Peter Pastreich Appointed Executive Director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
2009 Ojai Music Festival Expands Environmental Efforts
New Initiatives Include Introduction of Carbon Fund
Ojai Environmental and Artistic Missions Combine with ’ÄúGreen’Äù Sound Sculptures by Trimpin
In response to increasing demands on the planet from climate change and pollution, last year the Ojai Music Festival in
’ÄúWhat makes the Ojai Music Festival so special,’Äù said Festival Executive Director Jeff Haydon, ’Äúis the unique symbiosis between the high-level music performed here by the world’Äôs greatest artists and the incredible natural beauty that surrounds us. We want this always to be here for our children and their children, and so we are making every effort to ensure that any changes taking place in Ojai are for the better.’Äù
In cooperation with Ojai Valley Green Coalition and EJ Harrison & Sons and with the support from California Solar Electric and LifeSource, this year’Äôs Ojai Music Festival will continue all of the initiatives it introduced last year, including recycling and decreasing the use of paper products, encouraging walking and biking, providing many zero-waste stations for separating trash, and selecting merchandise and locally produced foods. California Solar Electric, well known for its Green Collar job-training programs for at-risk youths, will provide informative materials at Ojai’Äôs Green Booths. LifeSource will provide three ’Äúfree’Äù water dispensing stations located on the Festival grounds, where patrons can fill their reusable drinking containers.
For 2009, the Ojai Music Festival has established a Carbon Fund to offset its carbon footprint and has calculated that the Festival’Äôs 2009 carbon offset will be approximately $680. The Ojai Music Festival will make a donation based on the carbon footprint to Ojai Trees, a non-profit organization that plants trees throughout Ojai. Moreover, collection boxes will be set up for Festival patrons who would like to make donations to the fund.
’ÄúWe are pleased to participate once again in helping the Ojai Music Festival continue its multiyear green plan,’Äù said Deb Pendrey of the Ojai Green Coalition. ’ÄúThis is the perfect example of the Coalition’Äôs motto to ’Äòthink globally, act locally.’Äô We believe each of us must be conscious of our individual responsibilities to ensure a greener and healthier world starting now.’Äù
This year Trimpin, the sound sculptor, composer, and MacArthur ’Äúgenius’Äù grant recipient, will combine the Festival’Äôs environmental and artistic missions. The Seattle-based artist, whose artworks are made from recyclable materials, has created two interactive sound sculptures, which will be on display throughout the Festival at
2009 Ojai Music Festival green efforts include:
¬… Providing free water refills at water stations and encouraging concertgoers to bring their own reusable water bottles or purchase stainless steel or ceramic mugs at Festival concerts.
¬… Serving cold drinks in recyclable glass or aluminum containers. Coffee and tea are served in cardboard cups.
¬… Encouraging residents and volunteers to walk, bike, or use the Ojai Trolley to commute to the Festival. Ojai provides a free bike valet area.
¬… Selling reusable totes and bags, and stainless steel containers at the outdoor marketplace.
¬… Serving food in biodegradable containers with biodegradable utensils.
¬… Assisting concertgoers in sorting trash at ’ÄúZero Waste Stations’Äù into appropriate receptacles marked Landfill, Compost, or Recyclables.
¬… Providing a Green Booth, where local groups can offer information about minimizing individual ecological footprints.
¬… Using soy ink and recycled paper and decreasing the use of paper by minimizing margins and utilizing both sides of paper.
¬… Recycling program books.
New this year:
¬… Introducing a Carbon Fund to offset the Ojai Music Festival’Äôs carbon footprint.
¬… Providing re-usable water bottles to artists and Festival staff.
¬… Reducing number of program books printed to encourage re-use.
¬… Reducing materials in mailings and posting more information online.
¬… Showcasing environmentally friendly sound sculptures by artist/composer Trimpin.
As part of the Festival green plan, the Ojai Music Festival is bringing back an Ojai market to sell gourmet food and baked goods that use organic and locally grown produce provided by Seasons Catering, and as well as certified organic, shade-grown coffee provided by local shop, Coffee Connection, and Ojai-based Zhena’Äôs organic teas.
Several Ojai Marketplace vendors will be on hand with local Ojai items that include organic olive oil, creams and soaps from Ojai Olive Oil and Vicki’Äôs handmade scented soaps.
Trimpin describes his work as ’Äúan ongoing exploration of the concepts of sound, vision, and movement, experimenting with combinations that will introduce our senses of perception to a totally new experience.’Äù He works with ’Äúnatural’Äù elements’Äîwater, air, light, fire, etc.’Äîand reconfigures them in new and unusual applications, pushing them to the limits. Currently, an artist-in-residence at the California Arts Institute, Trimpin’Äôs sound sculptures, both whimsical and serious, have appeared all over the world. He previously exhibited his interactive Conloninpurple installation during Ojai’Äôs 60th anniversary season in 2006.
California Solar Electric has been designing and installing solar electric systems on residential and commercial buildings from
LifeSource Water Systems has been committed to environmental awareness and protection since their founding in 1984. Since that time, they have focused on returning water to its natural state in a way that doesn’Äôt harm people or our planet.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
OSM Concert in Santa Monica, California
Seven OSM musicians in concert
at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California
under the direction of Kent Nagano
The Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al is pleased to announce that the seven musicians in the Orchestra who took part in the tour to Nunavik in September 2008 will be presenting a new concert under the direction of Kent Nagano on Saturday, May 16. Marianne Dugal (violin), Jacques Lavallˆ©e (percussions), Brian Robinson (basse), Mathieu Harel (bassoon), Alain Desgagnˆ© (clarinet), James Box (trombone) and Paul Merkelo (trumpet) will be playing at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California, in the company of throat singers Taqralik Partridge and Evie Mark. The Broad Stage, an intimate venue for 500 spectators inaugurated in 2005, is a one-of-a-kind setting for concerts, visual-art exhibits, dance recitals, stage works, chamber-music performances and poetry readings. The chairman of the board is Dustin Hoffman, a graduate of Santa Monica College.
The ensemble will revisit Stravinsky’Äôs The Soldier’Äôs Tale. The text, presented this time in English, will be narrated by James Cromwell, who has latterly been seen in the films W (playing George Bush, Sr.) and The Queen (in the role of Prince Philip). The Devil will be played by Hattie Winston and the Soldier by Jordan Belfi. Directing duties have been assigned to William Friedkin, director of the movies The Exorcist, Cruising, Deal of the Century and To Live and Die in L.A., among others, and winner of an Oscar in 1971 for The French Connection. Alexina Louie’Äôs Take the Dog Sled, a work commissioned for the musicians’Äô Far North tour, will also be performed. That piece, inspired by Inuit culture, is scored for seven musicians and two throat singers, Evie Mark and Taqralik Partridge. The program will be completed by the Bach Chaconne (performed by violinist Marianne Dugal) and Stockhausen’Äôs In Freundschaft (for solo bassoon, performed by Mathieu Harel).
The Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al is presented by Hydro-Quˆ©bec
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Eighth Blackbird Performs Steve Reich's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Double Sextet at Ojai Music Festival
*Steve Reich and members of Nexus perform Reich’Äôs Drumming at 2008 Ojai Music Festival
STEVE REICH WINS PULITZER PRIZE FOR DOUBLE SEXTET
Work To Be Performed By Eighth Blackbird at Ojai Music Festival Sunday, June 14
Steve Reich, the 2008 featured composer at the Ojai Music Festival described by New Yorker magazine as ’Äúthe most original musical thinker of our time,’Äù has won a Pulitzer Prize for Double Sextet, which was commissioned and premiered in 2007 by eighth blackbird, the music director of the 2009 Ojai Music Festival. The 22-minute work can be performed either by a sextet playing against a prerecording of the work or as an ensemble of 12 instrumentalists.
On Sunday, June 14, the closing day of the four-day Ojai Music Festival, eighth blackbird will be joined by six ’Äòlive’Äô musicians in a performance of Steve Reich’Äôs Double Sextet, to open the Festival’Äôs four-hour Marathon Finale.
Grammy Award-winning sextet eighth blackbird, known for its provocative and engaging performances, comprising flutist Tim Munro, clarinetist Michael J. Maccaferri, violin/violist Matt Albert, cellist Nicholas Photinos, percussionist Matthew Duvall, percussion; and pianist Lisa Kaplan. The sextet, which plays with a virtuosic and theatrical flair, debunks the myth that contemporary music is only for a cerebral few.
The six artists joining eighth blackbird in the June 14 performance of Double Sextet are flutist Alexis Kenny, clarinetist John Schertle, violinist Andrew McCann, cellist Darrett Adkins, percussionist Greg Beyer, and pianist Amy Briggs.
American composer Steve Reich, an early pioneer in tape music and American minimalism, has established himself as one of the foremost composers of our time. The 72-year-old composer has been described by The Guardian as one of the few composers who have "altered the direction of musical history" and by The New York Times as ’Äúour greatest living composer.’Äù His music has been performed by countless orchestras and ensembles worldwide, and noted choreographers have created dances to his music. Known for steady pulse, repetition, and a fascination with canons, his music has been influential to composers and pop musicians all over the world. Mr. Reich has been recognized with Grammy Awards for Different Trains and Music for 18 Musicians (also to be performed at the 2009 Ojai Music Festival), and his ’Äúdocumentary video opera’Äù works The Cave and Three Tales, created in collaboration with video artist Beryl Korot, have expanded the boundaries of the operatic medium.
The 63rd annual Ojai Music Festival, under 2009 Music Director eighth blackbird, takes place from June 11 to June 14. The Festival, which for six decades has become well known for its fearlessness in championing pioneering musical ideas and personalities, takes place in the unspoiled beauty of California’Äôs Ojai Valley, and is known worldwide for providing artists with the freedom to present music they are passionate about. Many of today’Äôs finest contemporary artists have been gathered for this year’Äôs festival, which has been described as ’Äúa wild and diverse musical party of extraordinary talents.’Äù Among them are freewheeling chamber ensemble Tin Hat; the matchless recorder quartet from
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Monday, March 30, 2009
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon
Celebrates The Joy Of Jazz With Legendary Icons, Classic Tributes And Young Upstarts On 9 Stages For 3 Days Of Nonstop Jazz Entertainment, September 18 - 20, 2009
2009 Artists-In-Residence Wynton Marsalis And The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Headline Arena/Lyons Stage
Dave Brubeck Quartet Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Time Out
Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band Plays The Music Of Miles Davis
And John Coltrane Commemorating 50th Anniversary
Of Kind of Blue and Giant Steps
American Icon And Folk Pioneer Pete Seeger Makes MJF Debut
Showcase Artist Joe Lovano Performs With NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones,
Us 5, John Patitucci Trio, Conrad Herwig
Commission Artist Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
Debuts Signature Piece, ’ÄúFeedback’Äù
Debut Of Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars Featuring Kenny Barron,
Regina Carter, Kurt Elling And Russell Malone
Sunday Night’Äôs Arena Show Features Three Generations Of Pianists:
Corea, Clark & White, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
March 30, 2009; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon will once again celebrate the joy of jazz as it launches its fifty-second edition with a variety of legendary performers, American icons, and visionary new artists in weekend of jazz, blues, folk, and American song that has characterized the world-renowned event on the oak-studded and beautiful land of the Monterey Fairgrounds, the location of the Festival since its inception in 1958. The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon takes place September 18 - 20, 2009.
Tickets are on sale now by phone at (925) 275-9255 and on the Monterey Jazz Festival’Äôs website, montereyjazzfestival.org. Full Weekend Arena Packages are available from $225; Daily Grounds Tickets are from $35; Full Weekend Grounds Tickets are $110.00. MJF’Äôs new Family Discount Pack is $80 for 2 Adult and 2 Youth Tickets.
The Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage will be the focal point of the Festival, with a lineup that is a celebration of the past, present, and future of American music with multiple award-winning artists and special projects, including NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones with Grammy winning saxophonist Joe Lovano (MJF/52 Showcase Artist); the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by 9-time Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (MJF/52 Artists-In-Residence); the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars featuring pianist Kenny Barron, violinist Regina Carter, vocalist Kurt Elling, and guitarist Russell Malone; the gifted bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding; vocalist extraordinaire Dee Dee Bridgewater; the incomparable Grammy-winning pianist George Duke; the incendiary Jason Moran & The Bandwagon (MJF/52 Commission Artist); and the highly-anticipated super-trio of 15-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master, pianist Chick Corea with legendary bassist Stanley Clarke and fiery drummer Lenny White.
A celebration of strings will also be featured in the Arena with soulful roots/blues guitarist and vocalist, Susan Tedeschi; the American icon and folk music pioneer Pete Seeger; and the gospel-soaked baptismal blues of John Scofield and the Piety Street Band.
Special golden anniversary celebrations of classic and historic jazz recordings from 1959 will fill the Arena with Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band (with special guests, the 5-time Grammy-winning trumpeter Randy Brecker and Joe Lovano, playing the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beloved and influential jazz classics, Kind of Blue and Giant Steps. NEA Jazz Master, living legend and pianist Dave Brubeck returns to the stages of Monterey for his 15th appearance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his world-wide best selling and groundbreaking recording, Time Out.
The fruits of music education will also take center stage in the Arena, with the top high school big band -- selected at the Monterey Jazz Festival’Äôs Next Generation Festival (April 3 - 5, 2009) -- kicking off the Sunday Arena program, followed by MJF’Äôs own Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, featuring Wynton Marsalis and the top high school musicians in the country.
Tickets are on sale now by phone at (925) 275-9255 and on the Monterey Jazz Festival’Äôs website, montereyjazzfestival.org. Full Weekend Arena Packages are available from $225; Daily Grounds Tickets are from $35; Full Weekend Grounds Tickets are $110.00. MJF’Äôs new Family Discount Pack is $80 for 2 Adult and 2 Youth Tickets.
2009 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, SHOWCASE ARTIST AND COMMISSION ARTIST
In 2009, members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will serve as the Festival’Äôs Artists-In-Residence, with participation at the Next Generation Festival, April 3 - 5, 2009, the MJF Summer Jazz Camp in June 2009, and at MJF/52. Featured members of JALC members include saxophonist Sherman Irby, trumpeter Sean Jones, trombonist Vincent Gardner, drummer Ali Jackson, and the 9-time Grammy-winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. At MJF/52, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will be performing both in the Arena and on the Grounds.
Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano will be the MJF/52 Showcase Artist, and will put in four different performances with a myriad of groups: as a co-leader with NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones, featuring bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade; in Mr. Patitucci’Äôs Trio (also with Brian Blade); leading the intergenerational US5, with bassist Esperanza Spalding, pianist James Weidman, and drummers Francisco Mela and Otis Brown Jr.; and as a featured member of Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band playing the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
Pianist Jason Moran serves at the MJF/52 Commission Artist. Described by Rolling Stone magazine as "the most provocative thinker in current jazz," Moran’Äôs piece, ’ÄúFeedback,’Äù will be debuted by his ensemble, The Bandwagon on the Arena stage, and the group will perform an additional set on the Grounds.
The longtime and growing tradition of Arena artists performing on the grounds is also unusually rich for MJF/52 -- patrons will be able to catch sets from Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band, the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars featuring Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, and Russell Malone; Esperanza Spalding; John Scofield, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joe Lovano with John Patitucci and Brian Blade; and Jason Moran & The Bandwagon on Grounds stages throughout the weekend.
MJF/52: DAY BY DAY
Friday, September 18 in the Arena will kick off MJF/52 with an extravaganza of talent -- starting off with the MJF debut of up-and-coming bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding; followed by the latest edition of the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars featuring pianist Kenny Barron, violinist Regina Carter, vocalist Kurt Elling, guitarist Russell Malone, bassist Kiyoshi Kitigawa and drummer Johnathan Blake. Closing the Arena’Äôs first evening is Conrad Herwig’Äôs explosive Latin Side All-Star Band featuring Randy Brecker and Joe Lovano, updating Miles Davis’Äô Kind of Blue and John Coltrane’Äôs Giant Steps in honor of the 50th anniversary of their release.
Friday night on the Grounds, New Grooves comes back to Dizzy’Äôs Den for 7th year. Kicking it off is the return of the deep soul of vocalist Lizz Wright, followed by breakout sensation Esperanza Spalding in her second set of the evening. Across the pathway in the Night Club, the Scott Amendola Trio will get the venue’Äôs evening of to a quirky bebop-oriented set, followed by the stellar John Patitucci Trio, featuring Joe Lovano and Brian Blade. Closing the Night Club will be Forro in the Dark, performing the Brazilian-folk dance music that has world-wide appeal. On the outdoor Garden Stage, the Roger Eddy Group gets the music started with his West Coast-flavored jazz, followed by the straight-ahead 2009 Berklee-Monterey Quartet, a harbinger of future musical talent. Global Noize -- a mash-up project headed by keyboardist Jason Miles and DJ Logic -- closes out the Garden stage on an inclusive world music note. In the Coffee House Gallery, fans will be treated to three sets from pianist Jonathan Batiste, the next generation of a New Orleans musical dynasty. In Lyons Lounge, DJ Vinnie Esparza will shake things up with an extended set of Salsa, Afro-Latin and Brazilian music.
Saturday, September 19 in the Arena features an afternoon of radically different guitar styles: John Scofield and the Piety Street Band opens the day with a sanctified set of New Orleans and Gospel-inflected blues, followed by American icon and visionary acoustic folk pioneer Pete Seeger in a very special and historic MJF debut. Soulful blues guitarist and lauded vocalist Susan Tedeschi also debuts on Saturday to close the afternoon with another MJF first. Saturday night’Äôs Arena program returns with three classic jazz acts -- starting the evening is the Joe Lovano and Hank Jones Quartet, featuring John Patitucci and Brian Blade; followed by vocalist, jazz ambassador, radio personality, and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater. Closing the evening is the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the Artists-In-Residence of MJF/52.
Saturday on the Grounds will get off to a rousing start with a wide variety of performers and styles on the Garden Stage, including a tribute to Charles Brown from pianist Martin Headman; the Texas blues of guitarist, vocalist and songsmith Ruthie Foster; the raucous and funky New Orleans All-Stars featuring Henry Butler and Cyrile Neville; the soul-pop of guitarist and vocalist Raul Midˆ„n; and the Afro-Brazilian funk of Wayne Wallace and Rhythm & Rhyme.
Dizzy’Äôs Den will open on a ’ÄúBlue Note’Äù with an historical conversation with Blue Note label president, Bruce Lundvall and Mosaic Records founder and 3-time Grammy-winner, producer Michael Cuscuna. Journalist Dan Ouellette returns with his longtime MJF favorite, the DownBeat Blindfold Test -- this time with legendary pianist George Duke. The Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars with Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, and Russell Malone will put on their second show of the weekend, followed by the groove-oriented Soulive, featuring John Scofield. Closing out Dizzy’Äôs will be Dee Dee Bridgewater, also her second appearance of the weekend. Visitors in the intimate and dynamic Coffee House Gallery will be treated to three sets each of classic and progressive jazz from the Weber Iago’Äôs ’ÄúThe Dhanyavad Project’Äù and the Peter Erskine and Alan Pasqua Trio.
In the Night Club, the day gets off to a youthful start with the top college vocal group from MJF’Äôs Next Generation Festival, followed by the Monterey Bay Jazz Orchestra. The evening’Äôs shows will simmer with the Cuban and Latin jazz of the Rodriguez Brothers, the burnin’Äô post-bop trumpet of Ambrose Akinmusire (a former MJF Next Generation Jazz Orchestra member) and regale in a special tribute from Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band, playing the music of Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.
On the other end of the grounds in Lyons Lounge, DJ Vinnie Esparza will pump out a second extended set of Soul-jazz, Afro-Latin and Brazilian music in what has become an ongoing tradition (now in it’Äôs third year at MJF) in pushing the musical envelope.
Sunday, September 20th in the Arena reflects MJF's 52-year support of jazz education with the top high school big band from the Next Generation Festival, followed by followed by MJF’Äôs own Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, featuring Wynton Marsalis and the top high school musicians in the country. The Grammy-winning George Duke closes the afternoon set. Sunday night celebrates Three Generations of Pianists, with the premiere of the MJF/52 Commission piece, ’ÄúFeedback’Äù and set from Jason Moran & The Bandwagon, followed by the incomparable Dave Brubeck Quartet as they celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Brubeck’Äôs groundbreaking recording Time Out. Capping off the Arena’Äôs Sunday program is the highly-anticipated super-trio Corea, Clark & White. Featuring former Return to Forever members the 15-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master, pianist Chick Corea, trendsetting bassist and Grammy winner Stanley Clarke, and influential drummer and Grammy winner Lenny White, the MJF/52 Arena program will end on a highly eclectic and electric note.
Sunday will be no less eclectic on the Grounds. The Night Club will host the top eight student groups from MJF’Äôs Next Generation Festival, with the evening’Äôs concerts featuring the pianist and NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Quartet, followed by Jason Moran & The Bandwagon.
Dizzy’Äôs Den will feature an afternoon of jazz education and music, with a conversation with NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi, hosted by journalist Yoshi Kato, followed by a Jazz Journalists Association panel entitled Jazz’Ķand the DJs Who Played the Records. Dizzy’Äôs Den will enjoy an evening of jazz stardom with shows from Joe Lovano leading US5, with bassist Esperanza Spalding, pianist James Weidman, and drummers Francisco Mela and Otis Brown Jr. The closing show in Dizzy’Äôs Den will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
The outdoor Garden Stage will have the top college big band from the Next Generation Festival, followed by master trumpeter, Scotty Barnhart. Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez will close out the afternoon’Äôs Garden Stage. The evening shows will subvert the norm with the debut of Buffalo Collision, a collective-improv supergroup featuring pianist Ethan Iverson and drummer Dave King of the Bad Plus, with New York downtown improvising legends saxophonist Tim Berne and cellist Hank Roberts. The Shotgun Wedding Quintet will bring their own contemporary take on the acoustic tradition with a blend of hip-hop and jazz to end the evening.
DJ Logic will take a turn in Lyons Lounge with an extended evening set, and the Coffee House Gallery will host the Terrence Brewer Trio for two sets of boss guitar; a clinic with the 2009 Berklee-Monterey Quartet, followed by two sets from the visionary pianist, the Vijay Iyer Trio.
All weekend long in the evening, Lyons Lounge at the end of Lyons Lane will pulse with Samba, Afro-Cuban, funk and Soul-jazz sounds of Vinnie Esparza (Friday and Saturday) and DJ Logic (Sunday) -- both DJs are returning for encore performances. Lyons Lounge and Lyons Lane are named in honor of MJF founder Jimmy Lyons. The Lounge will again offer fans a hip jazz club to chill out on the north end of the Grounds, departing from the acoustic offerings of the Festival.
Also on the Grounds, a companion exhibit in the Coffee House Gallery celebrates the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, entitled Somethin' Else: The Art of Blue Note Records, which showcases the iconic photography of Francis Wolff combined with the classic Blue Note record designs by Reid Miles. The art of over thirty classic albums will be displayed in what will be a visual feast of landmark graphic design from the world’Äôs most celebrated jazz label. In addition, Blue Note recording artists will have a strong presence at MJF/52 with Artist-In-Residence Wynton Marsalis, Showcase Artist Joe Lovano, and Commission Artist Jason Moran. In what has become a signature MJF welcome, Sue Downs will be performing on the Yamaha Disklavier on the Courtyard Stage, at the entrance of the Festival grounds.
The Jazz Theater will show simulcasts of the Arena shows all weekend long in the 900-seat venue. In addition, there will also be special film screenings of the Ralph J. Gleason presentation, The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi, the official documentary authorized by the Guaraldi family about the influential and popular West Coast pianist, hosted by Toby Gleason (Saturday); and Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: The Story of Oscar Brown Jr. about the American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist, presented by director and producer, donnie l. betts (Sunday).
NEW FAMILY DISCOUNT PACK / 4TH ANNUAL FAMILY DAY
New for 2009, families can take advantage of MJF’Äôs Family Discount Pack, which includes two Adult Grounds Tickets and two Youth Grounds Tickets (2 - 18 years old) for only $80 on Friday, $100 on Saturday or Sunday--a savings of up to $20. With kids under 2 years free, the family can enjoy MJF/52 together and save. Families will enjoy the music, exhibitions, food, beverages, an international shopping bazaar, and much more on the 20 acres of beautiful forested fairgrounds, with lots of room to roam, play, and picnic.
Sunday, September 20th marks the Festival’Äôs 4th Annual Family Day! Families and children of all ages can participate in special activities, hear the country’Äôs top student jazz musicians, and join in the fun with the return of the popular Percussion Playshop, MJF’Äôs innovative ’ÄúInstrument Petting Zoo’Äù with high-tech, professional gear provided by Yamaha. The younger set can also bounce in the ’ÄúJazzy Jumper’Äù on the West Lawn.
’ÄòFORE’Äô AND MORE
The Festival's 11th Annual Golf ’Äòn’Äô Jazz Tournament will be a spectacular outing at the Links at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, rated as one the ’ÄúTop 100 Golf Resorts’Äù by Condˆ© Nast Traveler’Äôs Readers’Äô Poll for 2008. Participants will enjoy world class golf with guest artists, lunch, awards ceremony, Callaway Golf putting contest, great prizes, and much more on Thursday, September 17, 2009. To register, please visit montereyjazzfestival.org, call (831) 373-3366, or e-mail jazzinfo@montereyjazzfestival.org. All net proceeds benefit MJF's Jazz Education Programs.
MJF’Äôs Front Box Auction presents a golden opportunity for jazz fans to enjoy the Monterey Jazz Festival while supporting jazz education. The Front Box Auction opens on March 30, 2009 at 9:00 am and concludes on June 1, 2009 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time; patrons can bid to sit at the front of the Arena with three of their closest friends in four Front Box seats for the 52nd annual MJF. For more information, please visit montereyjazzfestival.org.
During the Festival, fans are also encouraged to visit the MJF Education Booth in the center of the midway to participate in the MJF Silent Auction featuring unique jazz memorabilia and collector’Äôs items, with all auction proceeds benefiting MJF’Äôs Jazz Education Programs.
PARTNERS IN JAZZ
¬… Every year, partners play an important role in helping the Festival fund its Jazz Education Programs, with efforts led by Presenting Partner, Verizon, now celebrating their 25th year in partnership with the Monterey Jazz Festival!
¬… Best Buy returns for the second year, partnering with MJF/52 and with the Next Generation Festival. Best Buy will host an expanded store at the center of the midway, where artists will be signing CDs.
¬… Korbel Champagne once again hosts Klub Korbel, a champagne bar in the Fairgrounds' Turf Club Patio featuring Arena simulcasts
¬… Monterey County favorites, Jekel and Five Rivers Wines return as Official Wines, served throughout the MJF/52 grounds
¬… Yamaha, a long time partner of both the Festival and MJF's Jazz Education Programs, will once again be providing Yamaha pianos and drums on MJF/52 stages, and music on the Yamaha Disklavier with on the Courtyard Stage
¬… North Coast Brewing Company returns as Official Beer for MJF/52, with a variety of North Coast brews available all around the grounds of the Monterey Jazz Festival, led by their lauded Brother Thelonious Belgian-style abbey ale
¬… Apple/iTunes will be providing free music sample download cards to all MJF/52 attendees, featuring a collection of Monterey Jazz Festival artists
¬… Returning Bay Area Media Partners, the San Jose Mercury News and KKSF, as well as DownBeat magazine, will be helping MJF get the word out about the Festival and its Jazz Education Programs
The Monterey Jazz Festival also receives invaluable support for the Festival and its Jazz Education Programs from the National Endowment for the Arts, Surdna Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David & Lucile Packard Foundation, D'Addario Music Foundation, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Joseph Drown Foundation, Harden Foundation, William McCaskey Chapman & Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation, Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc., Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation, Rotary International, as well as from generous individuals like you.
The Monterey Jazz Festival encourages jazz fans to purchase tickets early for the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon. Arena Packages traditionally sell out quickly and are available only on a first-come, first-serve basis. Grounds Tickets will increase by $5 per day Tuesday through Sunday of Festival week, (September 15 - 20) so fans are advised to act quickly and save on the already low price of Grounds Tickets!
Tickets are on sale now by phone at (925) 275-9255 and on the Monterey Jazz Festival’Äôs website, montereyjazzfestival.org. Full Weekend Arena Packages are available from $225; Daily Grounds Tickets are from $35; Full Weekend Grounds Tickets are $110.00. MJF’Äôs new Family Discount Pack is $80 for 2 Adult and 2 Youth Tickets.
MJF/52 Highlights Include:
- Return of jazz legends Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, John Scofield, Dave Brubeck
- World Premiere of Commission Artist Jason Moran & The Bandwagon’Äôs ’ÄúFeedback’Äù
- Showcase Artist Joe Lovano performs in trio, quartet, quintet, and big band groups
- Artists-In-Residence Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs in the Arena and Grounds
- American icon and folk legend Pete Seeger, blues guitarist Susan Tedeschi, and new sensation Esperanza Spalding make debuts at MJF
- 50th anniversary celebrations of classic jazz recordings with Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band playing Kind of Blue and Giant Steps; Dave Brubeck plays Time Out
- Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars features Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, and Russell Malone
- Lyons Lounge features Vinnie Esparza and DJ Logic remixing soul-jazz, salsa, hip-hop, and Afro-Cuban
- Friday’Äôs "New Grooves" features Esperanza Spalding, Lizz Wright, and Global Noize
- New Orleans and Gulf Coast music celebrated with Jonathan Batiste, New Orleans All-Stars featuring Henry Butler and Cyrile Neville, John Scofield’Äôs Piety Street Band, Wynton Marsalis, Ruthie Foster, and Martin Headman’Äôs ’ÄúTribute to Charles Brown’Äù
- Special conversations with Blue Note’Äôs Bruce Lundvall and Michael Cuscuna; Toshiko Akiyoshi; DownBeat Blindfold Test with George Duke
- Blue Note’Äôs 70th anniversary celebrated with Somethin' Else: The Art of Blue Note Records with iconic photography by Francis Wolff and classic designs by Reid Miles
- Return of Sunday's ’ÄúFamily Day’Äù with fun for all ages
- Film screenings of The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi and Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: The Story of Oscar Brown Jr.
- Continued releases from Monterey Jazz Festival Records, featuring rare and rarified recordings from the last 50 years on CD in conjunction with Concord Music Group
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon, September 18 - 20, 2009
Artists-In-Residence: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Showcase Artist: Joe Lovano
Commission Artist: Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
ARENA ARTISTS
FRIDAY NIGHT (Sept. 18)
Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band with special guests Randy Brecker and Joe Lovano; Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars featuring Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, and Russell Malone; Esperanza Spalding
SATURDAY (Sept. 19)
Susan Tedeschi; Pete Seeger; John Scofield and the Piety Street Band; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis; Dee Dee Bridgewater; Hank Jones & Joe Lovano Quartet with John Patitucci and Brian Blade
SUNDAY (Sept. 20)
George Duke; Next Generation Jazz Orchestra with special guest Wynton Marsalis; Top High School Big Band from the Next Generation Festival; Corea, Clarke & White; Dave Brubeck Quartet; Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
GROUNDS ARTISTS
FRIDAY NIGHT (Sept. 18)
NEW GROOVES with Esperanza Spalding, Lizz Wright, Global Noize; John Patitucci Trio with Joe Lovano and Brian Blade; Jonathan Batiste; Scott Amendola Trio; Forro in the Dark; Roger Eddy Group; Berklee-Monterey Quartet 2009; Vinnie Esparza
SATURDAY (Sept. 19)
Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars featuring Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, and Russell Malone; Conrad Herwig’Äôs Latin Side All-Star Band; Dee Dee Bridgewater; Soulive with Special Guest John Scofield; Peter Erskine & Alan Pasqua Trio; the New Orleans All-Stars featuring Henry Butler and Cyrile Neville; Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet; Rodriguez Brothers; Raul Midˆ„n; Wayne Wallace and Rhythm & Rhyme; Martin Headman, Ruthie Foster; Vinnie Esparza; Weber Iago Trio; DownBeat ’ÄúBlindfold Test’Äù featuring George Duke; conversation with Blue Note’Äôs Bruce Lundvall and Michael Cuscuna; The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi (film)
SUNDAY (Sept. 20)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis; Jason Moran & The Bandwagon; Joe Lovano’Äôs Us 5 with Esperanza Spalding, James Weidman, Francisco Mela and Otis Brown Jr.; Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Quartet; Vijay Iyer Trio; Buffalo Collision; DJ Logic; Scotty Barnhart; Terrence Brewer Trio; Alfredo Rodriguez Trio; the Shotgun Wedding Quintet; Family Day with the Country’Äôs Best High School and College Bands; conversation with Toshiko Akiyoshi; Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: The Story of Oscar Brown Jr. (film)
ALL WEEKEND
Sue Downs on the Yamaha Disklavier; Arena Simulcasts in the Jazz Theater and Klub Korbel; Coffee House Gallery Exhibit: Somethin' Else: The Art of Blue Note Records - Iconic photography by Francis Wolff, classic designs by Reid Miles
Partial list, with more artists to be announced. Artists subject to change.
Tickets are on sale now by phone at (925) 275-9255 and on the Monterey Jazz Festival’Äôs website, montereyjazzfestival.org. Full Weekend Arena Packages are available from $225; Daily Grounds Tickets are from $35; Full Weekend Grounds Tickets are $110.00. MJF’Äôs new Family Discount Pack is $80 for 2 Adult and 2 Youth Tickets.
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