I've spent the last five years working on a book about the connections between Cuban music and English language pop. In the process, I've stumbled on two really extraordinary music history podcasts: Let It Roll and The Clave Chronicles. Over the next week I'll be reviewing each of these in detail, with three galleries of Tom Ehrlich's San José Jazz photos interspersed. If you have suggestions for others, please leave them in the comments section. Stay tuned! [Kevin Moore]

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Here's Tom's full gallery for the final day of the 2022 Monterey Jazz Festival. Coming next will be a post about the new John Santos documentary.

Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter

Mireya Ramos

Elena Lacayo

Shea Fiol

Anna Garcia

Gerald Clayton, Immanuel Wilkins and Joel Ross

Keyon Harrold

Kim Nalley, Michael Zisman and Houston Pearson

Houston Pearson

Brandee Younger, Ravi Coltrane and Lonnie Plaxico

Gregory Porter

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Here's Tom Ehrlich's 3rd Monterey Jazz gallery.

Denise Carlos

Terri Odabi

Dave Stryker

Warren Wolf vibes

Emmet Cohen

Billy Harper

Cecil McBee

Eddie Henderson

Allison Miller

Matthew Whitaker

Iván Llanes

Joel Ross and Immanuel Wilkins

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Here's the second installment of Tom Ehrlich's 4-part coverage of the 2022 Monterey Jazz Festival.

Samara Joy

Nicholas Payton

Sasah Masakowski and Cliff Hines

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