Monday, February 8 2010
Monterey Jazz Festival 2010
Submitted by karen@wicn.org on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 2:50pm.
Monday the 8th at 8pm
After the success of its 50th Anniversary tour in 2007—including a
performance at Richmond’s Landmark Theater—the Monterey Jazz Festival
(MJF) launches a new tour in 2010. Appearances feature piano legend
Kenny Barron, named by The Los Angeles Times as “one of the top jazz
pianists in the world;” violinist Regina Carter who, in the words of
Time Magazine, “creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly
intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring:” seven-time Grammy
nominee Kurt Elling, whose four-octave baritone and emotional range
inspired the San Francisco Chronicle to hail him as “the most
flamboyantly creative jazz singer to emerge in the last decade:” and
guitarist Russell Malone, celebrated as Diana Krall’s right-hand man in
concert, on tour and as accompanist on Krall’s recordings. Malone has
collaborated with Harry Connick, Jr., Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson,
Branford Marsalis, Clarence Carter, Mulgrew Miller, Roy Hargrove, Cyrus
Chestnut and Patti Austin.
