San Jose Jazz’s Bruce Labadie has been through this before, helping analyze and program festivals and performing arts centers from Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa to Chapman University in Southern ...

The Monterey Jazz Festival, the world's longest-running jazz festival, is rebranding as Monterey Jazz to reflect its year-round activities and programs. "What people sometimes forget is that we ...

1958; Opening / Star Spangled Banner; For All We Know; Fine And Mellow; Blueport; 1960; Blue Daniel; 1964; Straight No Chaser; 1965; Chelsea Bridge; Don't Let It ...

In 1958, Palm Springs canceled a jazz festival over fears it would attract unruly crowds. Nearly seven decades later, the Palm Springs International Jazz Festival is proving the genre belongs in the ...

A collection of photos from the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA on September 27-29, 2024 featuring Brandee Younger, Yebba, Keyon Harrold, Chien Chien Lu, Mumu Fresh, Stanley Clarke, Hiromi ...

And in 2010 & 2017, the ensemble took 1st place in the annual Reno Jazz Festival in the college division. Other accolades include being selected as a finalist in the Monterey Next Generation Jazz ...

The Concert Jazz Ensemble was recognized in DownBeat’s 2014 Student Music Awards as one of the nation’s outstanding big bands and—in 2015—was invited to perform at the “Next Generation Festival” in ...