Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (left) and saxophonist Joshua Redman join Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity during a performance at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway.
Jul 25, 2019 11:21 AM
Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra—a juggernaut of an ensemble incorporating three rhythm sections of bass and…
Terence Blanchard performs with his E-Collective ensemble during the Umbria Jazz Festival, which ran July 11–21 in Perugia, Italy.
Jul 24, 2019 5:26 PM
During the 43rd Umbria Jazz Festival, which ran July 11–21 in Perugia, Italy, crowds gathered in the streets for free…
Vocalist Gregory Porter performs at the Funchal Jazz Festival, which ran July 11-13, in Madeira, an archipelago southwest of Portugal.
Jul 22, 2019 9:53 AM
Madeira is a volcanically formed, mountainous archipelago of sweeping hillsides and winding streets chockablock with…
North Sea Jazz Festival’s Frank Bolder and Smithsonian Folkways’ Huib Schippers admire The Blue Mosque ceiling during a tour that was part of the 2019 Vitrin Contemporary Turkish Music Showcase in Istanbul.
Jul 15, 2019 5:02 PM
Bring the world’s arts presenters to your country for live music, and they’ll take your country’s music to the…
Marilyn Mazur performs at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which ran July 5–14 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jul 15, 2019 1:51 PM
Music spilled out of regal concert halls and onto the streets to mark the Copenhagen Jazz Festival’s 40th…
Steve Gadd performs June 27, the opening night of International Festival de Jazz de Montreal.
Jul 8, 2019 9:00 AM
In 1979, Montreal’s warmer months weren’t exactly vibrant.
“Summer was very quiet here,” recalled jazz…
John Zorn performs his Hermetic Organ piece earlier in June at Jazz Festival Ljubljana, an event that unspooled 14 sets of the composer’s Bagatelles rendered by various New York musicians.
Jun 27, 2019 10:43 AM
Jazz Festival Ljubljana owns the distinction of being Europe’s oldest continuously run jazz festival—originally…
Drummer Andrew Cyrille (left), dancer Beatrice Capote and cellist Tomeka Reid perform June 11 during the 2019 Vision Festival at Brooklyn venue Roulette.
Jun 20, 2019 10:40 AM
Free-jazz percussionist Andrew Cyrille introduced tenor player Edward “Kidd” Jordan from behind the kit at…
Georgia Anne Muldrow performs June 8 at a CapitalBop showcase during the DC Jazz Festival.
Jun 20, 2019 10:02 AM
The DC Jazz Festival might have its weak points, but musical variety is not one of them.
The festival’s annual…
Howard Levy (left), Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas and Roy “Future Man” Wooten onstage at Red Rocks.
Jun 14, 2019 2:13 PM
When mandolinist Sam Bush had to bow out of Béla Fleck’s two-hour inaugural Friends and Family show at Red Rocks on…
