Leave it Talbot County to not only host a significant jazz festival every year but to have a former chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as its founder and current producer. That’s what Al Sikes was under George H. W. Bush, and brings to the table in organizing and promoting the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival (a program of the Chesapeake Chamber Music), considered by many as one the best small jazz festivals in the country.
In Al’s interview with the Spy, he talks about the festival’s artistic director, Monty Alexander, his own passion for jazz, the musical diversity it contains, and how it spans generations in both appeal and impact.
<i>This video is approximately four minutes in length</i>
<em>Tickets and more information about the festival can be found <a href=”https://chesapeakechambermusic.org/jazz/schedule/” target=”_blank”>here</a></em>
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