With all the changes the Monterey Jazz Festival has had to deal with the past few years, it was a relief to experience the festival with some sense of normalcy. The event’s footprint returned to the entire fairgrounds after last year’s truncated version and there was close to the same amount of music presented as there was pre-pandemic.
For someone who enjoys new music as well as the deep well of historical jazz styles still being practiced, I found the festival as a whole to be the perfect mix. There’s always been a certain amount of new talent being brought to the mix and artistic director Tim Jackson has been very creative in developing programs that are unique to Monterey. But this year was another level of new groups being introduced to festival attendees.
Bailey also said the feedback about the new Premier Club was very positive, citing the two celebrity chefs and new wines that were introduced. As well, the lawn seating at the back of the arena was a great choice for young families to sit together with a lower price as a bonus. My observation Saturday, when the arena was technically sold out, was that in the afternoon a lot of people moved around from stage to stage rather than filling up the arena. During Las Cafetera’s high-energy set there was a good half to maybe two-thirds capacity in the arena, while Terrie Odabi on the Garden Stage drew an overflow crowd to that intimate venue. Also down at the West End stage, there was a good-sized crowd for Butcher Brown’s second appearance.
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