KSDS FM 88.3 PRESENTS
THE INAUGURAL
CALIFORNIA COAST
JAZZ FESTIVAL
MILESTONES
A MILES DAVIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
A once-in-a-lifetime concert experience.
Celebrating Miles Davis’s incomparable legacy: the music, the players who made it with him, and the artists carrying his sound forward today.
ONE FESTIVAL. THE WHOLE STORY.
From the 52nd Street bebop years through Birth of the Cool, the Prestige sessions, Kind of Blue, the Second Great Quintet, and the electric era, Milestones charts the full arc of one of the most influential careers in American music.
FEATURING
CHARLES McPHERSON • JON FADDIS • NICHOLAS PAYTON • JEREMY PELT • TERRELL STAFFORD • GILBERT CASTELLANOS • MILES EVANS • RON STOUT • ERNIE WATTS • BOBBY WATSON • RALPH MOORE • DOUG WEBB • CHRISTOPHER HOLLYDAY • ROY MCCURDY • KENNY WASHINGTON • BOB SHEPPARD • ERIC REED • JOSHUA WHITE • GERRY GIBBS • HOLLY HOFMANN • KEI AKAGI • LOREN SCHOENBERG • THE KSDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA • AND MORE
| FULL VIP REGISTRATION — ALL ACCESS | PLATINUM FRONT ROW |
|---|---|
| $450 KSDS MEMBERS | $500 NON-MEMBERS Priority seating assigned first come, first served. | $750 — KSDS MEMBERS ONLY Limited to 40 seats. Front row for the full festival |
Seats are assigned in registration order. The earlier you reserve, the better your view.
For VIP Registration by phone, call Chuck directly at (619) 388-3758.
MILESTONES — A MILES DAVIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
| TIME | VENUE | PRICE | TYPE | PROGRAM | DETAILS / ARTISTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00–10:00 | Harborside | $10 | FILM 1 | From St. Louis to 52nd Street | Rare film clips featuring Clark Terry, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, John Lewis, Joe Albany and more. |
| 10:30–11:30 | Harborside | $15 | SESSION 1 | Early Miles | Presented by Loren Schoenberg |
| 1:00–2:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 1 | Now’s the Time | The music of Charlie Parker with Miles Davis, 1945–1949. The Charles McPherson Quintet with special guest Terrell Stafford. |
| 2:30–3:30 | Harborside | $15 | SESSION 2 | The Birth of the Cool | Presented by Ken Poston |
| 4:00–5:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 2 | The Birth of the Cool | The Jon Faddis Nonet |
| 5:30–6:30 | Harborside | $15 | PANEL 1 | Musings on Miles, Part 1 | Panelists Charles McPherson and Roy McCurdy |
| 7:00–8:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 3 | Conception | Music of Miles Davis, 1952–1954. The Ron Stout Sextet featuring Jerry Pinter and Christopher Hollyday. |
| 8:15–9:15 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 4 | New Rhumba: The Music of Ahmad Jamal | The Eric Reed Trio |
| 9:30–11:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 5 | Round Midnight | Quintet music of the Columbia years. Jeremy Pelt, Ernie Watts, Eric Reed and Kenny Washington. |
MILESTONES — A MILES DAVIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
| TIME | VENUE | PRICE | TYPE | PROGRAM | DETAILS / ARTISTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30–10:30 | Harborside | $10 | FILM 2 | Miles Ahead: 1950–1959 | Rare film clips featuring Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Lee Konitz, J.J. Johnson, Barney Wilen, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Heath, Milt Jackson, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. |
| 11:00–12:00 | Pacific | FREE | CONCERT 6 | The Young Lions Play Sonny Rollins | A special free concert. |
| 1:30–2:30 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 7 | Workin’, Steamin’, Relaxin’ and Cookin’ | Music of the Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane, 1954–1956. The Gilbert Castellanos Quintet with Joshua White, Tyler Kreutel, Luke Little and Brian Levy. |
| 2:45–3:45 | Harborside | $15 | PANEL 2 | Miles and Trane | Moderated by Loren Schoenberg. Panelists Ernie Watts, Ralph Moore and Doug Webb. |
| 4:00–5:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 8 | Tenor Conclave | Celebrating John Coltrane, featuring Ernie Watts, Doug Webb and Ralph Moore. |
| 5:15–6:15 | Harborside | $15 | PANEL 3 | Out of the Cool: The Genius of Gil Evans | Miles Evans with Ken Poston |
| 8:00 | Pacific | $60 | CONCERT 9 | Miles Ahead | The Miles Davis–Gil Evans collaborations. The KSDS Jazz Orchestra conducted by Loren Schoenberg, with Miles Evans, Jon Faddis, Terrell Stafford, Jeremy Pelt and Gilbert Castellanos. |
| 11:30 | Pacific | — | CONCERT 10 | Round Midnight | Open jam session. |
MILESTONES — A MILES DAVIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
| TIME | VENUE | PRICE | TYPE | PROGRAM | DETAILS / ARTISTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30–10:30 | Harborside | $10 | FILM 3 | Miles Smiles: 1960–1991 | Rare film clips featuring Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Victor Feldman, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Liebman, John Scofield, Kenny Garrett, Marcus Miller and more. |
| 11:00–12:00 | Harborside | $15 | PANEL 4 | Musings on Miles, Part 2 | Moderated by Loren Schoenberg. Panelists Miles Evans, Jon Faddis, Terrell Stafford, Jeremy Pelt and Gilbert Castellanos. |
| 1:00–2:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 11 | Milestones | All-Star Sextet with special guests Terrell Stafford, Bobby Watson and Eric Reed. |
| 2:30–3:30 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 12 | Kind of Blue | The Jon Faddis Sextet featuring Bobby Watson, Ernie Watts, Kei Akagi and Kenny Washington. |
| 4:00–5:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 13 | Seven Steps to Heaven | The Holly Hofmann Quartet with Joshua White and special guest Marshall Hawkins. |
| 5:15–6:15 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 14 | E.S.P. | Music of Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet, 1964–1967. Featuring Jeremy Pelt, Doug Webb, and Gerry Gibbs. |
| 8:00–9:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 15 | The Music of Miles Davis, 1967–1975 | Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra with special guest Jeremy Pelt. |
| 9:30–11:00 | Pacific | $30 | CONCERT 16 | A Supreme Blue | The Nicholas Payton Trio: A bold and deeply considered reimagining of two of the most revered albums in recorded music, Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” and John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” |