Why isn't ALL of this art from Sacramento artists? With a strong (and growing) art community it is shameful that the City of Sacramento has completely lost its loyalty and seems determined to deface its identity.

15%?!? That is way more than I expected. My assumptions are founded and confirmed by your article.

Why isn't this museum IN Sacramento?

A correction to what I wrote. I don't hate jazz. The combination of KXJZ's Saturday afternoon bore-fest and the Sacramento Jazz Fest have CAUSED me to hate jazz. I want to like it. Really. But it's just not contemporary enough for me. smoothjazz.com has even lost its touch.

This is a great article. Until last year, despite the fact that I hate jazz, I have been a regular attendee of the Festival for the last decade. I have always felt that somehow, contrary to reality, Sacramento earned it's "cow-town" image by being dowdy and generally old fashioned. I have the same opinion of KXJZ and KVIE. Both are so old fashioned, dowdy, and frumpy. I think the Jazz Fest name change is a good thing if it truly opens up the event to more contemporary artists.