Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival 2024 – The Bay Area’s jazz community is experiencing a period of transition, with new leadership taking root at several organizations. In September, Darin Atwater was named the new artistic director of . And in 2010 & 2017, the ensemble took 1st place in the annual Reno Jazz Festival in the college division. Other accolades include being selected as a finalist in the Monterey Next Generation Jazz .

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Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival: Internationally renowned bassist and Mack Avenue recording artist, Rodney Whitaker is one of the world’s renowned double bass performers, educators, mentors and is dedicated to inspiring and growing . including a student apprenticeship program that will build the next generation of instrument technicians. The downtown workshop, founded in 1959, is the subject of Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers .