Festival Goers arriving in Long Beach to board Catalina Express for the 1 hour ocean crossing to Catalina Island
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Passing a school of dolphins middle of ocean en route
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Festival Goers arriving by the thousands boat after boat to take their first steps onto Smooth Jazz Island Arriving on the Isle of Romance
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Private Cabana’s and Chaise Lounge chairs of Descanso Beach that sell out by July every summer for October’s Thursday Night Unplugged Under the Stars concerts
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Saxophonist Mindi Abair and Band Unplugged at Descanso Beach with Casino glittering across the ocean waters
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Arriving for Unplugged Thursdays leaves All Day Friday to explore the Island….maybe by Segway
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The Big Windy Cat, Chicago Guitarist Nick Colionne dives into crowd
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It’s a new era as festival audience is now ENCOURAGED to get out their I-Phones and take pictures and video’s. E-Mail, You Tube and Facebook them. Dotsero’s Stephen Watts
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Canadian Guitarist Rob Tardik
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Slim Man with Austin Good in Merch Store
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The Producers: Paul Brown (the older) Darren Rahn (the younger)
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Tiny seaport village of Avalon on the Southern Tip of Catalina Island
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Wrigley Casino and Avalon Ballroom sit right on Casino Point where William Wrigley blew out an entire rock formation to enable building Casino right at Ocean’s edge
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Sax AND the City’s Trio of All Star Saxophonists, Paul Taylor, young Vincent Ingala, Marion Meadows
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Booker T. Jones long remembered Hammond B-3 Organ
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Peter White and Band including Keyboardist Greg Karukas and Saxophonist Michael Paulo
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World Famous JazzTrax Festival Saturday Night AfterParty at Descanso Beach. Dancin’ or Chillin’ or Relaxin’ or Eatin’ or Drinkin’ on the beach till well after Midnight
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Zooming closer to see Town Flats filled with private homes, 2nd vacation homes and lots of vacation rental houses
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Avalon Town, Harbor & Boardwalk following water’s edge from seaport village main street to Wrigley Casino
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Producer Art Good with the lovely ladies of JazzTrax Festival in front of Marine Room Bar
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JazzTrax Head of Security Jack Tofelogo at Alaska Airlines Autograph Counter with 'DW3'
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Jeff Kashiwa, leader and creator of The Sax Pack
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Nighttime from Ballroom outside verandah deck overlooking Avalon Bay
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Trombone Shorty brings down the HOUSE closing night of 2012 JazzTrax
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Mindi Abair with too much “in” audience fun
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The Sax Pack prepping side stage before going on stage at JazzTrax
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Legendary British Guitarist Peter White posing at Alaska Airlines Autograph Counter, Keyboardist Gregg Karukas on left
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THANKS TO THE JAZZTRAX PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
PAT BENTER AND ALEX NEUMANN
Descanso Beach Chaise Lounges Seating All Set Up for Unplugged Under the Stars on the Beach
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October’s Setting by Ocean for JazzTrax Unplugged Under the Stars at Descanso Beach
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Private Cabana’s the HOT ITEM for Unplugged Under the Stars at JazzTrax Festival
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Guitarist Peter White, Oct. 4th Opening Night of 26th annual Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival claimed it was 1st time he had ever done a concert on a BEACH
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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Opening Night in Avalon Ballroom…looking out to sea….soundchecking
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JazzTrax Festival 1 Percenters. Those owning their own Floating Hotels. Sailboats & Powerboats providing their own Transportation to the Island as well, 26 miles off Southern Calif. Coastline.
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JazzTrax Store and all the Brand New Festival Wear
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Avalon Ballroom Struck in Purple….Best Festival Lighting in the World (Pacific Coast Entertainment)
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Backstage in front of Picture of Avalon Ballroom’s Historic Old Big Bands: JazzTrax Producer Art Good and Smooth Jazz Producer/Saxophonist Darren Rahn
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a 1st. Saxophonist Mindi Abair with Saxophonist Dad Lance Abair but he’s on Hammond B 3 Organ
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Looking OVER Descanso Beach from North towards Wrigley Casino & Avalon Ballroom within |
Wrigley Memorial in Botannical Gardens looking back down road back to town down mountain |
Wrigley Memorial in Botannical Gardens looking back down road back to town down mountain |
Producer Art Good introduces all festival shows since creating JazzTrax Festival in 1987. A Quarter Century ago |
Father/Daughter, Gerald & Selina Albright headlining the Unplugged at Descanso Beach stage to Open Weekend 3 |
Father/Daughter, Gerald & Selina Albright headlining the Unplugged at Descanso Beach stage to Open Weekend 3 |
Saxophonist Marion Meadows enters the Ballroom audience during Sax AND the City’s Weekend 3 performance |
View of Festival Keyboardists into Avalon Ballroom from Stage |
Saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa who met his wife Chante during Rippingtons show at JazzTrax in 1989 here in Avalon Ballroom. They named their daughter Catalina in honor. |
Swedish Keyboardist Jonathan Fritzen coming down from Soundcheck to Backstage Dressing Rooms at JazzTrax |
Mindi Abair peaking from BackStage to see what the hold-out is on Set Change. She’s ready to ROCK |
British Guitarist Ronny Jordan makes his first ever JazzTrax appearance |
JazzTrax Festival Alaska Airlines Artist Autograph Counter |
Mindi Abair pretty casual at Alaska Airlines Artist Autograph Counter |
Stunning Avalon Ballroom…..home for 26 years of the
JazzTrax Festival 3 weekends each October |
Pacific Coast Entertainment Lighting creating a
whole new visual world within Avalon Ballroom
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Avalon Ballroom Lighting ever changing
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Firepits on Beach at JazzTrax Saturday Night
World Famous After Party
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The Abairs at JazzTrax After Party. WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. Mom, Dad, Mindi and Personal Manager Bud Harner |
Saxophonist Michael Lington. 4:30 a.m. still in New Orleans Airport on Michael Lington Tour. 2 p.m. on stage 26 miles off the Southern California Coastline opposite end of U.S. |
