The ultimate distinction of Norway’s Punkt Festival is its devotion to the instant live remix … Video FESTIVALS VIDEOS The ultimate distinction of Norway’s Punkt Festival is its devotion to the instant live remix … Video https://JazzBlues.EU September 13, 2017 A band’s set can be highly impressive, but when a DJ re-configures that raw matter—speedily improvising with...Read More
The two masters of jazz played a wonderful concert each with such deep understanding of the other: Video FESTIVALS The two masters of jazz played a wonderful concert each with such deep understanding of the other: Video https://JazzBlues.EU September 12, 2017 Au Gres du Jazz Festival takes place in the beautiful setting of the tiny village of La Petite Pierre (59km...Read More
Detroit Jazz Festival 2017: serious fan still feels sated FESTIVALS Detroit Jazz Festival 2017: serious fan still feels sated https://JazzBlues.EU September 9, 2017 It says something about the curatorial sharpness and magnitude of a jazz festival when sets including the...Read More
Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) CONCERTS FESTIVALS Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) https://JazzBlues.EU September 6, 2017 The lineup for this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the...Read More
Of 58 bands performing, 42 were from Chicago, but the schedule duly represented jazz’s breadth FESTIVALS Of 58 bands performing, 42 were from Chicago, but the schedule duly represented jazz’s breadth https://JazzBlues.EU September 5, 2017 Reeds-and-winds iconoclast Roscoe Mitchell celebrated 50 years of recording. Trumpeter Jon Faddis reveled in Dizzy Gillespie’s big...Read More
Photoalbum: 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival – Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, John Patitucci … FESTIVALS Photoalbum: 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival – Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, John Patitucci … https://JazzBlues.EU September 5, 2017 The 1-3 September 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival is underway in downtown Motor City, and continues admission-free through...Read More