MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR

FEATURING THE KENNY BARRON TRIO, REGINA CARTER, KURT ELLING AND RUSSELL MALONE

Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Main Stage - $38

RenaissanceJazz sponsored by Renaissance Technologies

The group features the nine-time Grammy®-nominated and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano; Grammy-nominated violinist Regina Carter; Grammy-winning guitarist Russell Malone; seven-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Kurt Elling; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa; and Grammy-nominated drummer Johnathan Blake. 

Join us as Staller Center welcomes stars from the 50th Anniversary tour of the Monterey Jazz Festival. Elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms inspired The Los Angeles Times to name KENNY BARRON “one of the top jazz pianists in the world” and Jazz Weekly to call him “the most lyrical piano player of our time.” Early in his career, Barron played with Dizzy Gillespie, James Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson, and Buddy Rich.  

Returning to Staller, violinist REGINA CARTER “creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring—taking the listener into the future of jazz” noted Time magazine. Carter has performed with symphony orchestras across the country, recorded with such artists as Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige, and won acclaim for her solos on Wynton Marsalis’ Blood on the Fields tour and Cassandra Wilson’s Travelin’ Miles concert at Lincoln Center.

With seven Grammy nominations and six consecutive years at the top of the Down Beat Critics’ and Jazz Times readers’ polls, KURT ELLING has attained elite status in the jazz world before reaching the age of 40. His rich baritone voice spans four octaves and displays an astonishing technical facility and emotional depth, inspiring the San Francisco Chronicle to call him “the most flamboyantly creative jazz singer to emerge in the last decade.”

Guitarist RUSSELL MALONE has toured internationally with Diana Krall, receiving critical acclaim in his role as Diana's right hand both in concert and on her recordings.  Russell was a featured performer in Robert Altman's film Kansas City, and has toured or recorded with Harry Connick, Jr., Bucky Pizzarelli, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Cyrus Chestnut and Patti Austin.