Monthly Archives: October 2016

Another View: Monterey ’16

Newly-minted NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith held Hammond B-3 court at the Nightclub at MJF ’16 (photo: Ron Scott) MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL COLD NIGHTS HOT MUSIC By Ron Scott While waiting in the Los Angeles Airport (LAX) for my … Continue reading

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The latest Miles Davis set

The latest in a seemingly endless series of Miles Davis reissues/refreshers/previously-unreleased/newly-discovered/”Bootleg Series” releases is titled Freedom Jazz Dance (Columbia Legacy). The core origins of this new package document a particularly fertile period in Miles prolific recording career, respectively three classic … Continue reading

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Meet The Artist

I think opportunities for audiences to meet and interact with jazz artists off the bandstand are very important keys to audience development, to increasing the audience for jazz. Such opportunities help to “demystify” this music we call jazz. For so … Continue reading

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Making the Monterey Jazz Festival essential

Since my first experience there in the early 90s, attendance at the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) has been an essential part of my annual travel calendar. That is best exemplified by the fact that once the mid-September MJF date is … Continue reading

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