Aug 24, 2017 3:01 PM
Blow Out Fest Moves Forward in All Directions
Stoked by mild weather and freedom from the long winter nights, Norwegians pack their summer with music festivals. In…
Evan Parker performs at the Blow Out! Festival, which ran from Aug. 16–19 in Oslo, Norway.
Aug 24, 2017 3:01 PM
Stoked by mild weather and freedom from the long winter nights, Norwegians pack their summer with music festivals. In…
Chris Botti (left), Lee Pearson and Sy Smith perform at the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, which ran Aug. 11–13.
Aug 23, 2017 10:36 AM
San Jose Jazz’s annual Summer Fest offered patrons the opportunity to have a variety of different festival…
Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Aug 18, 2017 3:02 PM
This year’s Newport Jazz Festival, held Aug. 4-6 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, marked the…
Nicholas Payton (left), Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington perform in a tribute to pianist Geri Allen at the Village Vanguard in New York.
Aug 18, 2017 1:52 PM
The premature passing of pianist Geri Allen at the age of 60 on June 27 left the jazz world reeling from a profound…
Gilad Hekselman performs at Storyville in Newport, Rhode Island, during the Newport Jazz Festival.
Aug 17, 2017 10:48 AM
Gilad Hekselman sat in the merchandise tent after the second of his two appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival and…
Christian Sands performs at the Caramoor Jazz Festival in Katonah, New York, on July 15.
Aug 17, 2017 10:15 AM
It’s rare and special when a festival is designed around a single instrument. At this year’s Caramoor Jazz Festival…
Shabaka Hutchings (seen here in a publicity photo) is among the artists to have performed at Jazz Re:Freshed’s weekly Thursday showcases in London.
Aug 16, 2017 10:21 PM
For a glimpse of the current wave of young jazz talent bubbling in the U.K., particularly in its multifaceted black…
Jim Black, drummer of Human Feel, performs Aug. 5 during Jazz em Agosto in Portugal.
Aug 14, 2017 7:16 PM
Rui Neves, the artistic director of Lisbon’s Jazz em Agosto (Jazz In August), describes his preferred musical sphere…
Christian McBride (foreground) and Questlove (background) perform in The Philadelphia Experiment at the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 6.
Aug 11, 2017 4:50 PM
The annual pilgrimage to Fort Adams State Park, located at the mouth of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, is a high point…
Jan Lundgren (left) leads a quartet featuring Dan Berglund, Jukka Pekka and Morton Lund at the Ystad Jazz Festival Aug. 5 in Ystad, Sweden.
Aug 10, 2017 3:52 PM
Analyzing the status and “map” of the European jazz festival circuit is an inexact science and art, but general…