It's festival time. I'm heading down there shortly, looking forward to a great weekend of music. If you're in the area, there are still tickets available for the grounds, and an extremely rare opportunity to buy single-show tickets to for the Arena. Watch this space for daily updates and photos. Follow me on Twitter (@jamesadamsphoto) for the mid-day updates as well.
Festivals offer the opportunity to see a variety of artists, within a short period of time, and frequently at the same venue. The Monterey Jazz Festival is one of that presents a well crafted mix ranging from established legends of the music to local fan favorites. Each year I especially look forward to hearing emerging artists that have either been part of groups or recordings from headliners and legends, composing and producing for other artists, part of a collective of artists involved with a variety of collaborations, or, stepping out on their own as a leader. The artist list for the 66th Monterey Jazz Festival is filled with artists I'm very familiar with and plan to hear their latest work. It also contains quite a few I've either heard on other artist's recordings, read about a number of times, heard their current recordings, or are just plain curious about. I know the pattern well. These artists that are less familiar to the festival audience at large frequently find...
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