Live Review: 46th Umbria Jazz Festival
When you have made many trips to Perugia, Italy for the Umbria Jazz Festival, you never get a sense of which years are bigger than … Read More “Live Review: 46th Umbria Jazz Festival”
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Live Review: The 65th Newport Jazz Festival, for the First Time
I have a confession to make: Before this year, I’d never been to the Newport Jazz Festival. Growing up in and around Boston with a … Read More “Live Review: The 65th Newport Jazz Festival, for the First Time”
Live Review: George Wein’s “One More Once” at Newport
On Thursday, August 1, the evening before the official start of the 65th Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein, the festival’s original organizer and longtime leader, … Read More “Live Review: George Wein’s “One More Once” at Newport”
Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Week 2
A jam-packed weekend opened the 40th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with inspiring performances by luminaries and rising stars such as pianists Chucho Valdés … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Week 2”
Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Weekend 1
One way to define a music festival: the sum of its memorable moments. There were plenty of those moments to savor during the first four … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Weekend 1”
Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019
The 15th annual DC Jazz Festival marked the full maturation of an event that began in 2004 as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival; it’s been … Read More “Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019”
Live Review: Andrew Cyrille Night at the Vision Festival
That opening night of the 24th edition of the New York City-born and bred Vision Festival—the premier left-field summit where avant-garde jazz, dance, poetry, and … Read More “Live Review: Andrew Cyrille Night at the Vision Festival”
Live Review: 2019 Playboy Jazz Festival
Every year the Playboy Jazz Festival, held at the 19,000-capacity Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, is a roll of the dice in regards to mainstream … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Playboy Jazz Festival”
Concert Review: Carla Bley and Ethan Iverson at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival
There are any number of Northern California jazz festivals that have been around longer than the one in Healdsburg, but none save the granddaddy of … Read More “Concert Review: Carla Bley and Ethan Iverson at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival”