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Mark Levine's  Jazz Theory BookJazz & Blues Sheet Music Standards Jazz Glossary of Musical TermsJazz Improvisation Method BooksStandards Broadway Musicals  Jazz Piano Chords and Scales | Monterey Jazz Festival The Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest running Jazz festival in the world. It is held annually on the 20-acre, oak-studded Monterey Fairgrounds, located at 2000 Fairgrounds Road in Monterey, California. More than 500 top jazz artists perform throughout the weekend on 7 stages spread throughout the grounds. Outdoor stages include the Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage, the Garden Stage and the Courtyard Stage. Indoor stages include the Night Club/Bill Berry Stage, Dizzy's Den, the Jazz Theater and the Coffee House Gallery. True to its founding principles, each year the Monterey Jazz Festival continues to focus on the festival side as well as presenting an array of clinics, conversations, exhibitions, shopping, food, fun and festivities. The Monterey Jazz Festival is a nonprofit organization and has donated its proceeds to musical education since its inception. In 1956 Jimmy Lyons, and his co-founder and colleague Ralph Gleason, wanted to create an alternative to East Coast festivals, "a sylvan setting with the best Jazz people in the whole world" to be held in the tranquil seaside setting of Monterey California. The first Monterey Jazz Festival lived up to that billing hosting such legends as Louis Armstrong, Dizzie Gillespie, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan and Billie Holiday. Since 1958, through its comprehensive Jazz Education Programs, the Monterey Jazz Festival has helped to perpetuate Jazz and educate people about America's music. The Monterey Jazz Festival invests $500,000 a year to support year-round education endeavors helping to meet the musical needs of thousands of students at the local, state and national levels. Among the 2011 featured artists were Geri Allen, Poncho Sanchez, Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Sonny Rollins, John Pizzarelli, Joshua Redman, James Farm, Jessica Molaskey, Benny Green, Donny McCaslin, Hiromi, Bucky Pizzarelli, Anthony Jackson, Simon Phillips, Huey Lewis, Ivan Neville, Kermit Ruffins, Glen David Andrews, MC, Wendell Pierce, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland and more. The 2011 Monterey Jazz Festival was held September 16 to 18.
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