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.
April 5, 2022
Monterey Jazz Festival Celebrates its 65th Anniversary September 23-25, 2022 with Return Visits from Gregory Porter; Moodswing Reunion with Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade; Charlie Hunter
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 Jazz Festival Issues Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
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 Jazz Festival Partners With Playbook to Make Online Musical Education Free To Schools Across Monterey County
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
Monterey Jazz Festival & Kuumbwa Jazz Present: Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal Friday, March 4 Sunset Cultural Center
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
The Best of MJF Moments, 2010-2019
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…
October 11, 2019
Kanoa Mendenhall: Another Fearless One
ABOVE: Christian McBride conducting his big band for the premiere of “Roy Anthony: The Fearless One” with Kanoa Mendenhall on bass. The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival came…
August 15, 2019
Christian McBride Commission Piece Honors Roy Hargrove at MJF62
ABOVE L-R: Christian McBride at MJF51 in 2008; Roy Hargrove at MJF60 in 2017. Photos ©Craig Lovell and Tomas Ovalle. In 2018, the jazz world suffered a great loss with the…
August 1, 2019
An Interview with Katie Thiroux
Rising star Katie Thiroux is a bassist, vocalist, composer, educator, and bandleader. Coming from a musical family in Los Angeles, Katie began her career in music at age four…