56th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Lineup Announced: Diana Krall, Bobby McFerrin and More

Today Monterey Jazz Festival announces the star-studded line up for its 56th annual Monterey Jazz Festival to be held September 20-22 at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Arena and Grounds Package Tickets go on sale on to the general public on May 21. Single Day tickets will go on sale July 8.

2013's GRAMMY Award-winning lineup includes Arena headliners Diana Krall; Wayne Shorter Quartet; Bobby McFerrin; Bob James & David Sanborn featuring Steve Gadd & James Genus; Dave Holland's PRISM featuring Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn & Eric Harland; Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet: Sound Prints; George Benson; The Relatives; Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra; and Gregory Porter.

A list of this year's highlights and performers can be seen by clicking here.

The GRAMMY-winning saxophonist, Joe Lovano, will serve as the Festival's 2013 Artist-In-Residence, and will perform with Us Five; with Dave Douglas in Sound Prints, playing music inspired and commissioned from Wayne Shorter; and as a soloist with the Festival's all-star student band, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.

Award-winning trumpeter Dave Douglas returns to the Festival as the 2013 Showcase Artist, and will perform three times throughout the weekend: on the Grounds with his own Quintet; and with Sound Prints in the Arena and on the Grounds. Sound Prints acts as one of the dual 2013 Commission Artists along with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, which will debut newly commissioned music in tribute to the late Dave Brubeck in the Arena.

The Festival features 500 artists, 90 performances on 8 stages and more, for 30 hours of live music over two days and three nights, accompanied by an array of international cuisine, shopping, art exhibits, educational events, seminars and conversations with iconic and emerging jazz artists on the oak-studded 20-acres of the Monterey County Fairgrounds.

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