert Randolph opened the Saturday afternoon line-up on the main arena stage at MJF with a virtuosic high-volume set. Friday morning the space shuttle Endeavour flew over my
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Three Can’t Miss Saturday Shows at Monterey Jazz Festival
1pm: Robert Randolph Family Band in the Arena. For high-energy funk and soul–and to see one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists shred first-hand–start the day off at the Jimmy Lyons Arena. 2pm & 3:30pm:
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Melody Gardot At Monterey Jazz Festival: the KUSP Interview
Interview by: Brett Taylor & Geo Warner | KUSP Friday night on the Jimmy Lyons main stage, vocalist Melody Gardot mixed musical accents from Latin America, North Africa and beyond, drawing upon her acclaimed
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Eddie Palmieri at Monterey Jazz Festival: the KUSP Interview
Eddie Palmieri sat down with KUSP’s Brett Taylor on Friday night. Photo: Stephen Laufer / KUSP. Eddie Palmieri brought the full weight of five decades of Latin jazz mastery to bear upon the Jimmy
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Scrambling Blissfully From One Stage To The Next
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson | KUSP – A festival as densely packed with stages and simultaneous performances as Monterey inevitably forces attendees to make difficult trade-offs. See Gregory Porter and miss Jack DeJohnette? Catch Ambrose
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