Apr 16th, 2008 · Every September since 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival transforms the municipal fairgrounds into a vast, sun-speckled California music weekend. JazzSet picks the best moments from the 50th Monterey Jazz Festival, including performances from Gerald Wilson and Otis Taylor.
Oct 9th, 2007 · The 50th Anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival proved to be a rousing success. 45,000 fans attended the historic event and all three days were sold out, a festival first. Hear some of the festival's greatest highlights in an audio montage produced by WBGO.
Sep 24th, 2007 · Three days of nonstop music marked the 50th annual Monterey Jazz Festival in California. The giants of jazz came to play at Monterey. Highlights of the weekend included performances by Gerald Wilson and Sonny Rollins.
Sep 23rd, 2007 · Bay Area disc jockey Jimmy Lyons got Brubeck to play piano for the Monterey City Council more than 50 years ago to convince it to put on a festival. The Monterey Jazz Festival is in its 50th year, and Brubeck returns for his 14th appearance. Hear his complete concert.
Sep 21st, 2007 · Otis Taylor plays what he calls "trance blues" -- a blues sound drenched in Appalachian country music and moody, psychedelic rock. He discovered blues and folk music after hearing the work of Mississippi John Hurt. Hear the eclectic musician perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Sep 20th, 2007 · Gerald Wilson's specially commissioned piece, Monterey Moods, aims to celebrate all the forms of jazz that have passed through the city. He and many other jazz luminaries, including Dave Brubeck, celebrate 50 years of the Monterey Jazz Festival this weekend.
Sep 20th, 2007 · The Monterey Jazz Festival gets under way this weekend. It is celebrating its 50th birthday. One musician shares his thoughts about this half-century-old cultural landmark and its storied legacy.
Sep 20th, 2005 · At the 48th annual Monterey Jazz Festival last weekend, more than 500 artists performed on seven different stages to a huge crowd of fans. Musician and NPR contributor David Was sampled the offerings and returns confident that, contrary to some nay-sayers, jazz lives.