Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Combo

Saturday, September 28Sat, September 28
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Courtyard Stage

The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Combo performances at MJF67 on the Courtyard Stage will comprise of selected members of the 2024 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. Artists will be announced from the stage.

Monterey Jazz Festival brings together 20 of the most accomplished high school jazz musicians from across the country to form the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra (NGJO), directed by GRAMMY-nominated pianist and composer Gerald Clayton. Established in 1971, tenure in this year’s NGJO culminates in a main stage performance in September at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Having received worldwide acclaim, tour performances for the Orchestra have included festivals and venues in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe. Former members include pianists Benny GreenPatrice Rushen, Pascal Le Boeuf, Emmet Cohen, and Kris Bowers, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummers Carlos VegaChad WackermanMarcus Gilmore, and Justin Brown; saxophonists Joshua RedmanDonny McCaslinMark TurnerEric Marienthal,Ted NashEddie BarbashChad LBRemy Le Boeuf, and Dave Koz; trombonists Luis Bonilla and Andy Martin, flutist Elena Ayodele Pinderhughes, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos, Ambrose AkinmusireJohn Daversa, and Adam O’Farrill; composer Jeff Beal, and big band leader Gordon Goodwin, and many others.