Monterey Jazz
News & Notes
Monterey Jazz
News & Notes
From legendary performances to groundbreaking new voices, Monterey Jazz continues to honor its rich history while embracing the future of jazz and ensuring new generations engage. Stay connected for stories, artist spotlights, and insights into the music that keeps Monterey swinging—unforgettable, inspiring and timeless.
November 21, 2022
Forty-Eight Students from 14 Monterey Peninsula Schools are Selected Monterey, Calif.; November 21, 2022; Monterey Jazz Festival is excited to announce the return of…
October 13, 2022
Monterey, Calif., October 13, 2022; Continuing its return to in-person learning, the Monterey Jazz Festival has announced online auditions are now available for the MJF…
October 12, 2022
“…the music arrived in an overwhelming torrent, offering a deeply satisfying roster of artists representing many of the genre’s most interesting directions.” —San…
May 3, 2022
“Ásylo” Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Celebrated jazz pianist, Oscar nominee and composer Kris Bowers has been…
April 5, 2022
Butcher Brown, Brandee Younger, Veronica Swift, Keyon Harrold, Samara Joy, Nate Smith + KINFOLK and Many Others Point to the Future Sound of Jazz Debut of New Edition of…
March 23, 2022
Monterey, Calif., March 23, 2022 – The Monterey Jazz Festival, the world’s longest continuously-running jazz festival, founded as a 501c3 non-profit in 1958, today pledged…
February 23, 2022
Monterey, Calif., February 23, 2022 – Since its founding in 1958 as a 501c3 non-profit education organization the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) has made musical education…
February 8, 2022
The Monterey Jazz Festival and Kuumbwa Jazz continue their concert programming partnership to present Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal at Carmel By-the-Sea’s Sunset…
January 12, 2020
Now that the decade has moved on into the “roaring twenties,” there have a been a lot of “best of the 2010s” lists coming out. Looking back at MJF over the decade, we…
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