This was the first Jazz Festival I’ve gone to without Virginia, my sister, who passed away in June 2019. We went to the MJF for 45 years! What started out as a novel idea, turned into a tradition which spanned many different phases of our lives. Karleen Patrick a dear friend from Lopez Island, who had gone to the MJF with us once before, accompanied me. I drove to California in my trailer and she flew into San Jose where I picked her up. We parked the trailer and stayed in the Olympic Lodge motel in Pacific Grove, our long-time tradition. I was glad to be there, and share it with Karleen, but it was melancholy on many levels for me.
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Me and Karleen along the Monterey Bay in Pacific Grove.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is at the end of the peninsula in the upper left.
Inside the Aquarium.
Jellyfish
Turtle and fish - not sure what kind
One of my favorite walks along the bay from Pacific Grove
Looking south toward Asilomar Beach
Allison Miller & Derrick Hodge Present Soul on Soul: Tribute to Mary Lou Williams
Kenny Barron, & Dave Holland Trio with Nasheet Waits
Dave Holland
Kenny Barron
Diana Krall and band
Diana Krall and John Clayton
Diana Krall
LARKIN POE
CHA WA
CHA WA
TANK AND THE BANGAS
Karleen and Me Enjoying the Saturday afternoon show
Christian McBride Big Band
Christian McBride
Christian McBride Big Band
Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias and band
Chris Botti and band
Chris Botti
Chris Botti in the Audience
Next Generation Jazz Orchestra directed by Paul Contos
NGJO students
NGJO students
Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Candy Dulfer and band
Candy Dulfer and band
Jazzmeia Horn
Double Vision Revisited
Double Vision Revisited
Double Vision Revisited
Double Vision Revisited
Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy