may • june 2013 jazz Issue 348 &blues report now in our 39th year May • June 2013 • Issue 348 Lineup Announced for the 56th Annual Editor & Founder Bill Wahl Monterey Jazz Festival, September 20-22 Headliners Include Diana Krall, Wayne Shorter, Bobby McFerrin, Bob James Layout & Design Bill Wahl & David Sanborn, George Benson, Dave Holland’s PRISM, Orquesta Buena Operations Jim Martin Vista Social Club, Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas: Sound Prints; Clayton- Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Gregory Porter, and Many More Pilar Martin Contributors Michael Braxton, Mark Cole, Dewey Monterey, CA - Monterey Jazz Forward, Nancy Ann Lee, Peanuts, Festival has announced the star- Wanda Simpson, Mark Smith, Duane studded line up for its 56th annual Verh, Emily Wahl and Ron Wein- Monterey Jazz Festival to be held stock. September 20–22 at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Arena and Grounds Check out our constantly updated Package Tickets go on sale on to the website. Now you can search for general public on May 21. Single Day CD Reviews by artists, titles, record tickets will go on sale July 8. labels, keyword or JBR Writers. 15 2013’s GRAMMY Award-winning years of reviews are up and we’ll be lineup includes Arena headliners going all the way back to 1974. Diana Krall; Wayne Shorter Quartet; Bobby McFerrin; Bob James & Da- Comments...billwahl@ jazz-blues.com vid Sanborn featuring Steve Gadd Web www.jazz-blues.com & James Genus; Dave Holland’s Copyright © 2013 Jazz & Blues Report PRISM featuring Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn & Eric Harland; Joe No portion of this publication may be re- Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet: Wayne Shorter produced without written permission from Sound Prints; George Benson; The the publisher. All rights Reserved. Relatives; Orquesta Buena Vista sioned music in tribute to the late Founded in Buffalo New York in March of Social Club; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Dave Brubeck in the Arena. 1974; began in Cleveland edition in April Orchestra; and Gregory Porter. The Festival features 500 artists, of 1978. Now this global e-zine edition is The GRAMMY-winning saxo- 90 performances on 8 stages and posted online monthlyat www.jazz-blues. more, for 30 hours of live music over com phonist, Joe Lovano, will serve as the Festival’s 2013 Artist-In-Residence, and will perform with Us Five; with Dave Douglas in Sound Prints, playing music inspired and commis- sioned from Wayne Shorter; and as a soloist with the Festival’s all-star www.jazz-blues.com student band, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. Award-winning trumpeter Dave “Buffalonious” Douglas returns to the Festival as Our original the 2013 Showcase Artist, and will mascot from the perform three times throughout the very early weekend: on the Grounds with his Buffalo Jazz Report own Quintet; and with Sound Prints days – mid ‘70s. in the Arena and on the Grounds. He is older now, Sound Prints acts as one of the dual but global & 2013 Commission Artists along with still very cool! the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orches- tra, which will debut newly commis- Diana Krall Page Two May • June 2013 • Issue 348 two days and three nights, accompanied by an array of Flora Hewlett Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, international cuisine, shopping, art exhibits, educational Monterey Peninsula Foundation, National Endowment events, seminars and conversations with iconic and for the Arts, David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Pebble emerging jazz artists on the oak-studded 20-acres of Beach Company Foundation, Quest Foundation, Nancy the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Buck Ransom Foundation, Rotary International, Upjohn California Fund, Union Bank Foundation, Surdna Foun- 2013 TICKET INFORMATION AND MORE dation, Wells Fargo Foundation, and generous individual New sales for Full Weekend Arena and Grounds contributors. Packages begin May 21. Arena Packages start at $225 and offer a reserved seat to each of the concerts on the Monterey Jazz Festival Highlights and Artist Listing Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena (renewable annually); • Return of jazz legends Diana Krall, Wayne Shorter, access to seven Grounds Stages and all Festival activi- George Benson, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Holland ties. Full Weekend Grounds Packages start at $125, and • 2013 Artist-In-Residence, Joe Lovano, makes offer access to seven Grounds stages and activities, four appearances over the weekend in the Arena and plus simulcasts of all Arena concerts in the Jazz Theater Grounds Presented by Alaska Airlines. • World Premiere of 2013 Commissions: Clayton- Single Day Arena Tickets include a reserved seat Hamilton Jazz Orchestra’s tribute to Dave Brubeck; (non-renewable) for the Arena shows on the day se- Sound Prints performs music inspired by and commis- lected, and are $66 for Friday and $132 for Saturday sioned from Wayne Shorter or Sunday. Daily Grounds Tickets start as low as $40, • 2013 Showcase Artist Dave Douglas appears and include access to seven Grounds stages and activi- three times over the weekend in the Arena and on the ties, plus simulcasts of all Arena concerts in the Jazz Grounds Theater presented by Alaska Airlines. Single Day Arena • Festival debuts of Orquesta Buena Vista Social and Grounds Tickets go on sale July 8. Club, The Relatives; and more The Premier Club is the ultimate in hospitality at • NEA Jazz Masters include Wayne Shorter, George the Monterey Jazz Festival and is a perfect addition to Benson, Cedar Walton, Lou Donaldson the patron’s festival experience, starting at $65. Ben- • 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival Artists have won 43 efits include a furnished setting offering closed-circuit GRAMMY Awards Arena simulcasts, visits by Festival artists, a no-host • Coffee House Gallery Exhibit: Brubeck at Monterey: bar, complimentary light snacks and non-alcoholic bev- Six decades of Excellence erages, live music, private restrooms, and a Festival • Film screenings of Round Midnight and Sonny Souvenir Magazine. Arena or Grounds Ticket purchase Rollins: Between the Notes is required. • Return of Sunday’s Family Day with fun and music Sunday, September 22, is the Monterey Jazz Festi- for all ages val’s Annual Family Day, featuring artists and activities especially for the family. Tickets on Sunday include Artist-In-Residence: Joe Lovano access to the hands-on Instrument Petting Zoo Pre- Showcase Artist: Dave Douglas sented by Yamaha, the popular Percussion Playshop, Commission Artist: Wayne Shorter, Clayton-Hamilton a bounce house, special family-friendly musical artists, Jazz Orchestra and performances from the world’s greatest young jazz musicians and vocalists from the Next Generation Jazz ARENA ARTISTS - Friday, September 20 Festival Presented by Monterey Jazz Festival. Children Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara two and under are free for Grounds admission daily at Portuondo & Eliades Ochoa; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz the Monterey Jazz Festival. Children ages 2-18 are just Orchestra; Gregory Porter $20 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. ARENA ARTISTS - Saturday, September 21 The 56th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival partners Bobby McFerrin; Dave Holland’s PRISM featuring include Alaska Airlines, North Coast Brewing, Ya- Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn & Eric Harland; Joe Lo- maha, Inns of Monterey, The Jazz Cruise/The Smooth vano & Dave Douglas Quintet: Sound Prints; George Jazz Cruise, Macy’s, Motema Music, Hyatt Regency Benson; The Relatives Monterey, Amoeba Music, KUSP 88.9FM, Downbeat, ARENA ARTISTS - Sunday, September 22 Jazziz, JazzTimes, Gallien-Krueger, Remo, Big Sur Diana Krall; Wayne Shorter Quartet; Bob James & Land Trust, Monterey Peninsula College, and Monterey- David Sanborn Featuring Steve Gadd & James Genus; Salinas Transit. Next Generation Jazz Orchestra with Joe Lovano; Win- Monterey Jazz Festival also receives support for ning High School Big Band from the Next Generation its Jazz Education Programs from Arts Council for Jazz Festival Monterey County, AT&T Foundation, Aaron Copland GROUNDS ARTISTS - Friday, September 20 Fund for Music, Community Foundation of Monterey Dizzy’s Den: Gregory Porter; Snarky Puppy County, D’Addario Music Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald Night Club: Joe Lovano Us Five; Carmen Lundy; Charitable Fund, Harden Foundation, William and Dave Douglas Quintet PAGE THREE May • June 2013 • Issue 348 Gregory Porter Garden Stage: 7 Come 11; Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors with Joe Lovano; Roberto Fonseca Coffee House: Uri Caine Trio (3 sets) GROUNDS ARTISTS - Saturday, September 21 Dizzy’s Den: Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet: Sound Prints; Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola; Ravi Coltrane Quartet; DownBeat Blindfold Test hosted by Dan Ouellette; Panel discussion on Dave Brubeck Night Club: Brubeck Brothers Quartet; Mary Stall- ings; Craig Taborn; Claire Daly; Brubeck Institute Jazz th Quintet; more TBA 34 Annual Montreal Jazz Garden Stage: The Relatives; Big Sam’s Funky Nation; California Honeydrops; Marc Cary Focus Trio, Festival June 28 to July 7 Kentyah presents: M1, Brian Jackson & The New Mid- Montreal, CANADA — By all the evidence before us, night Band the indoor program of this 34th edition of the Festival Coffee House Gallery: Orrin Evans Trio (3 sets); International de Jazz de Montréal, presented for 4 years Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors; Prez Kids now by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, trains West Lawn: North Pacific String Band (2 sets) the brightest possible spotlight on the two principal GROUNDS ARTISTS - Sunday, September 22 characteristics of our event: quality and diversity! Dizzy’s Den: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio; Anthony Wilson Jazz fanatics, blues believers, world music devotees