NCCU Jazz Combo I Returns to Monterey Jazz Festival

For the third year in a row, NCCU's Jazz Combo I has won the Monterey Jazz Festival's "HBCU Combo Challenge." As winners of the competition, the combo flew out to perform at the 68th Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA. The combo played an outdoor concert at a California winery, two concerts on two different festival stages and participated in a jam session with students from Texas Southern University over the September 26–28 weekend. They also participated in a workshop conducted by festival performer and veteran pianist Sullivan Fortner.