Best in their field
- 2:35 PM — Dec 30 —
- Source: The Boston Phoenix - Boston MA
The jazz scene continues to struggle — along with everyone else — through hard times. Read More
Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour in 2010
- 11:07 AM — Dec 02 —
- Source: eJazzNews.com
December 1, 2009, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958, announces the thirty-four date, nationwide, six-week tour of the MJF/52 All-Stars, billed as the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour. Traveling through thirty-two cities in seventeen states, the group features the nine-time Grammy®-nominated and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano; Grammy-nominated violinist Regina Carter; Grammy-winning guitarist Russell Malone; seven-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Kurt Elling; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa; and Grammy-nominated drummer Johnathan Blake. Read More
Biography
A superior soloist, accompanist, and interpreter of ballads, Fred Hersch started playing piano when he was four. He moved to ... Read the full Fred Hersch bio.
