Pre-Festival
Listening Party featuring Zakir Hussain
SFJAZZ Members Only Event Become a Member
Thursday, September 14, 6pm
Masonic Center, California Room
Discover Jazz: History & Appreciation
Thursday, September 21, 28, October 5,12, 19 • 6pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Planet Drum: Mickey Hart,
Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo
Saturday, September 23, 8pm
Nob Hill Masonic Center
SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble
Tuesday, October 17, 12pm
Union Square

Week 1 • October 20 - October 26, 2006
Sonny Rollins
Friday, October 20, 8pm
Nob Hill Masonic Center
Badi Assad, solo
Saturday, October 21, 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre; Legion of Honor
James Cotton Blues Band with Hubert Sumlin
Saturday, October 21, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums
Sunday, October 22, 11am
SF Spirit Yacht, Pier 9
Meshell Ndegeocello
Sunday, October 22, 7pm
Regency Center Grand Ballroom
The Heath Brothers: Jimmy Heath’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, October 25, 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre
Stefon Harris & Blackout
Miguel Zenón Quartet
Thursday, October 26, 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre

Week 2• October 27- November 2 ,2006
Cyrus Chestnut/Russell Malone Quartet
Lionel Loeuke Trio
Friday, October 27, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
Toshiko Akiyoshi, solo
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Saturday, October 28, 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre; Legion of Honor
Arturo Sandoval
Saturday, October 28, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
Pablo Ziegler Trio
Sunday, October 29, 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Andrew Hill: Anglo American Quintet; Nels Cline
Sunday, October 29, 7pm
Herbst Theatre
Kamikaze Ground Crew
featuring Doug Wieselman, Gina Leishman, Peter Apfelbaum, Steven Bernstein, Art Baron, Marcus Rojas and Kenny Wollesen
Wednesday, November 1, 8pm
Great American Music Hall
Joe Zawinul Syndicate
Thursday, November 2, 7:30pm
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Week 3• November 3- November 12, 2006
Dr Lonnie Smith Trio with Fred Wesley;
James Carter Organ Trio
Friday, November 3, 8pm and 10:30pm
Great American Music Hall
Sangam: Charles Lloyd with Zakir Hussain
and Eric Harland
Friday, November 3, 8pm
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Myra Melford Quintet
Saturday, November 4, 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane with Charlie Haden and Roy Haynes
Saturday, November 4, 8pm
Nob Hill Masonic Center
Marisa Monte
Saturday, November 4, 8pm
Sunday, November 5, 7pm
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Django Reinhardt Festival
featuring Dorado Schmitt
Sunday, November 5, 3pm Family Matinee
Herbst Theatre
Django Reinhardt Festival
featuring Dorado Schmitt
Sunday, November 5, 7pm
Herbst Theatre
Montclair Women’s Big Band, Ellen Seeling Director with Linda Tillery & Allison Miller
Wednesday, November 8, 8pm
Great American Music Hall
Betty Boop: Tunes and Toons featuring Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Thursday, November 9, 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre
Mary Stallings with the Marcus Shelby Orchestra
2006 SFJAZZ Beacon Award Concert
Friday, November 10, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
Mimi Fox Trio
Saturday, November 11, 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Ahmad Jamal
Saturday, November 11, 8pm
Herbst Theatre
Roswell Rudd and Badma Khanda - The Mongolian Buryat Band
Sunday, November 12, 2pm
Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor
Ana Moura
Sunday, November 12, 7pm
Herbst Theatre
John Santos and the Machete Ensemble
Sunday, November 12, 3pm Family Matinee
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
John Santos and the Machete Ensemble with Jerry Medina, Ray Vega, and Maria Marquez
Sunday, November 12, 7pm
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Los Angeles, CA, West Coast USA
June 17th 2006- June 18th 2006

Saturday, June 17th 2006
Stanley Clarke/George Duke Project
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Jamie Cullum
Benny Golson Quartet
The Golden Striker Trio featuring: Ron Carter, Mulgrew Miller, Russell Malone
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra plus special guest Stefon Harris in a Tribute to Milt Jackson
Baaba Maal featuring Daande Lenol
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Hiromi
Cos of Good Music featuring: Walter Blanding, Jr., Dwayne Burno, Ndugu Chancler, Gerald Clayton, Kevin Eubanks, Steve Turre
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Jason Goldman

Sunday, June 18th 2006
McCoy Tyner Trio with the Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Elvis Costello and the Imposters featuring the piano and songs of Allen Toussaint with his New Orleans Horn Section, The River In Reverse Tour 2006
Groovin’ For Grover featuring Gerald Albright, Jeff Lorber and Kirk Whalum A Celebration of the Music of Grover Washington, Jr.
The Grover Washington Jr. Protect the Dream Foundation to benefit young musicians.
Ozomatli
Eddie Palmieri Afro-Caribbean Jazz All-Stars with special guests Regina Carter and David Sanchez
Chuck Mangione
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Eldar
Christian Scott
Lesa Terry and the Women’s Jazz Orchestra of Los Angeles
Elder Edward Babb & The McCollough Sons of Thunder

Bill Cosby Master of Ceremonies

About Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl
Established in 1979, The Playboy Jazz Festival has become internationally acclaimed, emerging as the West Coast’s premier jazz event. Sold out every year, it is a month-long affair culminating on one weekend in June at the Hollywood Bowl featuring jazz, latin and world music. Virtually every jazz legend and major contemporary artist has performed here, yet the festival has also showcased up and coming talent from around the world and from various genres. As part of its commitment to foster a greater awareness of jazz music, the festival presents a comprehensive six-week series of free pre-festival events most notably: the standing room only “Jazz on Film” night and the “Old Pasadena Summerfest”, a three-day event featuring 20 hours of free live jazz, arts & crafts, gourmet foods, rides and a variety of family entertainment. Begun in 1959 as a one-time landmark event in Chicago to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Playboy Magazine, it was revived in 1979 and remains one of the most unique festivals with its forward thinking and creative programming.

Past performers include Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Gerry Mulligan, Mel Torme, Etta James, Pancho Sanchez, Chris Botti, Arturo Sandoval, Brian Setzer, Gladys Knight, Joshua Redman, Chucho Valdes, Ozomatli and hundreds of others.

* First Year at Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

Invited Performers

Ain’t Misbehavin’
Janet Klein
Patrick Aranda
Carl “Sonny” Leyland
Andrew Barrett
Carl “Sonny” Leyland Trio
Nan Bostick
Stevens Price
Jack and Chris Bradshaw
Pepper Rae
Tom Brier
Julia Riley
Shirley Case
Hal Smith
Marty Eggers
Keith Taylor
Candace Fazzio
Virginia Tichenor
Frederick Hodges
“Washboard Kitty” Wilson
Brad Kay

Arena Artists

Friday, September 15

Kurt Elling with special guests Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - PREMIERING “RED MAN-BLACK MAN”

Yellowjackets with special guest Robben Ford
and others - CELEBRATING THEIR 25TH ANNIVERARY

Richard Bona - BONATOLOGY IS BACK

Saturday, September 16

Bonnie Raitt - MJF DEBUT!

Keb’ Mo’ - CONTEMPORARY BLUES GIANT

McCollough Sons of Thunder
- SHOUT GOSPEL FROM THE HEART OF HARLEM

McCoy Tyner Trio with special guests Bobby Hutcherson & Roy Hargrove

Dianne Reeves 2006 GRAMMY AWARD WINNER

Charles Lloyd Quartet
- 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF “FOREST FLOWER”

Sunday, September 17

Chris Botti THE NEW COOL

Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra with Artist-In-Residence Kurt Elling

Winning Big Band from the Next Generation Festival

Oscar Peterson - FIRST MJF VISIT SINCE 1990

Dave Brubeck Quartet and special guests
- PREMIERING MJF COMMISSIONED “CANNERY ROW SUITE”

Grounds Artists

Roy Hargrove & RH Factor

Uri Caine & Bedrock

Richard Bona

Robert Glasper Trio

Eldar

Sasha Dobson
featuring Richard Julian & Jesse Harris

Taylor Eigsti Quartet

Babatunde Lea

Saturday, September 16

Kurt Elling Quartet

Yellowjackets

Tierney Sutton

Hiromi

Peter Apfelbaum & the New York Hieroglyphics featuring Abdoulaye Diabate

Lionel Loueke

Robben Ford Group

Duke Robillard Band featuring Hubert Sumlin

Jeff Hamilton Trio

McCollough Sons of Thunder

John Worley & Worlview

Trio Paradiso

The Fins

Robert Lowery & Virgil Thrasher

JAZZ: THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

OPEN WORLD OCTET From Russia

RODGER FOX BIG BAND From New Zealand

FUNK OFF From Italy

Sunday, September 17

Roy Hargrove Quintet

Hank Jones Trio featuring Roberta Gambarini

HAMMOND B3 BLOWOUT

David K. Mathews Quartet

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio

Triple Play featuring Chris Brubeck

Ben Monder Trio

Aaron Goldberg Trio

Baby Loves Jazz

Christine Tobin

Sadza

The Country’s Best High School & College Jazz Groups

Throughtout the weekend

Starbucks Coffee House Gallery
“John Steinbeck & Cannery Row” A Special Exhibit curated by the National Steinbeck Center

Conversations

Kurt Elling “Jazz & the Creative Muse”

A Roundtable Discussion “John Steinbeck & Cannery Row”

Dan Ouellette hosts his annual Downbeat “Blindfold Test”

Clinics

Berklee/Monterey Quartet 2006 Young artistry from the Monterey/Berklee partnership

Clifford Brown-Stan Getz All-Stars Up and coming talent from the International Association for Jazz Education

Avalon Casino Ballroom
First 3 Weekends of October

20th Annual CATALINA ISLAND JAZZTRAX FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2006 DATES
October 6, 7, 8
October 13, 14, 15
October 20, 21, 22

Each Festival Weekend offers ‘Thursday Nights
Unplugged at the Wrigley Ranch’ with Barbecue Dinner, Outdoors, on Far Side of the Island At Night. Oct. 5, 12, 19.

Tickets On-Line and by calling
Tix.com 866-872-9849 866-Trax-Tix
FULL SERIES TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE

ANNOUNCING THE BEGINNINGS OF OCTOBER’S CATALINA ISLAND
30 STARS OF SMOOTHJAZZ
1st Weekend, Oct. 6, 7, 8
2nd Festival Weekend, Oct. 13, 14, 15
3rd Festival Weekend, Oct. 20, 21, 22

HEAR THE 1ST EVER PRESENTATION
OF THE SONGS OF
PAUL HARDCASTLE &
THE JAZZMASTERS

Artists:
Richard Elliot
Marc Antoine
Tim Bowman
Brian Culbertson
Eric Darius
Mindi Abair

GUITARS & SAXES
Featuring
PETER WHITE, RICHARD ELLIOT, GERALD ALBRIGHT, JEFF GOLUB

MANY MORE STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR EACH OCTOBER ISLAND WEEKEND.
30 DIFFERENT STARS OF SMOOTH JAZZ
COMING TO SMOOTH JAZZ ISLAND THIS FALL
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Reports from last year’s festival

“Festival of the Year!” - JazzTimes Magazine 2005 Reader’s Poll

“An array of talent” – CNN

“An embarrassment of riches ” - Monterey County Herald

“Superb lineup, crackling energy” - Seattle Times

Blessed with sun-kissed weather throughout the three-day weekend, the oak-studded, 20-acre Monterey Fairgrounds provided perfect conditions for a fantastic showcase of music, sights and sounds at the 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by MCI, September 16-18, 2005. With over 500 artists performing on 7 stages throughout 3 nights and 2 days, the Monterey Jazz Festival offered ample opportunity for audiences to hear many of the world’s most talented jazz artists.

2005 was a banner year for the Festival, with patrons reaching peak levels of attendance to hear marquee artists including Tony Bennett, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, Mavis Staples, Branford Marsalis, John Scofield, Madeline Peyroux, Carla Bley and many more. Despite the current national climate after Hurricane Katrina, Festival patrons traveled from all over the world to celebrate the resilient spirit of jazz, raising substantial contributions for Monterey Jazz Festival jazz education programs and $10,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Thanks to all of the thousands of people who made the 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presented by MCI such a sparkling success!