MUSIC

Artistic excellence, intimate venues and a welcoming atmosphere define the Stanford Jazz Festival experience, making it unique place where jazz listeners of every generation can gather and feel at home. The 2009 season offers a tantalizing array of talent, including familiar Festival crowd-pleasers such as Dena DeRose, Madeline Eastman, Wycliffe Gordon, Julian Lage, Taylor Eigsti, Wayne Wallace and the Heath Brothers, along with return appearances from past favorites Eric Alexander, Regina Carter, James Moody, Donald Harrison and Matt Wilson. Other highlights include Dafnis Prieto and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, giving Opening Weekend a cosmopolitan flavor and zest. The festival's two retrospectives, 1959 Revisited and Stan@Stanford: Remembering Stan Getz, are of particular interest to those who wish to expand their knowledge of the origins of jazz while listening to a bevy of SJW's rising stars blaze a path to the future.

Concerts and workshops take place at the following venues:

• Campbell Recital Hall - Stanford University, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA  94305
• Dinkelspiel Auditorium - Stanford University, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305.