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The article explores the diverse career opportunities available to individuals with a music degree, highlighting that there are many paths beyond performing and teaching. Topics include insights from Sunny Sumter, president and CEO of the DC Jazz Festival, who transitioned from a desire to be a singer to pursuing a career in music business, and Matt Pierson, a record producer and artist manager, who shifted his focus from performing to various roles within the music industry.

The article offers information on the 30th edition of San Jose Jazz Summer Festival to be held on August 9-11, 2019 at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose, California.

The article discusses the Healdsburg Jazz Festival to be held in Healdsburg, California, on June 1-10, 2018 which will feature guitarists Bill Frisell and Julian Lage, clarinetist Anat Cohen and vocalist Claudia Villela.

The article offers information on educator and saxophonist Paul Contos. Topics discussed include education director of the Monterey Jazz Festival's (MJF) annual Next Generation Jazz Orchestra (NGJO) which generated famous alumni such as pianists Patrice Rushen, serving as a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz and views of Contos on goals in taking students on tour for experiencing what it's like to be a pro on the road.

The article offers information on jazz program of Saint Patrick High School, which has become the first high school group to perform at the Chicago Jazz Festival.

Highlights the events during the Sonoma Jazz festival in Sonoma County, California. Wine and Song series at seven restaurant stores and historical spots outlining central Sonoma Plaza; Performance by Regina Carter's quintet, Diana Krall and bassist, John Clayton; Other performers.

The article focuses on the collaboration between banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and pianist Marcus Roberts with the latter's trio with drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Rodney Jordan in jazz festival performances and studio sessions in Georgia. It outlines that both Fleck and Roberts have been together as bandmates since 1994. Roberts notes that Fleck and his group were playing the Savannah Music Festival. He also hails Fleck for his remarkable command of his instrument.

The article presents the highlights of the 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF). The event marks the first time that an application helped smartphone owners navigate performances on seven bandstands and a screening/simulcast viewing area. Among the performers were Erik Telford's Collective, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.

The article offers information on the Playboy Jazz Festival to be held from January 25 to February 1, 2009 in Lauderdale, Florida. The event will be a floating festival, which will be hosted by Smooth Jazz Cruise veteran Marcus Miller. Attendees include Dianne Reeves, Pancho Sanchez, and Herbie Hancock as a special guest.

The article reports on the plan for the jazz festivals in California. Sonoma Jazz+ executive producer Jim Horowitz said that they hope to take three to four of the venues and have shows there. He added that they want to get into a club setting because they have observed that the audience attended in 2005 was not a theater audience. Vocalist Michelle Amador said that the midnight performance might be better suited for a club venue.