Carl Cherry Center gets a jump on Monterey Jazz Festival.

Before Monterey Jazz Festival conducts this year’s first sound check, the Carl Cherry Center sends viewers back in time with All That Jazz: Photos from Galyn “Doc” Hammond.

Galyn was a longtime engineer, on-air disc jockey – spinning bluegrass and country, he was known as “The Morning Doctor” – and manager at radio station KMBY on Cannery Row.

He was an avid amateur photographer, mostly travel photography, which he entered into competition and won awards for. But he also took photos of one of his favorite subjects: Monterey Jazz Festival.

Galyn attended practically every year starting with the first one in 1958, and started taking pictures in the ’70s, as his son Steve remembers. Galyn had Steve and his brother working as ushers at the festival as early as age 8.

“I’m a huge jazz fan and I attribute it to the fact that my dad introduced me to it as a kid,” Steve says.

Now he is propagating that love of jazz through his dad’s photographs. He foraged through hundreds of images, trying to select a balanced portfolio of work – singers and musicians, jazz and blues – until he had 60 or 70 images printed. Other than a photo of Dizzy Gillespie, none of these have been shown before.

Captions will I.D. the artist and the year, which will range from 1974 to 2010, and Steve has written recommended listening tips to deepen the appreciation, along with quotes from musicians.

The show, aimed to coincide with the MJF, opens this Friday, Sept. 2, stays up through Sept. 30, and is free. It’s followed by a live musical performance by Julie Capili, Heath Proskin and Ben Herod, which costs $25, and a week later (Sept. 11), the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Stars throw down ($20).

But those two ticketed shows aren’t the only time music will liven up the spot. Steve has submitted a playlist of music to accompany the exhibit, most of it from the artists on display, including “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie and “Lover Man” by Betty Carter.

Although his love of jazz remains, Steve says he doesn’t attend the Jazz Fest. His father passed away in 2013 at age 91; about the same time, Steve’s brother did too. He says it was was good to go through those old photos, remembering festivals he had attended with them. He also appreciated other photos that capture the times he hadn’t gone along.

“It was fun to see what [my father] had seen,” he says.

ALL THAT JAZZ opens 5-7pm Friday, Sept. 2, and shows through Sept. 30 at Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel. Free. 624-7491.