Monterey Jazz Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival
50th Golden Celebration Poster (2007)
GenreJazz, blues, rock
Location(s)Monterey, California, US
Coordinates36°35′40″N 121°51′46″W / 36.59444°N 121.86278°W / 36.59444; -121.86278
Years active1958–present[a]
Websitemontereyjazzfestival.org

The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Monterey, California, United States. It debuted on October 3, 1958, championed by Dave Brubeck[2] and co-founded by jazz and popular music critic Ralph J. Gleason[3] and jazz disc jockey Jimmy Lyons.[2]

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (24 October 2023). "Monterey Pulls Out All the Stops for Visionary Tim Jackson's Final Fest". DownBeat. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. The 66th Monterey Jazz Festival (including the cancelled festival of 2020) ...
  2. ^ a b "Monterey Jazz at 50". 21 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Don't Let the Tweed Jackets, Trench Coat and Pipe Fool You – Ralph J. Gleason Was an Apostle of Jazz and Rock with Few Peers". San Francisco Chronicle, December 23, 2004.


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