The annual Next
Generation Jazz Festival kicks
off April 1 - 3, 2011 in
downtown Monterey! The weekend-long event
features over 1200 students, performing in
64 groups from 10 states will
participate in this year’s event, which
marks the Festival’s 40th anniversary
of its annual High School Jazz Competition!
Come hear the future of jazz all weekend
long at the Monterey Conference Center and other downtown Monterey locations! |
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 Unable to make the trip to Monterey? Watch performances from the Next Generation
Jazz Festival live on the Internet! We
will be streaming the performances in the Serra Ballroom on
Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3. Tune in and
see all the action, all the excitement, all the music,
all weekend! Click on the link to see Webcast times.
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 The opening night's
activities on April 1 will feature the Festival's
free Salute to Jazz Education, including
performances by the internationally-renowned
competition judges -- pianist Alan
Pasqua, drummer Peter Erskine,
saxophonists Antonio Hart, Paul
Contos, Mary Fettig,
and Aaron Lington; trumpeters Ambrose
Akinmusire and Sal Cracchiolo;
bassist Ray Drummond, and vocalists Jennifer
Barnes and Michele Weir.
Also performing during the evening concert will
be the 2011 Monterey Jazz Festival Artist-In-Residence, two-time
Grammy nominee, saxophonist Joshua Redman.
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The Monterey Jazz
Festival is proud to offer FREE apps
for the Digital Music Education Project (DMEP) and
the Next Generation Jazz Festival (NGJF) for
iPhone and Android! |
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  With
the Digital Music Education Project App,
you can experience educational insights into
the world’s top jazz artists, with extensive
interviews, tips, inspiration, and resources,
free of charge, on your iPhone or Android! Go
to the Festival’s App Store on your mobile
phone at montereyjazzfestival.org/apps to
download to your SmartPhone, or search the iPhone or Android App
Stores for “DMEP.” Major advancements
to this project were funded by the Mid Atlantic
Arts Foundation through the generous support
of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. |
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  With
the Next Generation Jazz Festival App,
you can explore the Festival schedule by day
or stage; read bios of performing bands and
artists; connect to them by links to videos and
Web sites (including Facebook and Twitter); see
Google maps with venue locations, and create
your own custom schedule! Using your mobile phone,
go to the Festival’s App Store at montereyjazzfestival.org/apps to
download the NGJF app on your SmartPhone, or
search the iPhone or
Android App Stores for “NGJF.”
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“It's
a mood, a party, a tribal gathering, an improvisation,
and a cultural colossus.”
-- San Jose Mercury News
Stay tuned for the MJF/54 Artists Announcement
at 9:00 am on Monday, April 18! With 500 Artists
giving 90 performances on 8
stages for 2 days and 3 nights,
the 2011 Monterey Jazz Festival promises to have
something for everyone -- non-stop entertainment
all weekend long, with 30 hours of world-class
music, 20 acres of fun for the whole family,
including jazz films, conversations with the
stars, jazz exhibitions, fabulous food and beverages,
and an international shopping bazaar!
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