49th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 15, 2006

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 49TH ANNUAL MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY VERIZON, SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2006, AT MONTEREY FAIRGROUNDS

ARENA/LYONS STAGE TO FEATURE OSCAR PETERSON, BONNIE RAITT, DAVE BRUBECK, MCCOY TYNER, KEB'MO', CHRIS BOTTI, ROY HARGROVE, KURT ELLING, DIANNE REEVES, CHARLES LLOYD, ROBBEN FORD, YELLOWJACKETS, RICHARD BONA, CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA, BOBBY HUTCHERSON, MCCOLLOUGH SONS OF THUNDER, NEXT GENERATION JAZZ ORCHESTRA & MORE

GROUNDS ARTISTS TO INCLUDE LIONEL LOUEKE, HANK JONES, ROBERTA GAMBARINI, TAYLOR EIGSTI, DR. LONNIE SMITH, TIERNEY SUTTON, HIROMI, ROBERT GLASPER, ELDAR, SASHA DOBSON FEATURING RICHARD JULIAN & JESSE HARRIS, BABATUNDE LEA, PETER APFELBAUM & THE NEW YORK HIEROGLYPHICS FEATURING ABDOULAYE DIABATE, DUKE ROBBILARD BAND FEATURING HUBERT SUMLIN, JEFF HAMILTON, JOHN WORLEY, TRIO PARADISO, THE FINS, ROBERT LOWERY & VIRGIL THRASHER, BEN MONDER, AARON GOLDBERG, BABY LOVES JAZZ, CHRISTINE TOBIN, SADZA, CLIFFORD BROWN-STAN GETZ ALL-STARS, BERKLEE-MONTEREY QUARTET, COUNTRY'S BEST HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE JAZZ MUSICIANS

2006 MJF HIGHLIGHTS:
- WORLD PREMIERE OF DAVE BRUBECK MJF COMMISSION "CANNERY ROW SUITE"
- WORLD PREMIERE OF "RED MAN-BLACK MAN" PERFORMED BY KURT ELLING WITH
SPECIAL GUESTS CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA
- BONNIE RAITT MJF DEBUT
- YELLOWJACKETS CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
- CHARLES LLOYD CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF FOREST FLOWER
- FRIDAY NIGHT "NEW GROOVES" WITH ROY HARGROVE & RH FACTOR, URI CAINE & BEDROCK AND OTHERS
- ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE KURT ELLING & SHOWCASE ARTIST ROY HARGROVE
APPEARING THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL WEEKEND
- DOWN BEAT'S "BLINDFOLD" TEST WITH YELLOWJACKETS
- SPECIAL EXHIBIT "JOHN STEINBECK & CANNERY ROW"
- INTERNATIONAL SHOPPING, FOOD, FESTIVITIES & MORE

TICKETS AVAILABLE BY PHONE 925.275.9255 AND MONTEREYJAZZFESTIVAL.ORG

Official Website: http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org