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Jason Olaine

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Current Gigs:
VP of Programming, Jazz at Lincoln Center (2012 -)
Artistic Director, Monterey Jazz Festival (2026 – )
Artistic Director, Fillmore Jazz Festival (2010 -)
Independent Producer (2000 -)

My Mission:
More jazz for everyone, everywhere! How can I help?!

Past Gigs:
Artistic Director Newport Jazz Festival; Artistic Director Yoshi’s San Francisco; General Manager Monterey Jazz Festival Records; VP of Programming Festival Network; Director of A&R, Staff Producer Verve Records; Artistic Director Yoshi’s Oakland; Asst. Jazz Editor, Gavin Report; Trumpet Player

Producer Credits:
Grammy Awards for Directions in Music (Hancock, Brecker, Hargrove): Wide Angles (Michael Brecker Quindectet); Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars (Terence Blanchard)

Grammy Nominations for My Favorite Things (Joey Alexander); Cinque, (Elio Villafranca); uberjam (John Scofield); RH Factor: Hard Groove (Roy Hargrove)

Recent releases: Celestial Keeper (Joey Alexander) 2026; One Is Love (Scatter The Atoms That Remain) 2026; First Meeting (Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Chris Potter/Larry Grenadier/Eric Harland) 2025

Notable Producing: Gratitude, Traveling Mercies (Chris Potter), Verve Remixed I and II; Moment to Moment (Roy Hargrove); Countdown, Joey.Monk.Live!, Eclipse, Warna (Joey Alexander); Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney Jazz); Heartcore, The Next Step (Kurt Rosenwinkle); Monterey Jazz Festival archival releases include Louis Armstrong 1958, Miles Davis 1963, Best of Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk 1964, Shirley Horn 1994, Tito Puente 1977, Best of Cal Tjader, Sarah Vaughan 1971, Dizzy Gillespie 1965, Art Blakey 1972, many more…

Jazz at Lincoln Center
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.