2012

Information about Monterey Jazz Festival artists on tour in 2012 will be available soon.

2011

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2011, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra features the best and brightest high school jazz musicians in the country.

Members gathered in Monterey in late July 2011 to prepare for their 11-day West Coast tour, which began with a performance at the Carmel Bach Festival -- a historic first collaboration between the Bach Festival and the Monterey Jazz Festival in Carmel (July 24), where they appeared with tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano. The group performed in San Francisco (Yoshi’s, July 25); Seattle (Jazz Alley, July 26-27), Port Townsend, Washington (Centrum Jazz Festival, July 29-30); Monmouth, Oregon  (M el Brown Jazz Camp, July 31); San Diego (The Neurosciences Institute, presented by the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library with special guest trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, August 1); and Los Angeles (Vitello’s Jazz Club, August 2).

2010

In 2010, the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars performed a nationwide, thirty-six show tour through 33 cities in 17 states.

The band featured the 9-time GRAMMY®-nominated and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano; GRAMMY-nominated violinist Regina Carter; GRAMMY-winning guitarist Russell Malone; GRAMMY-winning vocalist Kurt Elling; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa, and GRAMMY-nominated drummer Johnathan Blake.

“…mainstream jazz at its best… aural modern art…”
-- Allaboutjazz.com

“…breathtaking…they are not to be missed.”
-- International Review of Music

“One word -- Transcendent.” 
-- Oakland Examiner

“… [Russell] Malone…plays guitar so beautifully you could swoon.”
-- Jazz.com