Aug 21,2026
California Coast Jazz Festival 2026 — Milestones: A Miles Davis Centennial Celebration
A muted trumpet over a slow walking bass can make you homesick for a city you have never lived in. That sound — a muted trumpet over a slow walking bass, the kind of thing that stops you mid-step on a sidewalk you walk every day. Miles Davis built those rooms — rooms where you didn't speak, you listened, and when it was over you were someone slightly different than when you walked in.
The California Coast Jazz Festival brings those rooms to San Diego's bayfront for three days and sixteen concerts charting the full arc: the 52nd Street bebop years, Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue, the Second Great Quintet, and the plugged-in turn that split audiences and made Miles grin. Not a tribute — a centennial reckoning with what one person did to American music, performed by people who played alongside him.
Concerts happen overlooking San Diego Bay. Between sets there are rare film screenings and panel discussions, and the kind of conversations that only happen when everyone in the room cares about the same thing.
Wyndham Bayside Hotel, San Diego. jazz88.org/tickets — seats assigned in registration order, so early means closer.
A muted trumpet over a slow walking bass can make you homesick for a city you have never lived in. That sound — a muted trumpet over a slow walking bass, the kind of thing that stops you mid-step on a sidewalk you walk every day. Miles Davis built those rooms — rooms where you didn't speak, you listened, and when it was over you were someone slightly different than when you walked in.
The California Coast Jazz Festival brings those rooms to San Diego's bayfront for three days and sixteen concerts charting the full arc: the 52nd Street bebop years, Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue, the Second Great Quintet, and the plugged-in turn that split audiences and made Miles grin. Not a tribute — a centennial reckoning with what one person did to American music, performed by people who played alongside him.
Concerts happen overlooking San Diego Bay. Between sets there are rare film screenings and panel discussions, and the kind of conversations that only happen when everyone in the room cares about the same thing.
Wyndham Bayside Hotel, San Diego. jazz88.org/tickets — seats assigned in registration order, so early means closer.
The California Coast Jazz Festival brings those rooms to San Diego's bayfront for three days and sixteen concerts charting the full arc: the 52nd Street bebop years, Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue, the Second Great Quintet, and the plugged-in turn that split audiences and made Miles grin. Not a tribute — a centennial reckoning with what one person did to American music, performed by people who played alongside him.
Concerts happen overlooking San Diego Bay. Between sets there are rare film screenings and panel discussions, and the kind of conversations that only happen when everyone in the room cares about the same thing.
Wyndham Bayside Hotel, San Diego. jazz88.org/tickets — seats assigned in registration order, so early means closer.
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California Coast Jazz Festival 2026 — Milestones: A Miles Davis Centennial Celebration
Friday, August 21, 2026
5:00 PM PDT – 10:00 PM PDT
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A muted trumpet over a slow walking bass can make you homesick for a city you have never lived in. That sound — a muted trumpet over a slow walking bass, the kind of thing that stops you mid-step on a sidewalk you walk every day. Miles Davis built those rooms — rooms where you didn't speak, you listened, and when it was over you were someone slightly different than when you walked in.
The California Coast Jazz Festival brings those rooms to San Diego's bayfront for three days and sixteen concerts charting the full arc: the 52nd Street bebop years, Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue, the Second Great Quintet, and the plugged-in turn that split audiences and made Miles grin. Not a tribute — a centennial reckoning with what one person did to American music, performed by people who played alongside him.
Concerts happen overlooking San Diego Bay. Between sets there are rare film screenings and panel discussions, and the kind of conversations that only happen when everyone in the room cares about the same thing.
Wyndham Bayside Hotel, San Diego. jazz88.org/tickets — seats assigned in registration order, so early means closer.
The California Coast Jazz Festival brings those rooms to San Diego's bayfront for three days and sixteen concerts charting the full arc: the 52nd Street bebop years, Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue, the Second Great Quintet, and the plugged-in turn that split audiences and made Miles grin. Not a tribute — a centennial reckoning with what one person did to American music, performed by people who played alongside him.
Concerts happen overlooking San Diego Bay. Between sets there are rare film screenings and panel discussions, and the kind of conversations that only happen when everyone in the room cares about the same thing.
Wyndham Bayside Hotel, San Diego. jazz88.org/tickets — seats assigned in registration order, so early means closer.
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