Monterey Jazz Festival 2009 - Sunday Night

Closing night of the 2009 Monterey Jazz Festival presented a wide-range of outstanding jazz choices. I caught all or part of performances by (1) the Toshiko-Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Quartet; Joe Lovano’s Us Five; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Jason Moran & the Bandwagon; and the Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White Trio.

Mark Taylor, Lew Tabackin, Toshiko Akiyoshi & Peter Washington (l-r)

James Weidman, Otis Brown, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spaulding & Francisco Mela (l-r)

Dave Brubeck, Bobby Militello, Michael Moore & Randy Jones (l-r)

Jason Moran

Tarus Mateen

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke & Lenny White (l-r)