Composer, conductor, and recording artist Vince Mendoza stopped by the Mini-Amoeba signing table at the Monterey Jazz Festival today and we were once again lucky to have our friend Bennett Jackson on hand to ask a few questions about his upcoming album and his presentation for the evening, Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead, featuring music from Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain.
This year marks the 54th annual Monterey Jazz Festival AND the very first to have Amoeba Music onsite with a Mini-Amoeba store and as a sponsor!
The Monterey Jazz Festival runs September 16 - 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds (2000 Fairground
Road in Monterey, California), which has been the site of the Festival since its inception in 1958!This year's GRAMMY® Award-winning lineup includes headliners Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Huey Lewis & The News, Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band featuring Terence Blanchard, James Farm featuring Joshua Redman, India.Arie & Idan Raichel, John Pizzarelli Quartet, An Afternoon in Treme with Dumpstaphunk, Soul Rebels, Kermit Ruffins & Glen David Andrews, Hiromi: The Trio Project featuring Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips, Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead Orchestra directed by Vince Mendoza and featuring Terence Blanchard, Peter Erskine & Miles Evans celebrating music from Miles Ahead, Porgy & Bess, and Sketches of Spain...and more.
