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Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour at Ferguson Center for the Arts
Courtesy of Mark Robbins | Posted on May 7, 2015
Where
Ferguson Center for the Arts
One University Place
Newport News, VA
Map
When
Thu, February 11, 2016
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Patti Austin
vocalsTerence Blanchard
trumpetRavi Coltrane
saxophone, tenorGerald Clayton
pianoJoe Sanders
bassJustin Brown
drumsAbout
The Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest, continuously running jazz festival in the world (b. 1958). It is world-renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs. This year’s lineup reflects Monterey’s “traditional-untraditionalist” attitude and jazz-with-a-purpose exuberance. Featuring leading critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning jazz artists, the band consists of performer, songwriter and vocalist Patti Austin, top-tier trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and saxophonist, bandleader and composer Ravi Coltrane...