“You better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone,” Bob Dylan stated profoundly in 1963. Throughout its unrivaled 65-year history, the Monterey Jazz Festival … Read More “Generations Merge at the 65th Monterey Jazz Festival”
The year 2020 tarnished the Monterey Jazz Festival’s revered reputation as the world’s longest continuously running jazz festival (since 1958). Due to the pandemic, the … Read More “The 64th Monterey Jazz Festival”
Much like Ernest Hemingway’s famous description of how bankruptcy happens (“Gradually and then suddenly,” he wrote in The Sun Also Rises), the pervasive presence of … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Monterey Jazz Festival”
When everything’s clicking at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the weekend feels like far more than a densely packed series of performances. By both serendipity and … Read More “Monterey Jazz Festival 2017: Story of Some Grooves”
Fantastic drumming and an all-star tribute to Quincy Jones among highlights
A little Cali vibe for a New York winter
The venerable institution still balances tradition and daring
McBride, Bridgewater, Potter and more take the festival on the road
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55th annual event featured an all-star lineup
A full menu highlighted by Sonny Rollins, Terence Blanchard, Hiromi, Steve Coleman and more
