"For a half-century, the Monterey Jazz Festival has been the genre's gold standard. With its 51st edition, which takes place Friday through Sunday, Monterey is ready to push for platinum.
The event will feature some of jazz music's biggest names, including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Cassandra Wilson and Joshua Redman, as well as such young hotshots as Jamie Cullum, Anat Coen, Derek Trucks and Ryan Shaw. In all, some 500 artists are set to appear over the weekend on the festival's nine stages." - Mathew A. Koeneker
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