LeRoy Downs Will Be Master of Ceremonies THIS WEEKEND for the 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival!
by jazzcat on Sep.17, 2008, under Events, News
September 19 – 21 2008
Once again,
LeRoy Downs will be the Master of Ceremonies for another wonderful year
of jazz music at the 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival.
and the talent will be extraordinary!
Once again this
year I will be your host at Dizzy's Den. There are fabulous
performers through out the entire festival but, here is who will be
with me at Dizzy's Den this year
Click on artists pictures below for information on each individual artist
10:30 pm Christian McBride Band
SATURDAY NIGHT (9/22/07: 8:30 PM – 12:30 AM)
8:30 pm Maraca “Cuban Lullabies”
9:45 pm Antonio Sanchez & Migration
11:15 pm Maria Schneider Orchestra
SUNDAY NIGHT (9/17/06: 7:30 PM -11:00 PM)
7:30 pm Christian McBride Quintet
9:30 pm Kurt Elling Sings Coltrane/Hartman “Dedicated to You”
Featuring Ernie Watts, ETHEL, Laurence Hobgood Trio
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Buy your tickets and check out the line-up for the entire festival by clicking the Monterey Jazz Festival image below!
The
50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presents 500 artists appearing on 7
stages
for 3 nights and 2 days at the Monterey Fairgrounds from September
19 – 21, 2008. Highlights of this yearÂ’s historic 50th anniversary
festival Cassandra Wilson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Kurt Elling, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Nancy Wilson, Terence Blanchard and many more.
See you there!!!!!!
LeRoy Downs
