California home of an annual jazz festival (8)

I believe the answer is:

monterey

(Other definitions for monterey that I've seen before include "resort in California" , "and 20 Down: Cheese resembling Cheddar" , "Capital of California under the Spanish" , "Californian town" , "Californian fishing port" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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