The longest running jazz festival in the world!
Each fall since 1958, the seaside city of Monterey, California, has been the site of performances by the world's finest jazz and blues performers. The festival's archive - preserved by the Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound - contains recordings of live festival performances throughout the history of this enduring American cultural institution.
With funding from the GRAMMY Foundation, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and Save America's Treasures, the collection of sound recordings and moving images has been digitized and cataloged, enabling unprecedented access to this rich vein in the history of jazz.
SEARCH: Nearly 9,000 performances and other segments representing 1,000 hours of audio and video content are described in the database
LOGIN: With an account, you can bookmark performances of interest to you
VIEW YOUR FAVORITES: Sign in and access your saved list of selections
ACCESS THE RECORDINGS: Researchers can visit the Archive of Recorded Sound on the Stanford campus
MORE PHOTOS, AUDIO & VIDEO: Historic performances, oral histories, commissioned works, and more!