FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Jamie Cullum, Cassandra Wilson Highlight Monterey Jazz

Christian McBride had been waiting a long time for the moment to arrive. When it finally did, the bassist couldn't hold back his enthusiasm. "Monterey," he exclaimed. "Hot damn!" That pretty much summed up what everyone was feeling during the 51st annual Monterey Jazz Festival, which ran Friday through Sunday at the city's gorgeous oak-tree-dotted fairgrounds. Many of the 40,000 fans that turned out for the event had been looking ahead to the 2008 festival basically from the moment last year's ...

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