NEW TRAVELING CLINICIANSMJF invited four new Traveling Clinicians to work with21 Monterey County middle, high school and after-schoolprograms in 2017.

PLEASE WELCOME: Katie Thiroux, bass clinician; Gaw Vang Williams, vocal clinician; Malachi Whitson, drumset clinician; Kyle Athayde, trumpet, piano and vibes clinician

2017 Monterey Jazz Festival Jazz Legend Honoree Herbie Hancock and 2015 MJF Jazz Legend recipient Chick Corea

co-created a magical set of music on two grand pianos

38,562 attendees came from 45 states and 8 countries to celebrate the 60th Monterey Jazz Festival, September 15-17, 2017.

Showcase Artist: Regina CarterArtists-in-Residence: John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, and Gerald ClaytonCommission Artist: John Clayton

MJF IS EVERYWHERE50+ community events performed by our Monterey County All-Star Ensembles.

Tour of New York and Canada including performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Rochester,Toronto, and Montreal jazz festivalsby our Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.

TWO MASTERS / TWO PIANOS

If you’re looking for HOPE,buy a Saturday grounds pass to the next jazz festival. It is the most seamless example of how people of different races, genders, ages and backgrounds commune with each other.

–DAN BALDWIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY

Over 500volunteers gave 2,000+ hours to the September Festival and the Next Generation Jazz Festival. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

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Legacy CircleDee and Al AdolphMaggie and Joe AgroKarlette and Carsbia AndersonSusan and Steven BeckKaren and Samuel BelerJanet BerryJackson BoothCarol BradfordGail A. BradleyCynthia and Rudy BravoEmmett R. BrownDavid C. ColbyJack V. CowanRoderick DewarNancy and William DoolittleRosalind and Howard FisherSharon and Robert GianniniKeith HillPeter HossTanya and Jay JacobsmuhlenEwalker JamesSusan and Carl KnirkStan LeeRenee Venus MayneLois MayolSteven McLeesDiane MitchellaMaria and E. Philip MorganLaura and Donald NewmarkPatricia Mellencamp and Jonathan PellegrinMarilyn L. PetersenThomas W. PriesmeyerMary and David RamosAdam RogersCarol L. RossYolanda Gonzales and Philip ScottSusan ShawlLana WeeksJudy and Sanford WeitznerBrenda Jahns Washington Davis

THANK YOU JAY EDMONDSJay joined theMJF Board in2008, andretired fromservice at theend of 2017.

Thank you Jay for all you have contributed to MJF!

WELCOME NEW BOARD CHAIRCarsbia Andersonwill begin histerm as Chair ofthe Board onJanuary 1, 2018.Luis Alvarez is

the outgoing Chair, and we thankhim for his leadership over the pasttwo years.

WELCOMING TWO NEWMJF BOARD MEMBERS

Kevin Cartwright Ken Gordon

DONOR HIGHLIGHTThank you toDanny Scher whocontinues to bea leader insupporting thearts. A true

champion of music education, Dannyhas been attending the Festival sincethe 1960s and has been a donor since2003. We thank Danny for his supportof the new MJF education film shownin the Arena during MJF60.

Total Raised 2017: $932,257(48% increase over 2016)

Monterey Jazz Festival gratefullyacknowledges the followingindividuals and institutional funders,whose contributions of $100 or morewere received from January 1, 2017to December 31, 2017. We are deeplygrateful to everyone who has supported MJF over the past year.

$100,000+Doris Duke Charitable FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationMonterey Peninsula FoundationThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation

$75,000Clint Eastwood

$25,000+Community Foundation for Monterey CountyNational Endowment for the ArtsQuest Foundation

$20,000+J & M FoundationNancy Buck Ransom Foundation

$10,000+California Arts CouncilSally Hughes Church FoundationRobert DanzigerThe Flicker Family TrustHarden FoundationAlicia Passerin and William HuntStephanie Stevenson and Stuart JacobsGeorge Lucas Family FoundationMacy'sNoland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss

for the Doc Etienne Memorial Scholarship FundPatricia Mellencamp and Jonathan Pellegrin

in Memory of George Arthur Pellegrin and Dave Pellegrin

Frank & Denise Quattrone FoundationMary and David RamosDanny Scher

$5,000+Arts Council for Monterey CountyCarol BradfordCity of MontereyJoseph Drown FoundationThe Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.Kevin Cartwright and Steve EimerRosalind and Howard FisherCarol FrazierSusan and David GillMimi HahnJackie and Peter HenningSumaya and Edward MinerDiane MitchellaLeslie Powell and Stanley Stairs

$2,500+Maggie and Joe AgroRonni and Luis AlvarezSusan and Steven BeckCalifornia Community FoundationJeanne and James CostelloD'Addario FoundationThe William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.Nancy and William DoolittlePatricia and Ron EastmanTrudi and David GartleyDonna and Peter GordonBill Graham Supporting FoundationNancy and Rich GriffithJoan and Duane GrubertHerbie HancockJeffrey KrivisLetty LedbetterJudy and Gary LoganNaturipe Berry GrowersCathy and Terrence R. O'ConnorMaryann and Peter OrrPebble Beach Company FoundationRotary Club of Corral de TierraRobin and Chris SawyerNancy and Scott ScheidDarian and Rick SwigColette and Vince TaorminaThe Upjohn California FundGayla Lorthridge and Walter WoodJessie and David Woolley-WilsonMary and Ken WrightYellow Brick Road Benefit ShopPaula Black and Laura Zehm

$1,000+1st Capital BankGinger and James AndrasickPhyllis Panenks and David ArcherAndrea L. Biren and Richard F. BealLucia and Michael BoggiattoBridget and James BoothEmmett R. BrownAndrew ButcherLavonne and Gordon ChinAmy T. ChungLulla and Woodworth ClumArnaldo d'AlfansoRosalind Gray Davis and Robert Davis

Gay DurwardJudy and Jay EdmondsJames C. EmersonEnterprise Holdings FoundationSusan and Mort FullerKathleen and Frank GeislerClaire and Robert GreensponKurt GollnickMary Anderson and Salvador GutierrezElizabeth and Joseph HestonLynne HubenetteSarah IngberCaprice Collins-Jenkins and Alvin Jenkins Eva and Craig KaplanAllyson and Bob KavnerBarbara Thrasher and Rick KoffeyCaron and Alan LacyBarbara Paul and Tom LaFailleConnie and Robert LurieBarbara and Mark MillerMonterey Peninsula Volunteer ServicesMaria and E. Philip MorganTiffoni Cottman and Timothy NewmanRotary Club of Carmel-By-The-SeaPeggy and John ScholzJoanne Taylor-JohnsonDarlene and Larry TripplettJeri and Jim VanderzwaanKatherine and Floyd WenglikowskiAndrea Breaux and Larry WilliamsMarsha Zelus

$500+Dee and Al AdolphKarlette and Carsbia AndersonJudy and Tom ArchibaldNadya and Bradford BoschChristine and Fredrick Brown Courtney and Howard BrunnAnna and Amer BudayrAndrea and Noel CarrJanet ClydeMartha Gates and Spencer CommonsAimee DarbySusan de BoismilonAdonica Thompkins and Walter J. DerbignyPaula DeYoungSusan W. DuCoeurMaggie EastwoodCynthia and Michael FieldsMalessia and Alfred ForrestKelsey GrayJoseph HarrisSuzi Boyle and Michael HummelLori Chavez and Tim JacksonBarbara and Mike JashinskiShirley and Thomas KiattaJanet Berry and Ted KirkilesMichael LeavyNoe LegaspiGifford LehmanBarbara Lile-DuzsikSusan Mulvihill-Liverman and James LivermanJennifer LoElizabeth A. LorenziMichelle and Bruce MooreMichael R. MorrisEric NormanTim NylenSarah and Roger PeirceMary and Mark PeriniJanice and Ron PerkuchinMary K. PowellDeena and Barry PryorAudria and Benjamin QuillianMax RosaShawn RozsaEllen and Eric SchrierTony SellaSusan ShawlSue and Howard SlayenFranklin D. SmithKarl SneppLeslie and Charlie Snorf James William StrickerKatrina and Michael TschidaCarl and Beverly Winton

$250+Jeryl and Ron AbelmannMary and LeBon AbercrombieShelley AckroydCatharine AllanChristine and David AndersonSuzanne and Thomas AndruskevichDiane and James ArcherJanet and Wayne AspAllison BarrientosBeverly and Steve BeanJacquelynn and Roland BeverlySue BrownBette and Richard CannonEliana Belmonte and Phil CarcaraShavonna CaseJeromie ClarkLaura and Terrence Coen Germaine and Wayne CooperSteve CrowleyDeborah DessasoLisa M. DoeringEric James EppsMickey and Greg EvansCarol L. FarrisNancy Boyd and Glenn FloodKay GilesTeri and Andy GoodmanTina Capers-Hall and John HallAngela and Anthony HarrisAnn Flood and Barry Harrow Joyce and Kojo HayfordPJ Barrett and Robert Henderson

Patricia and Donald HinchbergerKarin Roache and Kenneth HopkinsWayne D. HooperJanet Abla and William HugginsDuncan JamesLynn JohnsonJ. Tyler JohnstonLinda Stanley and A. Steven JonesElaine and Lewis KaplanConrad D. KenleyJennifer and Michael KnapekBeverly and Donald LeeBarbara and Stanley LevensonMaurice LevichHarry G. LewisSusan and Ken LopezPatty and Larry McCoyJanice and Richard McKaneDave MerrittCindy MinorAlicia and James NeimanMichelle NicholasHolly Byers Ochoa and Eduardo M. OchoaJanet and Bruce O'ConnorDaryl and Stuart OsakiMary Minto and Lamyle PorterDonna and Thomas PriesmeyerWade RichDiana and Hollins RileyManuel O. RiosKristine and John SandaKaren and Lee SchellMichele and Chris SedanMatthew SimisKimberly Mueller and Robert SlobeFrederick SmithRose M. SmithPatricia and Horace SpauldingWendy and Miller SteelRicky TerrellRobert L. Thrower, Sr.Paul Vander VeenDon H. WarkentinMarilyn Rae WillettGreta and Warner WimsRosemary and Peter WittlingerFrances Ruiz-Wood and Matthew WoodMarilyn WrightNancy K. Wrolson

$100+Aharona CateringMyra AdairLuis AlejoMelissa M. Allan FowlerDeanna AllenPaula AndersonDoris ArimaJanet and Thomas AtwoodAlan N. BerryBravo Design, IncThomas BridgeSheila BrittainPaul BrocchiniMartha Smith Broderick and John BroderickOwen BrownEric BullF. Kathryne and Charles BurwellEmmett CarsonKevin CauseyMark ChambersDarlene ChanDiane ClarkSherol ClarkeCara and David CohenScott CollenCharles ColumbusRafael Costas Jr.Marilyn DavisMichele L. DavisJeff Dayton-JohnsonDonald E. DeckerKenneth Smith and Daryl DichekNancy and John DureinLucia EdmondsStan EiseleJoan P. EnglishGail Greely and Lowry FentonCarol and Brian FineganPamela G. FordBarbara and Jon GalehouseLinda and Hampton GaskinsFrederick S. GilbertTerri and Karl GrantDonald GreenJennifer Thomas and David GreyJoe HartmanSusan HayJeff HeftiJohn J. HeinsiusArla D. HestermanWilbur E. Hobbs Jr.John HolderLisa HolleyLindsey HumphreyIrene and Mark IppolitiJoyce and Thomas JeffriesKathy JohnsonNicki and Rob KlevanLori and Glenn LaffelJames LarsonBarbara LaurenceTim LevinMary MacDonaldGerry and Dennis MackMaureen MacLennanSandra and Joseph MadrigalMichael MagallanesMargaret and John MaloneyNancy Shanfeld and Thomas Manheim

Sharon H. MarchRuth MasonCarol and Glenn MaynardLois MayolTheresa McCarterJoan and John McClearyDonna and David McClungDavid McKayJean and Thomas MeeksBarbara and Michael MejiaCatherine and Frank MeyerLinda MitchellGregory J. MontgomeryNaoma and Edward MorenoPenny MorrisMichael MossKenneth NashDaiva NavarretteMary and James NewmanJudy and Thomas NunanO'Donnell Family Charitable FoundationKazuhisa OhtaJenifer Shields and Timothy Orr Tommie PardueLinda Rae PaulMatthew PebleyCarolyn and Wilson PetersonJohn F. PodliskaDaniel C. PoljakSusan and Oscar PorterRamesh RamakrishnanJudith Sulsona and William RawsonAllison Elder and Tom ReinselPamela Baker and Stuart ReynoldsAnna and James RheimKim A. RichardsonDavid, Jan and Andrew RowellThea and Christopher SagenCarol SchmehGeoff SchullerCharlene Webber-Schuss and Matthew SchussLisa ScimensGeorge ShackelfordDee Samuels and Joel Shawn Kazuo ShiraiBeverly and Itzhak ShniperBibi J. E. SillemRhonda Joyner and Buren Simmons Larry SimpsonRobert SingletonDonn K. SipesColin SmithSheila and Leland SmithJoseph SokolDick StauffacherCarmen Banks and Ronald SteeleJudith StilesSherri and Kenneth StoddardAmy Essick and Frank TakacsJames TannKathryn Ann and Michael ThaanumSuparna VashishtJoanne A. VelmanKatja von SchuttenbachSharon J. VonderauMelvin WaitsJohn P. WalshRita Webb-Monaghan and Richard WebbBrenda H. WebsterJudy and Sanford WeitznerElizabeth Welden-SmithDaphne and Stuart WellsHarriet WhitingAnn and Douglas WilhelmCurtis WilliamsRebecca and Thomas WilsonJames R. WilsonJohn WineglassSerita Sue WoodburnKaz YahiroMichael YarbroughLorraine YglesiasBobbie and Benny YoungSuzanne and Robert Young

Gifts Received in Honor OfClint EastwoodJay S. Edmonds, M.D.Rosalind and Howard FisherDavid R. RamosNancy and Scott ScheidMarcos SilvaChris West

Gifts Received in Memory OfValerie BishopCourtney BrunnBob DawsonOdell GrahamMegan JordanHydeus KiattaGeorge Arthur PellegrinDave Pellegrin (2)Hector RamosWill Wallace

AmbassadorsMaggie and Joe AgroCarol BradfordAmy T. ChungJohn M. GarciaJeffrey T. GreenDuane M. GrubertWilliam A. HuntStephanie Stevenson and Stuart JacobsDiane MitchelaDavid RamosStanley T. StairsLarry J. Williams. Sr.

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