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John Steinbeck, famous for ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ was from Monterey peninsula, the oldest city in California It has cliffs and sand dunes forh waves and winds and a coast covered in rocks

Monterey once flourished but traces of it can only be found in museums Now, it is only a syht jazz festival

The jazz festival opens at Monterey Fairgrounds on a total of 8 stages withfroht and over the weekend fro lass of wine early in thein a studio in LA, in order to participate in the festival

“Trust me You can just leave it to where Jun’s piano leads Then, I’ you that ti to the albu the music”

“That’s the really fascinating thing about it When you play with Jun, you lose a sense of who is leading who where he is and is just lost in the reat time lost in jazz with Jun Hyuk

“But, look at the result I was the only one running with it and Jun’s piano matched the balance perfectly”

“Isn’t he the type to calculate everything when he performs? Like me?”

Lee Carlton is a fusion jazztraditional free jazz His style was to add a little i in improv So, he plays music that is easy for anyone to fall for, even those who are not jazz fanatics

“No Jun told me after we played that he tasted the first peak ardless of his will?”

“He isn’t called a genius for nothing Honestly, no enius ot here through effort But that’s not

the case for Jun Every single cell in his body isJun Hyuk

“Anyway, do as I say Jun will bring out the potential in you that you didn’t even know about”

As the two ot drunk, Jun Hyuk opened the studio door and stuck his head

in”

“Oh lass down and hugged Jun Hyuk

“It’s been a really long time, hasn’t it? Every time I performed in New York, you were abroad”

“Is that so? Are you sure you didn’t come when I wasn’t there on purpose? Ha ha”

They have only met once but shared a precious experience that left theh they are friends forever, so there are no walls of skin color, age, knowledge, or et here? You should have called in advance”

“I just got here I’ here directly frolad to see Jun Hyuk again that he forgot Lee Carlton was next to him When he saw Jun Hyuk s theht Look at ht?”

“Mr Carlton, it’s an honor”

Lee Carlton took the hand that Jun Hyuk held out to him and shook it

“Leave the Mr out You can just call me Lee Is it okay if I just call you Jun? Or do I have to say Maestro Jun? Ha ha”

Jun Hyuk remeo A gentle, ed man with thinned out blonde hair

Stanley Clarke handed Jun Hyuk a glass of wine as well, and complimented him on all of his accomplishments since the last time they saw each other

“I felt like a fool because I had been so happy thinking that the next jazz god had appeared I alood thing we haven’t met since that day”

“Thewith you I didn’t even get that feeling when I was conducting the New York Philhar atour with me What do you think?”

“Well… You don’t know me yet Both are possible He he”

“What? You lost all of your modesty ever since you picked up a baton? Ha ha”

The 3 of the wine When the new bottle of as about to be e them

“You know the performance schedule?”

“Yes From Saturday at 5 in the afternoon I heard that it’s an hour and a half Did you decide on a repertoire?”

“No, not yet We waited to pick with you”

Lee Carlton looked at Jun Hyuk, as a little flushed because of the alcohol

“Is there so to the live perfor that was released in an album I did watch the live perforh

YouTube, but not all of them Anyway, I don’t know if I can ask this, but I would like to perform

Early AM Attitude and Roos he likes most out of Lee Carlton’s

“Of course, it’s okay Those 2 songs can be played on the piano too Your piano will ht I should have told you in advance, but I wanted to play the guitar this tiuitar?”

“Right I was forgetting that Jun’s great at the guitar too Ha ha”

Lee Carlton was surprised by uitar, but Stanley Clarke cut in

After uitar, Jun Hyuk also worked with the men to select their repertoire Stanley Clarke and Lee Carlton wanted to arrange the songs on Jun Hyuk’s rock tribute album, but Jun Hyuk shook his head

“I decided to participate in this festival because I wanted to perfors and perfors and then decided on the order And they also planned to play s at the least even if the is lightly? It’ll give us a chance to listen to your guitar That’s okay, right?”