Jazz Fest Fever: Racketeer Radio KFQX Broadcasts LIVE from Monterey Jazz Bash 2025

Right then, gather ’round, you delightful oddities. It’s that time of year again. No, not that time of year. Far more important. It’s the 45th anniversary of The Monterey JazzBash. Yes! Forty-five years. (Pause for slightly bewildered applause, perhaps a single, hesitant “Bravo”). Racketeer Radio KFQX, your purveyors of vintage vibrations, are, dare I say, enthusiastic about the upcoming Monterey Jazz Bash. Dixieland, Ragtime, Swing, Gypsy, and Blues all converge like slightly awkward acquaintances at a particularly niche cocktail party. It’s going to be… something.

And what a “something” it promises to be! We’re talking Crescent Katz Discount Jazz. A bargain for the discerning ear. Then there are the Greystone Monarchs, bravely celebrating the legendary Bix Beiderbecke. If anyone is going to do it… it better be the masters like Andy Schumm; we also have Don Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, seemingly transported directly from the Roaring Twenties. And let’s not forget Holland & Coots, who I’m reliably informed will be supplying a damn good time.

Racketeer Broadcast Association will be there, broadcasting live on Raacketeer Radio KFQX for three whole days. Three! From the festival floor, we’ll beam these sonic curiosities directly into your… car, couch, canopy… wherever you happen to be lurking. Think of it as aural… delivery. So, mark your calendars. Prepare to be… entertained. We’ll be broadcasting live, capturing the… atmosphere. More details, like cryptic messages in a bottle, will be appearing on our LIVE Remotes Page. And if you wish to experience this spectacle in person, you can find the relevant information at jazzbashmonterey.com.

Do it!