The festival was launched by Carl Jefferson, a car dealer and jazz enthusiast, who managed to get a group of friends to support the concept.
Before he died, Tjader suggested that Concord Records founder Carl Jefferson sign Sanchez and his soon-to-be-formed group under the Concord Picante label.
Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson Airplane | Jefferson Davis | Carl Sagan | Carl Jung | Carl Orff | Jefferson | Carl Maria von Weber | Jefferson County | Carl Lewis | Carl Zeiss AG | Carl Linnaeus | Carl Sandburg | Jefferson Highway | Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden | Jefferson Starship | Carl Levin | Carl Zeiss | Carl Michael Bellman | Carl Friedrich Gauss | Jefferson County, New York | Carl Froch | Carl Perkins | Carl von Clausewitz | Carl Reiner | Jefferson County, Alabama | Carl Hancock Rux | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Carl Edwards | Carl Cox |