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KUSP’s Brett Taylor hosts the Latin Quarter every Sunday afternoon. He’s our MC on-the-stop and the heart and soul of many of our artist interviews and live performances during the Monterey Jazz Festival.
P.S. Brett is also a master origamist. Check out what the man can do with five one dollar bills between broadcasts:
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Berklee Flamenco is a crack troupe of musicians from the Berklee College of Music. Before bringing a mix of jazz, flamenco, and Middle Eastern sounds to the Garden Stage, members Ariadna Castellanos Rivas and Ali Amr spoke to KUSP’s Latin Quarter host Brett Taylor.
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Ariadna Castellanos Rivas, Ali Amr, Tamir Shmerling, Enrique “Kalani” Trinidad, & Sergio Martinez.
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Qanunist and vocalist Ali Amr of Berklee Flamecnco wowed the crowd Friday night on Garden Stage.
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The John Pizzarelli Quartet’s Friday night set was a relative success: Two generations and a wife of Pizzarelli charmed the audience with full band jazz standards, guitar noodling father and son duets, and rapier wit. After the set Bucky, his son John, and John’s wife Jessica made time for KUSP in the Sturgeon. They spoke with KUSP’s own MC Brett Taylor.
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Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band were joined by jazz royalty in the form of Terence Blanchard last night on the Jimmy Lyons (Arena) stage. Together they closed out Day 1 with Cubano Be! Cubano Bop! A Tribute to Chano Pozo & Dizzy Gillespie. Before taking the stage they sat down for a chat with KUSP’s Brett Taylor in the Sturgeon:
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KUSP’s Larry Blood is settling into the Sturgeon broadcasting van — getting ready for three days of our 31st broadcast of the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Terrance Blanchard, Poncho Sanchez, and KUSP’s Brett Taylor.
The fellas stopped by KUSP’s Sturgeon broadcast van for an interview with Brett right before they hit the stage.
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